Biometric borders and business make strange bedfellows
Biometrics are the foundation for tools to enforce borders, both physical and digital, but controversy comes with immigration and age…
Facial Recognition
A facial recognition system is a computer application for automatically identifying or verifying a person from a two- or three-dimensional digital image or a frame from a video source. It is typically used in security systems alone or in combination with other factors. Can also be used to perform liveness detection. Find facial recognition solutions here.
US Treasury sanctions Iranian firm over hijab biometric surveillance system
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned an Iranian software company that developed the facial recognition surveillance tools used by Iranian authorities…
Delhi to get 10,000 additional CCTV cameras with facial recognition
More facial recognition cameras are to be installed in select parts of Delhi, as part of the Ministry of Home…
HancomWith face biometrics platform powered by Facephi certified in South Korea
HancomWith has announced that its face biometric authentication platform HancomOS v1.0 has secured Grade 1 status under South Korea’s Good…
Wicket scores new football stadium integrations, partners with Validar
More venues are integrating facial authentication for ticketing, with Wicket continuing to rack up new deals for its Express Entry…
UK rolls out more live facial recognition, safeguards and oversight framework to follow
More deployments of live facial recognition in public spaces in England and Wales will be made possible by the rollout…
Prove introduces new authentication platform, demoting one time passwords
One time passwords have become unintentionally self-descriptive: at one time, they were useful. But no longer, says New York-based Prove,…
More clarity on facial recognition needed for property rental use cases: GAO
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a Report to Congressional Requesters on the “Use and Federal Oversight of…
Touchless ID pilot gains momentum as TSA eyes private screening model
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is moving to fuse its touchless identity experiments with a broader shift toward privatized, technology-heavy…
New biometrics guidelines from Canada’s OPC cover public, private sectors
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has issued new guidance on protecting privacy in biometric initiatives, for both public and private…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection