Thales wins contract for Swedish biometric travel and identity documents
Thales announced its subsidiary AB Svenska Pass has been awarded the contract to manufacture around 12 million biometric identity documents…
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Touchless biometric identification and authentication for resumption of work, shopping and travel
From retail biometric systems to health certification based on facial recognition for touchless traveler processing in airports, the contactless systems…
Digital imaging pioneer Eric Fossum says future sensors could revolutionize biometrics, and urges caution
Professor Eric Fossum is concerned about the double-edged sword that powerful technologies, like those behind biometrics, represent. Connecting with Fossum…
Jumio biometrics selected by ASAPP to secure remote financial services for Canadian credit unions
Jumio’s biometric authentication technology is being integrated into the forthcoming Asapp 11.0 release to give Canadian credit unions end-to-end identity…
Biometrics providers Alcatraz, OneSpan and RealNetworks add leaders to drive expansions
Alcatraz has appointed Holley Hunt to be the company’s director of business development and lead its pursuit of new business opportunities…
CISA recommends FIDO authentication in email security advisory to political campaigns
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an advisory on Thursday recommending multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a cyber-attack…
US DOJ wants biometric identification SDK for prisoner transfer application
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Marshals Service has announced a contract opportunity to supply a software development kit to build…
Fujitsu reveals tool to counter biometric facial authentication fraud
Fujitsu Laboratories has announced a new technology capable of detecting attempts to fool biometric facial recognition systems. The tool can…
Five9 launches voice biometrics cloud developer service, voice recognition market to add $2.6B by 2024
Five9 has announced the launch of a new cloud voice biometric service for contact center solution developers to help them leverage…
Novetta wins biometric tech award; Signzy, Trust Stamp and Onfido fintech contributions recognized
Novetta’s technology for capturing biometric data from fingerprint cards has won the “Best Technical Advancement” award at this year’s FedID…
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