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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.

 

Anonybit biometric data vault, passwordless infrastructure gain two data security certifications

Anonybit has completed a pair of data security certifications to show third-party industry validation for its enterprise-grade protections for biometrics…

 

Fingerprint Cards signs up Middle East partner to commercialize biometric payment cards

Fingerprint Cards has struck a partnership with Technical Equipment Supplies Company (Tesco) to promote the adoption of contactless biometric payment…

 

MOSIP’s growth examined as Asian digital identity schemes expand in reach, applications

A profile of MOSIP in the Economic Times says the open-source foundational ID system is now up to 71.7 million…

 

Totm wins $4.9M contract for face biometrics security with Indonesian agency

Totm Technologies is supplying biometric solutions to an Indonesian law enforcement agency under a US$4.9 million contract, together with its…

 

Plurilock wins behavioral biometrics purchase order from Canadian defense agency

Plurilock Security subsidiary Integra Networks Corporation has received a purchase order from the Canadian Department of National Defence to provide…

 

Researcher demonstrates biometric data theft from smart lock with droplock hack

Biometric smart locks used in internet of things deployments can be hacked through their wireless connectivity capabilities, according to a…

 

Assa Abloy acquires another facial recognition access control provider

Access control giant Assa Abloy has acquired Brazilian biometric hardware and software developer Control iD to integrate its access control…

 

Avast joins FIDO Alliance, groups for decentralized and trusted digital ID

Avast’s plans for participation in the digital identity ecosystem are gradually becoming clearer, with the consumer cybersecurity provider announcing it…

 

Imageware joins DHS 2022 Rally to demonstrate accuracy, bias mitigation of biometric fusion

Imageware is joining the 2022 DHS Science and Technology (S&T) Biometric Technology Rally to demonstrate the effectiveness of its biometric…

 

Face biometrics providers considering expansion and tough questions

Biometrics are reaching a crucial point in the adoption curve, with a Mastercard survey showing and a Juniper report forecasting…

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