ID4Africa calls on Facebook to settle face biometrics bias question through NIST testing
The presence of demographic differences in face biometrics performance has dogged increasingly dogged the modality, and been referred to in…
Features and Interviews
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Smart Eye Technology releases multilevel biometric authentication for on-screen privacy, document security
Atlanta-based company Smart Eye Technology has launched a multilevel biometric authentication platform which blocks risky screen snooping and protects against…
Berbix raises $9M to grow next-generation biometric identity verification based on signals aggregation
Startup Berbix has announced a $9 million funding round for its new approach to cloud-based biometric selfie and ID document checking…
Boosting voice biometrics with speech recognition gives Omilia leg up in passive authentication, CEO says
Before Omilia developed its own voice biometrics, CEO Dimitris Vassos came to the conclusion that many of the products in the…
Verify my life: could a Nigerian problem lead to a global trust solution?
A Nigerian identity verification company is building a way to confirm details of an increasing number of Nigerians’ lives, way…
Focus face biometrics work on solving real-world problems, NtechLab Co-founder urges
The biometric facial recognition and video analytics system developed by NtechLab gives Moscow’s vast network of public cameras impressive capabilities such…
Analyze biometrics and behavior with ML to defeat professional attackers, Acceptto security expert urges
Cybercrime has become a lucrative business employing professional criminals, and harnessing advanced technologies like machine learning and behavioral biometrics is…
AnyVision executives on making facial biometrics for touchless access control easier for the enterprise
AnyVision has brought its facial recognition and biometric liveness technology to the touchless access control market with the launch of…
Biometrics evolution in payments enabled by contactless advances: Infineon executives
The idea to use fingerprint biometrics to enhance the security of payment cards has a longer history than many people…
Digital identity for all push in Africa now has clarity and political will: ID4Africa Executive Chairman
Several major developments in the push for universal identification have come out of the global pandemic, raising hopes that biometrics…
