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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.

 

Jenetric granted patent for multiple fingerprint scanning on touchscreen display

Jenetric has been awarded a patent for a method of scanning biometrics from multiple fingers on touchscreen displays like smartphones….

 

Seamfix extends MTN’s biometric SIM registration to 5 more African nations

Telecom provider MTN Group is expanding its biometric SIM registration program into five new countries in Africa through its partnership…

 

EAB explores how to comply with GDPR mandate for biometric template protection

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation imposes new requirements for protecting biometric data, but debates and uncertainty about how…

 

Fingerprint Cards targets new biometrics markets with mobile capacitive bounce-back ahead

Moving back to Sweden to take over as the CEO of Fingerprint Cards was a big change for Ted Hansson…

 

Biometric anti-spoofing handbook updated with liveness competitions, legislative impact

The Handbook of Biometric Anti-Spoofing has been updated, with the third edition published by Springer to provide comprehensive and authoritative…

 

EU program creates criminal network investigation platform with Phonexia voice biometrics

European Union research project ‘ROXANNE’ has completed its development of a system that includes voice biometrics for law enforcement agencies…

 

Innovatrics CEO advises careful use of synthetic data to improve biometrics, cut bias

Synthetic data can be used to improve biometric machine learning models and AI applications, says Innovatrics CEO Ján Lunter, but…

 

Cyprus plans $43M ID document upgrade tender

Biometric passports, ID cards, and residence permits issued by Cyprus are getting an upgrade at a cost of 41 million…

 

cetecom advanced accredited for Android biometric standards testing

Smartcard testing and certification service provider cetecom advanced has been accredited as a Google partner for Android Biometric Security Testing….

 

Shufti Pro makes fraud report available, upgrades AML capabilities

More than 1 in 7 attempted online financial transactions in 2022 was fraudulent, according to Shufti Pro‘s ‘Identity Fraud Report…

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