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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.

 

Elenium Automation addresses airport biometrics overhead with $200M fund launch

As airports and airlines are squeezed between reduced revenues and looming overcapacity concerns, Elenium Automation has launched a $200 million program…

 

Integrated Biometrics names new CEO, approaching $50M in revenue for 2021

Integrated Biometrics has appointed industry veteran Shawn O’Rourke as its new chief executive officer to lead the continued expansion of its…

 

FacePhi sales up 60 percent with face biometrics deployed to new markets

After a successful first half of 2021 in which its sales of its face biometrics technology grew by 60 percent,…

 

Optimism reigns in biometrics market as post-pandemic agendas take shape

Dramatic revenue growth is forecast for the next five years in biometrics and in digital identity, and the market has…

 

Thales Digital Identity and Security stars in Group earnings bounce-back

Thales Digital Identity and Security is being credited with the rapid growth, as Thales Group reported a bounce-back in its financial…

 

Feitian biometric security key approved by NIST for sensitive data protection

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has validated Feitian’s Biometric FIDO Key Module to the Federal Information…

 

ThreatMark behavioral biometrics draw repeat Gartner recognition for online fraud detection

The 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Online Fraud Detection lists ThreatMark as a ‘Representative Vendor,’ marking the second consecutive recognition of…

 

Top manufacturers consider Zwipe, Idex Biometrics’ platforms for payment cards

A global ‘Tier 1’ smartcard manufacturer is evaluating Zwipe Pay ONE for in-house biometric payment card manufacturing after receiving a shipment…

 

Magic $27M Series A to give developers more passwordless authentication, onboarding options

Plug and play digital identity authentication provider Magic Labs has raised $27 million in a Series A funding round to expand…

 

Suprema’s approach to facial recognition boosts access control security

Facial recognition is increasingly used for both logical and physical access control, but the variety found on most Android smartphones…

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