US House intelligence report urges CBP to use land border biometrics to ‘build profiles’
Twenty-five years after the 9/11 Commission called for a biometric system capable of tracking foreign nationals entering and leaving the…
border security
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Cyprus, Kazakhstan accelerate biometric border automation
Cyprus is deploying biometric automated border control (ABC) gates at Larnaca and Paphos airports as it prepares for accession to…
DHS develops biometric tools to improve traveler identity verification
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has developed two biometric identity technologies designed to improve…
IDGA Border Technology Summit
IDGA Border Technology Summit La Jolla, California September 17-18, 2026 This year’s IDGA Border Technology Summit, taking place September 17–18,…
DHS surveillance spending tops $2.9B as domestic enforcement architecture expands
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has recorded more than $2.9 billion in contract obligations since January 2021 for technologies…
Xperix partners with Alyam to pursue Saudi government biometrics
South Korean biometrics provider Xperix has signed an exclusive memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia’s Alyam Technical Trading Co. to…
EES faces more operational constraints at checkpoints
The biometric Entry/Exit System (EES) which is live at several airports across the Schengen zone is said to be facing…
East Africa Border Security Week
East Africa Border Security Week Nairobi, Kenya November 3-4, 2026 East Africa Border Security Week is the region’s leading platform…
10th Edition OFSEC
10th Edition OFSEC Muscat, Oman October 19 – 20, 2026 OFSEC EVENT 2026 is designed to meet the needs of…
Fresh audit ordered into failed New Zealand border biometrics project
The New Zealand government says it will conduct a further inquiry to determine the exact total cost of the Biometric…
