Report says North Korea supplying fingerprint, facial recognition technology around the world
Under cover of front companies, aliases, and freelancing websites, North Korean companies have been selling fingerprint scanning, facial recognition, and…
Law Enforcement
Law enforcement biometrics refers to applications and biometric systems which aid law enforcement agencies. While most often fingerprints, DNA, and in some cases facial recognition, this is a wide-ranging category and can include AFIS, ABIS, mobile identification systems, criminal ID solutions, fingerprint recognition, surveillance, as well as access control systems.
NPR explores U.S. law enforcement interest in real-time facial recognition
With improvements in facial recognition technology delivering the promise of real-time identification, and a lack of legislative guidance on its…
Northrup Grumman progressing on new DHS biometric system
Northrup Grumman is nearing completion of the first increment of a contract to develop a new cloud-based biometric system for…
NIST N2N Challenge shows progress towards operator-free rolled fingerprint enrollment
The assistance of a trained device operator may soon not be necessary for obtaining high-quality rolled fingerprints, due to improvements…
False positives draw criticism of Wales police facial recognition use as Scotland considers iris biometrics
South Wales police have admitted that of the 2,470 people identified as possible matches with criminals on file out of…
UK prisons implementing biometrics for safe prisoner self-service
Digital transformation including biometrics is coming to UK prisons to create a better environment with improved safety and greater access…
Axon creates AI-focused ethics board
Axon, manufacturer of the Taser police weapon, recently announced the creation of a AI Ethics Board to guide the development…
Police in New Zealand, Malaysia to upgrade facial recognition technology
New Zealand Police hope to upgrade to “advanced facial recognition technology” in the near future, according to a report published…
Green Bit showcasing new faster, smaller products at ID4Africa
Green Bit is demonstrating several new live scan readers for law enforcement and civil ID applications at ID4Africa this week…
SuperCom’s electronic monitoring and tracking platform being deployed in Eastern Texas
SuperCom has won a new contract to provide its PureSecurity Electronic Monitoring (EM) suite of GPS and home detention offender…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection