Biometric civil ID program being considered in Lagos
The Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA) is looking to partner with the Nigerian Immigration Service and other national organizations…
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Biometrics registration for SIM cards in Bangladesh starts Wednesday
The Bangladesh government is ready to start biometrics registration of mobile-phone SIM card holders on Wednesday December 16, reports The…
Morpho participates in the Norwegian SWAN Project
Morpho (Safran) announced that it is participating in the Norwegian SWAN Project, to fight against identity theft and hacking of…
Overcoming false positives with behavioral biometrics
This is a guest post by Ryan Wilk, vice president of customer success at NuData Security. I believe that 2016…
EU tells Italy to take migrants’ fingerprints by force if necessary
On Monday, the European Commission asked Italy to step up its efforts to collect migrants’ fingerprints and said to use…
Cybersecurity focus increases in Canada, U.S. and U.K.
Over the past week, major initiatives have been launched in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom focused on…
VerifyMe receives USPTO Notice of Allowance for biometrics patent
Authentication firm VerifyMe, announced today that it received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)…
Study finds fingerprints one of the top three authentication methods in Finland and Italy
A recent study by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland about user attitudes to personal identification methods found that the…
Biometric authentication technology by Iris ID for South Korea’s Woori Bank
Iris recognition firm Iris ID, has entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with South Korea’s Woori Bank to…
UK school using biometric technology to verify students identity and register attendance
Three UK boarding schools have chosen Croma Security Solutions‘ Fastvein finger-vein biometric technology to provide access control to the schools,…
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