South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs to deploy biometric technology at border posts
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs is looking to integrate biometric technology such as fingerprint and facial recognition in its…
Border and Port Security
Biometric access control systems used at airports and national or regional boundaries to track and manage the flow of humans, and the databases and documents that support them, make up border and port security. Includes national and immigration registries, ePassports and smart card systems, automated border control (ABC) kiosks, and apps for data sharing among other products and services.
Border security conference World BORDERPOL Congress to be held in Hungary
The third annual World BORDERPOL Congress will be held December 9-11 at the Kempinski Corvinus Hotel Budapest in Hungary. According…
MorphoTrust awarded $85M TSA contract to expedite airport passengers
MorphoTrust USA announced it has been awarded with an $85 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to provide…
Facial recognition and biometric screening to be deployed at Australian airports
Australian Customs and Border Protection Services is rolling out facial recognition and biometric screening at the departure gates of all…
Biometrics Essential to Protecting Unaccompanied Minors Illegally Crossing US Southern Border
This is a guest post by Janice Kephart, founder of the Secure Identity & Biometrics Association (SIBA). The U.S. Department…
Facial recognition to be tested at Japan airports
Japan’s Ministry of Justice will begin trialing facial recognition technology for automated immigration gates at the Narita and Haneda airports…
DHS and CBP launch Maryland facility for biometric entry/exit testing
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, along with Customs and Border Protection have launched a new test…
Top biometrics news stories, week of August 3
Biometrics Week in Review: iWallet app using fingerprint sensors, facial recognition at Brussels Airport, Nigerian banks collecting biometrics, next killer…
“Human Factors” and Biometrics at DHS
This is a guest post by Chuck Brooks, Vice President/Client Executive for DHS at Xerox. Inside the Science & Technology…
Brussels Airport to introduce facial recognition scanners
Following the lead of other major airports throughout Europe, Brussels Airport in Zaventem plans to deploy facial recognition scanners next…
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