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HID Biometrics News
HID Global fingerprint tech leveraged for new biometric POS and multimodal access control systems
HID Global is bringing its biometric fingerprint technology to point-of-sales systems for retail stores and restaurants through a partnership with…
| Oct 21, 2019 | HID Global completes De La Rue’s Citizen Identity Business acquisitionHID Global has finalized the acquisition process of De La Rue, a commercial issuer of banknotes and passports, in a… |
| Oct 15, 2019 | UK police units adopt mobile fingerprint scannersTwo Welsh police units, South Wales Police and Gwent Police, have rolled out mobile fingerprint technology to use on the… |
| Oct 4, 2019 | HID Global purchases Australian card manufacturer PlacardHID Global has purchased Australian card manufacturer Placard to grow its presence in the Australasia region, the company announced. In… |
| Sep 27, 2019 | HID Global to target Indian biometrics and smart card market in 2020India will be a major emerging target market for HID Global in 2020, Indian publication Dataquest reports as the company… |
| Sep 26, 2019 | Amazon working on facial recognition regulation as groups write Congress to oppose bansIt makes a lot of sense to regulate biometric facial recognition technology, according to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who revealed… |
| Sep 16, 2019 | HID Global acquires PKI provider HydrantID for enterprise data and IoT securityHID Global has acquired enterprise data and IoT management provider HydrantID complement its IdenTrust digital certification authority business HydrantID specializes… |
| Sep 10, 2019 | Biometric integrations with new networking and imaging tech on display at GSX 2019Biometrics and other security professionals from around the world have gathered at Chicago’s McCormick Place for the Global Security Exchange… |
| Aug 30, 2019 | Business and development opportunities top this week’s biometrics and digital ID newsDuring a week of mostly good news for the biometrics industry, top stories on Biometric Update broadly follow themes of… |
| Jul 16, 2019 | Lumidigm M-Series fingerprint sensors from HID Global certified for presentation attack detectionHID Global has announced that its Lumidigm M-Series multispectral biometric imaging solutions have achieved a perfect score in ISO/IEC 30107-3… |
| Jun 18, 2019 | Key themes and debates emerge as ID4Africa opensDigital identity themes, challenges, problems and progress came to the fore in Johannesburg as delegates from African governments, international agencies… |
| Jun 17, 2019 | Q&A: HID Global on the African digital identity status quoAs the flagship ID4Africa event opens in South Africa, HID Global talks to Biometric Update about the developments in digital… |
| Jun 14, 2019 | ID4Africa 2019 participants preview biometrics news to come from leading global eventBiometrics companies are revealing details of their participation in the 5th Annual Meeting of the ID4Africa movement, hosted by the… |
| Jun 12, 2019 | HID Global to acquire De La Rue’s Citizen Identity businessHID Global has signed an agreement to acquire the international identity solutions business of De La Rue. According to the… |
| Jun 12, 2019 | HID launches miniature device for privacy-preserving age checks with mobile IDHID Global has launched a small device called the HID goID Simple Verifier to enable anyone to quickly perform an… |
| Jun 5, 2019 | Possibilities and teething difficulties for African biometrics and digital IDAhead of the ID4Africa event in Johannesburg, digital ID related companies are releasing think pieces on the future possibilities for… |
| Apr 10, 2019 | HID Global rolls out new fingerprint reader for biometric access controlHID Global has launched its new iCLASS SE RB25F fingerprint reader that merges credential excellence with HID’s globally-patented multispectral imaging… |
| Apr 2, 2019 | HID Global launches cloud Authentication Service for enterprise on-boarding and IAMHID Global has launched its new HID Authentication Service to simplify leveraging biometrics and other factors for user onboarding and… |
| Mar 25, 2019 | Tanzania selects HID Global to deploy electronic visa and permit serviceThe government of Tanzania has selected HID Global’s citizen ID solutions to add electronic visa and permit capabilities to its… |
| Feb 12, 2019 | Crossmatch fingerprint tech deployed on ThinkPad T490 healthcare editionCrossmatch, part of HID Global, announced today that its fingerprint reading technology has been deployed on the new Lenovo ThinkPad… |
HID Industry Insights
Harnessing AI to reinforce security and identity in Australia
By Ramesh Songukrishnasamy, SVP and CTO at HID As the Australian digital landscape evolves, security threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated…
Brand Focus: HID
High-quality fingerprint enrollment still underpins government identity systems
As governments come to terms with the new global conditions, one of the areas affected are identity systems which rely…
HID White Papers
A definitive guide to fingerprint technology
Fingerprint technology is a mature, proven method for user authentication across a range of industries, use cases and environments. Selecting…
Biometrics Explainers by HID
Creating smarter government IDs: The process, from creation and enrollment to issuance
This is a guest post by Joby Mathew, HID Global Director: Citizen Identity Solutions EMEA The adoption of HID Global’s…
