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Why Black Friday is good for fraudsters and how to stop them

By Shawn Hall, VP of Global Business Intelligence at Pindrop The period between Black Friday and Christmas is a bonanza…

 

ETAs and biometric gates could replace passport desks as digitization expands

The use of passports and visas to cross international borders is about to change, UK Border Force Director General Phil…

 

EU states to get major cash boost for border security and migration systems

With international politics at maximum intensity, the European Commission has made more than €250 million (roughly US$272 million) available to…

 

FaceTec brings on standards executive from the Kantara Initiative

FaceTec is bringing a new executive to its team. Andrew Hughes has been named vice president of Global Standards at…

 

UK consumers most open to biometrics: Ping Identity survey

Around one third of consumers (34 percent) globally are open to passwordless logins, including text and email confirmations, multi-factor authentication…

 

ZeroBiometrics wins patent for biometric cryptography method

ZeroBiometrics has patented a method of generating reproducible cryptographic keys from biometric entropy and performing biometric authentication, both using zero-knowledge…

 

Shufti Pro, Sumsub upgrade platforms for faster selfie biometrics processing

Shufti Pro and Sumsub have both announced updates to improve the effectiveness of their face biometric software, for authentication in…

 

Next stop for EU’s police biometric data-sharing rules – final signatures

The EU’s Prüm rules for exchanging data among police agencies have taken a large step toward being updated to include…

 

Somali Cabinet okays CRVS bill, seeks digital ID collaboration with Ethiopia

Somalia’s Cabinet Ministers have approved a draft civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) legislation, a major step forward in the…

 

Biometrics match the innocent, US Congress asks questions

A U.S. senator is asking questions about how Clearview AI operates its facial recognition subscription service. Ed Markey, a Democrat…

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