Insurance companies argue no obligation to defend clients in biometric privacy suits
Two insurance companies have told a California federal court that their coverage of software company Omnicell Inc. does not cover…
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TrustStamp biometric human trafficking detection system to be piloted in U.S. and Mexico
TrustStamp and The Conference of Western Attorneys General (CWAG) Alliance Partnership have announced the introduction of a proof of concept…
Concerns raised about voting infrastructure security in mid-term elections
In the wake of mounting concerns over the security of the nation’s voting infrastructure during the 2018 midterm elections –…
Gartner says data security spending to reach $114 billion this year
Worldwide spending on information security products and services will reach over US$114 billion in 2018, an increase of 12.4 percent…
Security of federal information systems, protecting PII remains ‘high risk issue’
In recent years, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued literally dozens of audit reports to Congress and appropriate federal…
Scottish government proposes immediate deletion of expired facial images in new biometrics code
The Scottish government has won praise from the Open Rights Group with a draft Code of Practice which, if implemented…
Courts, inquiry both reviewing Aadhaar security measures
Delhi High Court judges have requested a written response from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to a petition…
Gait recognition could provide biometric cryptography to protect wearable data transmission
The limited computational power of body sensor network (BSN) devices such as wearables makes it difficult to secure the sensitive…
Biometrics and blockchain will beat credit card fraudsters
This is a guest post by Alastair Johnson, CEO of Nuggets. It’s a tragedy of the times we live in…
Juniper Research predicts 146 billion digital records will be stolen by 2023
The number of digital records stolen by cybercriminals will increase by 175 percent from 12 billion in 2018 to 33…
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