Tech5 introduces flexible biometric template protection for its ABIS
Tech5 has developed biometric template protection technology that it says meets the criteria set out in the ISO/IEC 30136 standard….
Biometric R&D
Biometric R&D refers to significant research and development in the biometrics sphere, from academia to applications. This includes market research, product development, awards recognition as well as new inventions and innovations.
IDnow and Idiap researchers create biometric PAD dataset for better generalization
A new dataset for conducting research on facial recognition presentation attack detection (PAD) has been developed by a team of…
CMU, MSC open hackathon series to increase digital ID use cases in Africa
Students from universities across Eastern Africa have been invited to submit ideas in the first of a series of planned…
Incode age assurance gets stamp of approval from ACCS
Incode Technologies has announced that their Incode Identity Platform product has received certification under the Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS)….
Affinidi data sharing framework leverages privacy-preserving open standards
Affinidi, a company specializing in data and identity management, unveiled the Affinidi Iota framework at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress. This…
Data breach raises questions about Fractal ID’s decentralized identity architecture
A data breach at decentralized digital identity verification provider Fractal ID has exposed the ID documents and facial images of…
OFIQ report outlines evaluation techniques for algorithm accuracy and reliability
The Open Source Face Image Quality (OFIQ) project, led by the German Federal Office for Information Security, has published a…
Testing for biometric identity verification still maturing
Biometrics testing is a rapidly maturing field, but there is more to effective identity verification than an accurate matching algorithm,…
USSOCOM’s brave new exploitation of the bad guys’ biometrics
The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) may soon enter into a long-term contractual agreement with an unidentified academic institution near…
NZ government asks for help understanding facial recognition
The government of New Zealand has issued a request for information, as it aims to better understand facial recognition amid…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection