RIVR results show biometric liveness detection effectiveness highly variable
The state of the art in biometric presentation attack detection (PAD) is better than document validation, but far worse than…
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DHS RIVR results suggest most ID document validation disastrously ineffective
The results of the identity document validation track within the 2025 Remote Identity Validation Rally are sobering. They indicate that…
John Howard reflects on DHS biometrics evaluations and the AI testing landscape
When John Howard began working for SAIC at the Maryland Test Facility, biometrics was an emerging technology supported by a…
RIVR results show targeted selfie biometric spoof attacks divide the field
Test results from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) suggest significant differences in the performance…
New skin tone evaluation scale developed to improve AI fairness evaluation
An innovative development in AI skin tone measurement methods, aimed at refining how artificial intelligence interprets skin tones across diverse…
International standard for biometric bias measurement unanimously approved
A new international standard for how to test demographic differentials in biometric systems for bias has been approved, and is…
DHS outlines foreseeable biometric agenda, but will it have the funding?
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has an ambitious biometric agenda going into Fiscal…
DHS selfie biometrics evaluation for remote IDV shows range in performance
Biometric face verification can be an effective tool for remote identity verification, but many systems still have some issues to…
Cutting out clustered data points to reduce facial recognition bias explained in AFRL talk
Despite the presence of many “heavy hitters” in the public discourse about bias in facial recognition, misunderstanding about the nature…
Vendors reveal achievements in DHS biometrics rally — updated
The anonymized results of the 2022 DHS Biometric Technology Rally were announced last week, and showed that state of the…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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