Lawmakers grill DHS head on New York trusted traveler ban as state AG files suit
U.S. Representatives Kathleen Rice (D-NY) and Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), as well as New York freshman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a…
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Digital identity predictions for 2020: biometrics, deepfakes, cybersecurity and decentralized ID
Many companies in the biometrics, digital identity, and cybersecurity space have shared predictions for 2020 with Biometric Update, touching on…
What businesses need to know about the Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act
This is a guest post by Ana Tagvoryan, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal and David J. Oberly, attorneys at Blank Rome LLP….
Vetting security of mobile apps addressed in draft NIST special publication
Because of the level of the abundant risks due to vulnerabilities in multitudes of mobile communications apps, a 50-page draft…
IRS’s internal taxpayer authentication IT remains problematic, report says
In January 2017, just months before the April 6 hearing on Internal Revenue Security (IRS) by the House Committee on…
Researchers developing cancelable combined fingerprint and finger vein system
Researchers at Australia’s Edith Cowan University (ECU) are developing technology to scan fingerprints and finger veins in combination, which they…
Biometric ‘doomsday scenarios’ identified by cyber IoT expert
A leading Israeli cybersecurity expert warns there are three worse case scenarios he envisions with the expansion of biometrics, especially…
Behavioral biometrics in mobile banking – user-unique authentication enables safer transactions
This a guest post by Giovanni Verhaeghe, director of marketing and product strategy at VASCO Data Security. Almost daily, new…
New White House ID security directive for federal agencies comes as audits find access controls lacking
All US federal agencies must be able to identify, credential, monitor, and manage user access to information and information systems…
UIDAI denies reported major Aadhaar security breach
The Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) has responded to a media report claiming that access to the entire Aadhaar…
