IDnow joins FIDO Alliance to help boost online transaction security
Biometric identification and eSigning provider IDnow has come aboard the FIDO Alliance, alongside tech giants such as Google, Amazon, Softbank,…
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IEEE takes on biometric standards for facial recognition to avoid social harms
The IEEE is working on creating standards for biometric facial recognition to address social concerns related to the technology with…
FIDO Alliance to bring biometrics and strong assurance to identity verification
Authentication may be getting easier, with the FIDO Alliance’s standards making strong authentication with biometrics and other technologies much more…
NIST publishes draft privacy framework
The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) has published a draft Privacy Framework in response to the EU’s GDPR,…
Yitu and VisionLabs impress in latest NIST facial recognition test results
The latest results from the National Institute of Science and Technology’s (NIST’s) Ongoing Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) for Verification…
Acceptto behavioral biometrics certified for FIDO2 server protocol
Acceptto has announced that its behavioral biometric technology has been certified by the FIDO Alliance for the FIDO2 server protocol…
FIDO Alliance announces industry event to modernize authentication
The FIDO Alliance is organizing an industry event focused on strategies and solutions for modern authentication in accordance with FIDO…
GitHub integrates WebAuthn protocol for biometric authentication
Software development platform GitHub now supports Web Authentication (WebAuthn) protocol that adds biometrics and physical security key logins for Firefox,…
FIDO2 makes the Internet more secure, but not everyone is convinced
This is a guest post by Aman Khanna, VP of Products at ThumbSignIn With the continued rise of data breaches,…
Homomorphic encryption standards group could help secure cloud biometrics
The security of many cloud biometrics systems could soon be significantly enhanced, as a group of nearly 100 members of…
