Passwordless apps could drive passwords toward oblivion but not over the cliff
An identity tool startup says it has pushed out passkey software for developers wanting a faster, more customizable authentication for…
Access Control
Biometric access control is a form of security. Physical access control regulates who or what can access locations such as building, campuses, rooms, or safes, and therefore ranges from automatic doors to padlocks. Logical access control limits accessibility to computer networks, accounts, systems and data. Find biometric access control solutions here.
Deutsche Telekom works with Bielefeld University students on digital identity project
Deutsche Telekom and Bielefeld University are partnering for the self-sovereign access management (SESAM) university cooperation project in which experts from…
Okta reveals October security breach was much more damaging
After reassuring the public that only one percent of their customers had been affected by the security breach reported in…
Assa Abloy biometric access card patent appeal defeated by CPC
A global access control giant has lost its challenge to 17 biometric card security patents in the United States. Sweden-based…
Digital IDs mean manageable and critical change, FIDO tells US federal security leaders
Clearly appreciating that it was selling digital authentication to data-security officials in the inertia-guided U.S. federal bureaucracy, a FIDO Alliance…
Accenture adoption, SecureAuth survey show rise of passwordless authentication
Passwordless authentication methods such as biometric and PIN-based logins are gaining ground, according to research and the latest moves from…
More than consent needed for legal biometric data use: Spanish regulator
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has published a guide outlining how biometric data should be used for access control,…
Face biometrics from NineID deployed for access control at Belgian port
NineID has launched biometric access control to PSA Breakbulk’s shipping terminal in the port of Antwerp-Bruges, says a company release….
Amazon’s One palm biometrics readers for businesses get a lukewarm introduction
A contactless palm biometric service from Amazon reportedly is being adopted by a few organizations, one of which is an…
Microsoft misses own protocol, laptop fingerprint biometrics defeated in test
Microsoft’s Hello biometric authentication software has proven surprisingly fallible in a security test, requested by the software company, of three…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection