DNA biometrics advance with FBI approval for Thermo Fisher Scientific, new partnership
Law enforcement booking stations in the United States have a new tool to automatically process, upload and search DNA biometrics…
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Flee passwords — please — and create biometric layers to protect businesses
It is hard to argue with an FBI special agent quoted in a trade article about the continued success of…
DOJ opens its annual enrollment in biometric search system for Native tribes
The U.S. Justice Department is again accepting applications from federally recognized Native American tribes to access its national crime information…
Aware and Iris ID partner to bring FBI iris biometrics to state and local agencies
Aware and Iris ID have partnered to expand the biometric identification capabilities of state and local agencies across the U.S. for criminal…
Deepfakes were scoffed at last year; FBI issues a warning this year
Last spring, NATO gave itself a pep talk about the threat posed by deepfakes. They are no big deal, private…
Isorg fingerprint biometrics module based on organic photodetectors PIV-certified by FBI
A FAP10 optical fingerprint biometric module from Isorg made with organic photodetectors (OPDs) has been certified by the FBI, which…
Clearview AI biometrics searches spike as police work to identify Capitol rioters
Alabama’s Oxford city police department is among U.S. law enforcement departments using Clearview AI’s controversial biometric facial recognition software to…
Lakota Software Solutions, Inc.
Lakota is now offering a web-based solution for creating fingerprint EFT files, which currently supports U.S. firearms dealers in submitting…
CBP to submit detained foreigners’ DNA to FBI biometric database by year-end
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) now has the information it needs to meet its legal requirements for collecting DNA…
US Postal Service fingerprint biometric service for federal vetting surpasses 100 locations
The United States Postal Service has expanded its biometric fingerprinting services partnership with the FBI to more than 100 locations…
