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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.

 

Eyelock and Invixium announce biometric access control distribution partnerships

EyeLock has announced a partnership with Marubeni Corporation subsidiaries Marubeni America Corporation and Marubeni Metals Corporation to distribute iris biometric technology…

 

FaceTec 3d face biometrics selected to balance privacy and security for universal basic income

Face biometrics technology from FaceTec has been integrated with an app to support universal basic income delivery by GoodDollar The GoodDollar…

 

Canadian digital ID lab granted funds as demand jumps, DIACC head interviewed by iProov

The Digital Identity Laboratory of Canada has been awarded grant contributions from the City of Gatineau, the Québec government, Converge…

 

Public discussions of biometrics use short on nuance, experts say in IBIA podcast on facial recognition

How accurate is accurate enough for facial biometrics? The answer is that an appropriate use policy takes the accuracy and…

 

New approaches to biometrics and digital ID systems in Africa considered to achieve universal coverage

Though efforts to deliver identity to all people in Africa through biometrics and other digital technologies have been stopped in…

 

Biometric facial recognition contracts from Indian government for police and railways face eligibility questions

Only independent companies and joint ventures will be able to bid on India’s Automated Facial Recognition System, not consortiums, companies…

 

buguroo behavioral biometrics innovation awarded, Suprema, BioConnect and Idemia honored by SIA

Frost & Sullivan has recognized buguroo for its behavioral biometrics-based bugFraud solution with a 2020 European Technology Innovation Award. The award…

 

iProov biometrics now available in Australia and NZ through IDV partnership, podcast launched

iProov facial biometrics will be used by IDV Pacific to enable IDV’s partners in the region to verify the identity of…

 

Iris ID and Securiport partner for border biometrics as airports invest in touchless passenger processing

Iris ID has partnered with Securiport to provide its IrisAccess biometric readers for implementation in airport security and border management technologies….

 

South African institute warns against biometrics outstripping laws as SIA launches ethical principles

The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Pretoria, South Africa writes that in their rush to deploy facial recognition and…

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