High-quality fingerprint enrollment still underpins government identity systems
As governments come to terms with the new global conditions, one of the areas affected are identity systems which rely…
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UK to collect migrant fingerprints in France and plans longer retention of terrorism suspect biometrics
UK border officers have been instructed by the Home Office to collect fingerprints from migrants attempting to enter the country…
IBIA says draft bill to block new U.S. federal use of facial recognition would do more harm than good
The U.S. Congressional Oversight Committee should consider options for developing principles for the use of facial recognition and other biometrics…
SuperCom wins $1M e-Gov contract from national government customer
SuperCom has won a nearly $1 million contract with a national government customer for its e-Gov division, with a possibility…
How FIDO-based biometric technology clears up the IoT authentication mess
IoT devices can be a security nightmare for businesses and consumers, and now that they have become part of daily…
TB Forum 2020
TB Forum 2020 Moscow February 11 – 13, 2020 National Security Show of new technologies for large-scale projects and TOP500…
US defense bill requires comprehensive deepfake weaponization, countermeasures initiative
On December 20, President Donald Trump signed into the law the historic $738 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for…
Hearing on facial recognition threats pushed back as chair questions Apple, Google
Friday, shortly after Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on National Security,…
House unanimously passes deepfake bill; Senate version still in committee
The bipartisan House Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act (IOGAN Act), which supports critical research to accelerate the development…
Biometrics for Government & Law Enforcement
Biometrics for Government & Law Enforcement Washington, D.C. February 26-28, 2020 Biometric technology has altered and transformed security in the…
