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European Association for Biometrics (EAB)

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The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) is the leading voice for digital ID and biometrics in Europe. We are a non-profit, nonpartisan association. The EAB’s mission is to tackle the complex challenges facing ID in Europe, ranging from migration to privacy rights. Our role is to promote the responsible use and adoption of modern digital identity systems that enhance people’s lives and drive economic growth.

European Association for Biometrics (EAB) Biometrics News

 

All eyes on AI Act exemptions as ban on high-risk AI systems nears

Despite being celebrated as the world’s first comprehensive AI legislation in the world, the European Union’s AI Act has left…

Oct 23, 2024

Everything you need to know about deepfake detection – for now

Deepfake technology is advancing at a rapid pace. Our laws and social practices are not keeping up. Diverse stakeholders, from…

Oct 17, 2024

PopEye to strengthen EU border biometrics with gait recognition integration

A European Union consortium has launched a pilot project to study how biometrics can be captured from on-the-move subjects to…

Oct 14, 2024

Deepfake detection is a continuous process of keeping up with AI-driven fraud: BioID

The latest Lunch Talk from the European Association for Biometrics (EAB) focuses on the threat of deepfakes and what can…

Sep 30, 2024

Facial age verification, age estimation coming of age across sectors

A recent webinar hosted as part of the European Association for Biometrics’ (EAB) Lunch Talk series gets opinions on the…

Sep 24, 2024

Fraunhofer develops a system to address face morphing attacks in border control

The Fraunhofer Institute of Computer Graphics Research (IGD) is working to address security concerns related to face morphing attacks, particularly…

Jul 17, 2024

Testing for biometric identity verification still maturing

Biometrics testing is a rapidly maturing field, but there is more to effective identity verification than an accurate matching algorithm,…

Jul 4, 2024

New ICAO biometric passport standard adds flexibility

The new method of encoding biometrics in passports that will be required by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was…

Jul 3, 2024

Evolving biometrics standards back new ICAO passport requirements

A new standard for biometric passports from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is fast approaching. The passport standard is…

May 23, 2024

New international standard covers forensic biometrics in lab and field environments

A lunch talk by the European Association for Biometrics (EAB) untangles the forthcoming Forensic Sciences standard ISO/IEC 21043, in particular its…

May 17, 2024

C-suite leaders take the helm at Aware, Synaptics and Sift

Several key job changes have recently been made in the fields of biometrics, fraud prevention, and cybersecurity, including at Aware,…

Apr 8, 2024

iMARS workshop reveals progress and incident growth in face image morphing

Face image morphing is a significant threat to face biometrics applications such as border crossings and identification. Since 2020, Europe…

Mar 26, 2024

Synthetic data model shows promise for biometric bias mitigation

The limitations of real-world biometric training datasets, including the introduction of bias through unbalanced demographic representation, are well established. Synthetic…

Mar 14, 2024

Humans more likely to notice fakes among familiar faces, research suggests

Deepfakes and synthetic data, and how they impact biometric systems was the focus of the Norwegian Biometrics Laboratory Annual Workshop…

Feb 8, 2024

OBIM’s Futures Identity team looks at needs for tomorrow and three decades ahead

Dr. Alicia Locker is an academic engagement specialist with the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM)’s Futures Identity Team at…

Jan 24, 2024

The Bologna Online Evaluation Platform adds morph attack detection benchmarks

In the first European Association of Biometrics (EAB) lunch talk of 2024, hosted by CEO Dinusha Frings, Lorenzo Pellegrini of…

Dec 13, 2023

Voice deepfakes are inkblots for consumers – they’re threats or entertainment

A recent marketing survey funded by a voice biometrics firm has found that a majority of respondents are concerned about…

Nov 30, 2023

Synthetic voice biometrics are a shifty chorus of fraud, requiring an agile response

In the Tower of Babel that digitized global society has become, synthetic voice attacks are adding confusion to the issue…

Nov 20, 2023

Contactless fingerprint biometrics move towards police deployment with UK trials

The performance of software and smartphone cameras for contactless fingerprint capture is promising enough to look towards a possible launch…

Nov 13, 2023

Image quality metrics can improve liveness detection

Making biometric liveness detection reliable and explainable requires recognizing that it is more than an algorithm, Neurotechnology Research and Development…

European Association for Biometrics (EAB) Industry Insights

 

‘Biometrics in Banking’ seminar recap

This is a guest post by Max Snijder, secretary general of the European Association for Biometrics (EAB). On 24 October…

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