Presidio Identity raises $3.5M, 3Divi $2M as biometrics investment bonanza continues
Digital identity solutions provider Presidio Identity has announced the closing of a $3.5 million second round of funding. The San…
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Keyless patents privacy-focused, cross-platform biometric authentication method
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted cybersecurity firm Keyless a new patent describing a privacy-focused technology designed…
Startup Unissey passes biometric presentation attack detection test, first by French lab CLR
The Cabinet Louis Reynaud Labs (CLR) group has conducted its first evaluation of the ISO/IEC 30107 standard, finding French biometrics…
Visa vulnerability in Apple Pay allows biometrics bypass for fraudulent payments
UK scientists found a vulnerability in the Express Transit mode for iPhones which allowed them to fool iPhones via a…
A coordinated federal role in developing a US digital health pass is almost impossible
The idea that the United States could build a standard, nationwide digital health infrastructure over which people could verify their…
Innovatrics launches biometrics enrolment app and rapid remote passport reader
Innovatrics has added a rapid Universal Passport Reader to its onboarding suite for easy smartphone-based digital visa applications and a biometric…
New facial recognition ethics tool being tested in the Netherlands
A reality-check pilot project has been launched in the Netherlands to see if a proposed governance framework can mitigate the…
NZ airport face biometrics trial deployed against Privacy Commissioner advice
New Zealand’s Aviation Security Service (AvSec), a branch of the country’s Civil Aviation Authority, started trials of a new face…
BIO-key, Plurilock and Onfido win Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards
BIO-key, Plurilock and Onfido have each won 2021 Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards for their biometrics and digital identity technologies. Elsewhere, 1Kosmos and…
Okta announces Digital Identity Forum Asia event
The date and list of speakers for Okta’s upcoming Digital Identity Forum Asia event. Taking place online on 6 October…
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