US security agencies tout biometrics, liveness detection to defend against deepfakes
Threats from deepfakes are exponentially increasing and organizations must be ready to introduce new technologies to tackle them, including biometric…
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NSA and CISA publish identity and access management best practices for US
Two powerful security agencies of the U.S. government have published best ID and access management practices recommended for system administrators….
Universities to research behavioral biometrics as passive authentication layer
The University of Louisville (UofL) in Kentucky will conduct research into the use of behavioral and typing biometrics as a…
NSA voice recognition capabilities appear to be more advanced than previously thought
The National Security Agency has had voice recognition technology since 2006, and developed capacities to identify previous recordings of individuals…
ID Technology Partners names Jeffrey S. Dunn senior consultant
Identification Technology Partners, Inc. announced it has named Jeffrey S. Dunn senior consultant. Dunn has served in the federal sector…
NSA tests gesture recognition for smartphone access control
Lockheed Martin said that the National Security Agency has tested the use of its new smartphone-swipe recognition technology, which verifies…
NSA publishes declassified surveillance reports that detail US privacy breaches
The National Security Agency quietly published several surveillance reports on December 23 that spanned more than a decade, some of…
U.S. spying on ordinary Internet users, Germany
According to a recent report published in the Washington Post, the U.S. intelligence community targets far more ordinary Internet users,…
Top biometrics news stories, week of June 15
Biometrics Week in Review: Aadhaar issues, Nigeria sets guidelines for biometric databases, NSA comments on using facial recognition on American`s,…
NSA allegedly using Aadhaar to spy on India
India’s new Bharatiya Janata Party government has come under pressure to scrap Aadhaar, the program which aims to enroll all…
