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Articles By Chris Burt

Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.

 

Entrust face biometrics show major gains in NIST FRTE

A face biometrics algorithm submitted by Entrust to the NIST Face Recognition Technology Evaluation (FRTE) 1:1 Verification has made significant…

 

Ping’s Rusbridge says the agent economy needs zero-trust evolution, not revolution

The agent economy is replacing the digital economy the world is still adjusting to, Ping Identity Group Product Manager Adam…

 

Fingerprint Cards slashes EBITDA loss and reports biometric SiP traction

Fingerprint Cards finished fiscal 2025 with significant revenue growth but a major gain in EBITDA over the prior year. Revenue…

 

MOSIP pursues democratization of digital identity with unconference conversations

A democratic vision of digital identity is central to the non-profit, open-source mandate of MOSIP. As the organization and the…

 

Emerging biometrics and PAD concerns, VCs front and center as MOSIP evolves

Biometrics and innovations in digital identity technology, most notably verifiable credentials, have taken the spotlight in many sessions of MOSIP…

 

MOSIP Connect 2026 targets sustainability, practical use cases for digital ID

Sustainability and expansion are high priorities for the future of open-source national ID systems in discussions on the first day…

 

DIACC targets digital credential access for 90% of Canadians by 2031

Canada is ready “to build a world-leading digital trust infrastructure” including interoperable digital identity, according to a forward-looking paper from…

 

Canada targets health data interoperability through standards with new legislation

Legislation has been introduced in Canada to require healthcare IT companies to adopt common technical standards to enable privacy-protecting exchanges…

 

ROC facial recognition integrated by US retail loss prevention platform

California-based retail loss prevention specialist Gatekeeper Systems has integrated ROC’s facial recognition with its FaceFirst platform through a new strategic…

 

Reimagining online value can enable digital privacy, MyTerms co-founder argues

The status quo, with personal data as the default currency for value exchange, underpins the free online services that are…

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