Veridas joins Open Identity Exchange amid global expansion push
Identity verification company Veridas has joined Open Identity Exchange (OIX), the non-profit organization that aims to ensure digital ID works…
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US wants comments on new ID vetting rules for transportation workers
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is looking for comment on proposed rules for new vetting of landbound employees. The TSA,…
Presentation attacks the dominant vector for ID document fraud; ID R&D urges FIDO update
Nine out of ten document-based fraud attacks are presentation attacks, according to research from ID R&D that highlights the importance…
Blockchain payment service for underbanked in Africa adds facial recognition
The Advanced Project will soon add a facial recognition payment system to their TIER app in Africa, a blockchain-based multinational…
AI vs. AI: MIT researchers combat image manipulation
A team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) has designed a new tool to jam AI image…
SpyCloud flying high with $110M investment in defense of passwordless authentication
SpyCloud not only has the advantage of sounding like a cool gadget from the Mission: Impossible movies; it also has…
The slide in fingerprint biometrics revenue continues as vendors fight for momentum
The landscape of fingerprint biometrics developers looks like a scout jamboree the morning after a heavy rain. A lot of…
Trulioo adds intelligent transaction routing to identity verification orchestration platform
Canada-based Trulioo has added a set of new capabilities to its Workflow Studio platform for faster identity verification, while new…
Professor wins grant from privacy commish to tackle facial recognition bias in Canada
Dr. Gideon Christian has been awarded a $50,000 grant from Canada’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner Contributions Program for his…
Philippines wants to issue more digital IDs than cards as President takes active interest
The Philippines government says it will henceforth focus more on issuing the digital version of the PhilID, while physical cards…
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