OneSpan beats guidance after rebrand and biometrics pivot
Digital identity company OneSpan reports a 19 percent revenue increase in Q4 2018 to $64.8 million brought the company’s full…
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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.
Majority of Irish businesses see biometrics as answer to password problems
Biometric verification would be welcomed by 62 percent of employees in Ireland, where poor security habits in both the public…
Plurilock offers multi-factor authentication with behavioral biometrics
Plurilock has announced the launch of its new next-generation multi-factor authentication platform for Citrix, web, and enterprise environments, ADAPT MFA….
Amazon patents describe biometric user authentication and video tracking system
A pair of patent applications from Amazon apply the company’s facial recognition technology to user authentication and extend the tracking…
CEO reaffirms ethical commitments as Kairos secures $4 million and adds new chairman
Kairos has secured a $4 million investment from Domus Semo Sancus (DSS) Chairman and CEO E. Jay Saunders, who has…
Industry group recommends national policies for digital ID and biometric authentication
The UK government should establish a national policy to create a fully functioning digital identity ecosystem for use in both…
IDEMIA wins second-chance contract to support Australian national biometric system
Australia’s national fingerprint database will be supported for the next five years by IDEMIA under a new AUD $34.2 million…
Fingerprint Cards launches new biometric payment software platform
As biometric payment authorization moves towards the mass market, Fingerprint Cards has announced a new biometric software platform to enable…
State gas company leaks millions of Aadhaar numbers in second breach
A state-owned gas company in India has exposed the personal information of an estimated 6.8 million people to Google searches,…
New deepfake generation and detection methods signal new AI arms race
New methods of creating deepfakes are being developed with advanced artificial intelligence techniques, along with promising detection solutions. Fake people…
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