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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.

 

Learn how to strengthen security without biometric spoof or data breach risk

The popularity of facial authentication as a way for organizations to secure and control access to restricted and sensitive areas…

 

SecuGen advanced fingerprint biometrics device now available in MOSIP Marketplace

The Unity 20 MOSIP fingerprint biometric authentication device from SecuGen is now officially available from the MOSIP Marketplace, with confirmed…

 

Biometric data sharing infrastructure matures as border control expectations evolve

Biometric data sharing is the theme running throughout many of the top stories of the week on Biometric Update, particularly…

 

ZeroBiometrics details how biometric AI agent authorization suite works

ZeroBiometrics has laid out the details of its suite of AI agent binding, authorization and verification software, ZeroSentinel, in a…

 

App stores reveal age verification, estimation methods to meet Singapore requirements

The first compliance deadline for Singapore’s new rules requiring app stores use age assurance to prevent people under 18 years…

 

St Kitts and Nevis mandates biometric enrollment for ‘golden passport’ holders

Caribbean nation St Kitts and Nevis has announced that all who became citizens through the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) program…

 

Thales subsidiary to provide ABIS for Sweden’s migrant biometrics checks

Sweden’s Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) has signed a 30 million Swedish kronor ($3.2 million) contract with Thales subsidiary AB Svenska Pass…

 

Precise, FPC each meet April 30 to approve merger for full biometrics stack

A pair of Extraordinary General Meetings are planned for April 30 to finalize shareholder votes on the proposed merger between…

 

Kantara to assess digital ID vendor conformance to OpenID specs as Authorized Auditor

The OpenID Foundation has signed an MoU with the Kantara Initiative for the latter to take the role as an…

 

Biometrics providers prepare for emerging wave of biometrics demand

The tremendous commercial opportunity for biometrics is shown in a major provider merger and growing demand from airports to the…

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