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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.

 

Innovatrics partners on biometric password manager, 1Password raises $100M

Innovatrics has partnered with cryptography and cybersecurity firm Crayonic to develop a password management system secured with fingerprint biometrics. The new…

 

SIA blasts misrepresentation of facial recognition studies

Reading articles about facial recognition in consumer publications could lead one to believe the technology is highly inaccurate and biased,…

 

BioCatch launches behavioral biometrics for PSD2 compliance

BioCatch has reached the implementation stage with its behavioral biometric solution for compliance with the Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) requirement of…

 

Maxima Telecom win $13.5M contract to deploy face biometric cameras to Moscow roads

Two thousand cameras with object detection and face biometrics are coming to the roads and highways of Russia’s capital, through…

 

Contactless boom carves out biometric payment cards opportunity, FPC sees France leading

Contactless payment card transactions spiked from $1.7 billion in 2020 to $2.5 billion in 2021, with cards making up 79…

 

Shufti Pro CEO testifies in support of Improving Digital Identity Act at Congressional Hearing

Shufti Pro CEO Victor Fredung explained the need for a unified framework for digital identity in the United States due to…

 

Onfido reaches triple-digit biometrics growth, surpasses $100M annual recurring revenue in Q2

Onfido has doubled its revenue on a year-over-year basis with a fifth consecutive record quarter in Q2, 2021, surpassing $100 million…

 

Veteran biometric authentication firm IBT re-launches, hiring for new HQ

Integrated Biometric Technology, a significant player in post-9/11 authentication, has been reconstituted and is establishing its headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee. An…

 

Too much data and not enough fraud prevention; biometrics and micro-identities could help

More consumers see one-time passwords, two-factor authentication and answering ‘secret’ questions as providing both security and convenience than biometrics, according…

 

Imageware brings biometric multi-factor authentication to U.S. first responders’ network

Imageware biometrics have been approved for first responder use by FirstNet, and added to the FirstNet App Catalog to enable fast…

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