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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.

 

Biometrics among innovations to drive airports IT spending to $4.63B by 2023

Increased passenger traffic and global capacity constraints will push airport IT spending to $4.63 billion by 2023, according to a…

 

Fingerprint Cards announces collaborations for FIDO compliant USB enterprise security devices

Fingerprint Cards has announced a pair of partnerships to provide fingerprint sensors for USB security devices. Indian cybersecurity firm Ensurity…

 

Biometrics Commissioner criticizes UK police, home office governance rules in annual report

UK Biometrics Commissioner Paul Wiles has published the office’s annual report for 2017, expressing concern about a lack of adequate…

 

Study indicates consumer authentication methods becoming a competitive differentiator

More U.S. consumers consider biometrics “exteremely” or “very” secure than any other form of digital identification (54 percent), ahead of…

 

Canada will make foreign visitors pay for biometrics collection

Details have emerged about the expansion of a program for collecting fingerprints and facial images from foreign nationals visiting Canada,…

 

Werum partners with Nymi to continuously authenticate pharmaceutical employees

Werum IT Solutions and Nymi have formed a strategic partnership to develop joint solutions for the smart authentication of employees…

 

Olea Sensor Networks unveils new remote health monitoring technology with biometric authentication

Intelligent sensor and analytics company Olea Sensor Networks is showcasing the latest versions of its vital sign and life presence…

 

VIA Technologies showcases Edge AI systems with facial recognition for cars, IoT, smart cities

VIA Technologies recently highlighted its core facial and object recognition technologies as part of a showcase of its high-performance Edge…

 

Majority of cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges have inadequate identity verification

A shocking 68 percent of 25 prominent digital wallets and cryptocurrency exchanges are allowing users to trade crypto and traditional…

 

Veridium tapped by Swiss bank for biometric employee authentication

Veridium has announced that a multinational Swiss bank is deploying single-step multi-biometric authentication across its entire enterprise with the VeridiumID…

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