Facepoint
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counter-terrorism
Biometric Update regularly authors articles about the topic "counter-terrorism." The following set of links is available to help you find biometrics news related to "counter-terrorism" and other relevant terms. More tags may be explored by reviewing our entire Biometrics Topics list.
Biometrics Institute announces workshops in collaboration with UN Counter-Terrorism agencies
The Biometrics Institute and the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) are moving forward with the next phase of their joint collaboration…
Biometrics Institute and UNCTED launch guide to biometrics adoption for counter-terrorism
The Biometrics Institute has signed an Arrangement on Cooperation with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) to promote…
Biometrics could get short shrift under admin proposal to gut transit security funding
The Trump administration’s proposal to surprisingly slash funding for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP)…
WTTC Global Summit to discuss how biometrics can increase travel safety
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)’s 2018 Global Summit will take place next month in Buenos Aires where public…
Biometrics, personal data crucial to tracking, stopping terrorists at borders
Biometrics are increasingly playing “a critical tool for verifying travelers really are who they say they are,” said State Department…
YITU features facial recognition technology at Security & Counter Terror Expo
YITU Technology presented several public security solutions featuring its AI and facial recognition technologies at the Security & Counter Terror…
Speed up implementation of biometrics technology to secure borders: WTTC
According to Gloria Guevara Manzo, president and CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), the implementation of biometrics…
UK wants access to biometrics data stored in EU security databases post-Brexit
A senior counter-terrorism officer said that Britain’s access to data in Europe-wide security databases, following the Brexit vote, is “mission…
Japan helps Pakistan improve airport security screening with biometrics
Earlier this week, the government of Japan agreed to extend a grant worth almost $2 million USD to Pakistan to…
