Why the future of biometrics must be privacy-first for widespread scaling and adoption
By Blaine Frederick, VP of Product at Alcatraz AI In 2013, Apple revolutionized its flagship product with the launch of…
Search Results for: compromised PII
Biometrics in physical credentials make scanning them secure, or unnecessary
The relationship between biometrics and physical credentials is a theme running through many of the most-read stories of the week…
US Senate takes up bill banning government purchase of Americans’ data
Despite opposition from the White House and law enforcement agencies across the United States, a bipartisan bill that recently was…
Login.gov deployment at US tax agency still on rocky ground
For more than a year between December 2022 and March 2023, the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of more than 57,000…
IT systems for US security clearances at risk, GAO says
As the four-year-old U.S. Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) continues to build out the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS)…
Tech5 introduces flexible biometric template protection for its ABIS
Tech5 has developed biometric template protection technology that it says meets the criteria set out in the ISO/IEC 30136 standard….
Law to fight identity fraud in US introduced, Australia blocks over 300K attempts
Countries are taking steps to effectively mitigate fraud through identity verification. In the U.S., the Fraud Prevention and Recovery Act…
Data breach, identity fraud trends reveal deepfake and generative AI threats
Identity trends in 2023 saw generative AI facilitate the creation of fake IDs. Notable breaches affected millions around the world,…
‘Leaksmas’ report calls digital ID ‘primary focus’ of hackers
A U.S. cybersecurity firm analyzing come-ons from dark web entities advertising free stolen personal data says digital ID information is…
Socure, Scienaptic AI and SentiLink make strides in catching synthetic identity fraud
Socure has announced its success in catching synthetic identity fraud in 2023, while a collaborative effort between Scienaptic AI and…
