1,000 examinees pass IEEE biometrics certification
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) recently certified 1,000 examinees as “Certified Biometrics Professionals”. The IEEE Certified Biometrics…
Commercial Applications
Biometrics are used in retail and customer-facing settings for point-of-sales services such as payments, access control in systems for purposes such as shoplifting prevention, and identification or characteristic analysis for personalization or customer insights. Access control systems are also increasingly used for automated commercial applications, such as hotel check-ins. Typically, these use palm vein, fingerprint, iris recognition, facial recognition.
FastVein technology used during Olympic sailing events
At the Olympic sailing event held in Dorset, police used the FastVein biometric system for identity checks. The biometric system…
New biometric technologies to impact healthcare
According to a recent article in Digital Journal, engineers John Rogers and Todd Coleman designed a microcircuit patch that will…
Smart Card Alliance releases biometrics white paper
The Smart Card Alliance released two educational resources this week: a smart card technology for healthcare FAQ and a biometrics…
SecurityStockWatch.com interviews CEO of biometrics firm ImageWare
SecurityStockWatch.com recently interviewed Mr. Jim Miller, Chairman and CEO of ImageWare Systems, Inc. (IWS), a leading developer of identity management…
New biometric products flood the marketplace
Here are some of the latest innovations available in the $7 billion biometrics market: Hirsch Identive Fingerprint Readers Model CR-BIO-MA110…
Noted U.S. financier joins ImageWare Systems board
ImageWare Systems, Inc., a leader in multimodal biometric security solutions, has elected Charles Crocker to its board of directors effective…
Europe hopes to set framework for biometric standards
A new Biometrics Evaluation and Testing (BEAT) project has been launched and is funded by the European Commission, under the…
Philippines launches biometric system to authenticate cash grant beneficiaries
Philippines region Eastern Visayas implemented the use of biometrics to authenticate beneficiaries of the government’s cash grant program over the…
Identity science goes further with a new school of biometrics
The Center for Advanced Studies in Identity Science (CASIS) is currently helping to establish a new school of biometrics known…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection