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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.

 

Idaptive acquired by CyberArk for $70M for context-awareness and multi-cloud capabilities

Idaptive has been acquired by privileged access management software-as-a-service (SaaS) company CyberArk for $70 million to deliver a comprehensive artificial intelligence-based,…

 

Queensland to upload driver’s licence images to Australia’s national biometrics database

Australia’s database of facial biometrics from driver’s licenses will soon add images from Queensland, the Department of Home Affairs told…

 

Idex raises over $10M as biometrics companies report mix of revenue gains and optimism

The stock market continues to reflect an encouraging path ahead for biometrics companies, as Idex Biometrics has raised funds to…

 

EllipTech, Vsblty and PopID supply fever screening and facial biometrics for return to work

Ellipsiz Distribution & Services Solutions (Ellipsiz DSS) has reached an agreement to launch a joint venture company focused on temperature…

 

Onfido biometric immunity passport integrated with Sidehide app to support travel industry reopening

Onfido has partnered with mobile hotel booking app Sidehide to develop an integration of an immunity passport with the travel booking…

 

New terminal brings contactless iris biometrics to UnionCommunity’s UBio line

A non-contact biometric iris recognition system has been launched by UnionCommunity to address the growing demand for contactless identification in busy…

 

Legal experts warn of uncertainty and inconsistency in biometric and health-tracking technology rules

Biometric technologies are being rolled out to support health risk evaluations from a distance as people return to work, but…

 

Biometrics companies seek position as contactless payments market growth accelerates

Zwipe CEO André Løvestam discussed how recent developments, including the global push to raise transaction limits, have affected the march…

 

Clear links health data to digital ID with biometrics to enable COVID-19 screening for businesses

Clear has developed a new service using biometrics to link personal health data to verified IDs to enable businesses to screen…

 

SIASA launches biometric tablet with Suprema fingerprint technology for Latin America market

Sistemas Integrales de Automatización (SIASA) has launched a new multifunctional biometric tablet featuring Suprema ID’s BioMini Slim 3 FAP30 fingerprint scanner…

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