South Africa Home Affairs seeks $828M budget for digital ID, biometric visa projects
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has tabled a budget of 13.8 billion Rand (about US$828 million) in parliament for…
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NIST biometric age estimation update show demographic, accuracy gains
Demographic disparities and mean error rates are falling among the newest age estimation and verification algorithms submitted to the U.S.’…
Identity verification becomes core compliance infrastructure across regulated sectors
Identity verification is increasingly becoming embedded operational infrastructure across regulated industries as tighter AML, KYC and fraud-prevention requirements push organizations…
Healthcare builds new identity infrastructure as fraud and interoperability pressures grow
Healthcare organizations are rapidly strengthening digital identity infrastructure as interoperability mandates, patient portal fraud and AI-driven impersonation risks push the…
UK gov’t can still save digital ID plan despite poor initial policy, communication
The UK government’s digital ID plan was not backed by robust policy development based on clear evidence when it was…
Zoom opens beta for World ID deepfake verification in enterprise meetings
Zoom is expanding into real-time human verification for enterprise meetings as organizations face growing risks from AI-generated impersonation, deepfake fraud…
UK regulator backs automated systems to detect explicit deepfakes
The UK is moving toward more proactive detection of AI-generated intimate abuse, with media regulator Ofcom urging platforms to deploy…
GSMA warns private-sector economics could slow EUDI Wallet adoption
The mobile industry is warning that unresolved business, compliance and infrastructure questions could slow private-sector adoption of the European Digital…
Biometric stadium entry plans in Europe trigger privacy and GDPR concerns
Biometrics are coming to Europe’s stadiums, as facial recognition continues to see pickup for ticketing and security at large sporting…
GitHub leak exposed CISA, DHS GovCloud keys, internal credentials
A public GitHub repository tied to a contractor for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) exposed credentials for highly…
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