U.S. firms to boost cybersecurity spending and examine password elimination
A new survey of IT professionals in the U.S. found that 66 percent have committed to phasing out traditional passwords….
Articles By Rawlson King
Rawlson O’Neil King is a contributing editor at BiometricUpdate.com and is an experienced communications professional, management consultant, trade journalist and author who recently published a book about control and electronic networks and who has written numerous articles in trade publications and academic journals about smart home and building technologies. (He is currently on leave)
NIST releases white paper on biometric authentication
The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently issued a whitepaper that examines biometric authentication. The whitepaper examines NIST’s intention…
Microsoft’s Project Oxford unveils API for speaker recognition
Microsoft recently added voice biometrics to its online suite of software development tools. The software giant has released an API…
Biomatiques partners with Infinity Optics to bring biometric extended depth-of-field image capture technology to India
Biomatiques Identification Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has partnered with Infinity Optics Solutions to bring Infinity’s biometric extended depth-of-field image capture (BEDoF)…
Former Aadhaar Chairman says India will experience banking transformation
Nandan Nilekani, former chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the government agency in charge of Aadhaar, recently…
FBI praises proposed law that allows use of Rapid DNA
FBI Director James Comey met with members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee last week to discuss the FBI’s programs…
New forensics technique can reveal fingerprints of ivory poachers
According to a story that appeared in Scientific American, two new compounds can reveal criminals’ fingerprints on animal tusks and…
Cybersecurity focus increases in Canada, U.S. and U.K.
Over the past week, major initiatives have been launched in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom focused on…
Osram Opto simplifies LED for iris recognition systems
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH says its has simplified its LED product used for iris recognition systems. The firm notes that…
Yahoo! Labs develops biometric authentication method for touchscreens
Researchers at Yahoo! Labs have developed a new biometric method of authentication for touchscreen devices. Christian Holz and Marius Knaust…
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