Researchers say NIST biometric datasets include images of vulnerable individuals taken without consent
The U.S. government, researchers, and businesses have collected facial images from immigrants, abused children, and the deceased to test facial…
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U.S. Congressional Rep. plans national strategy to maintain global artificial intelligence lead
U.S. Congressional Representative Will Hurd (R-Texas) will devise a national artificial intelligence strategy for the country, as Congress will play…
U.S. legislators introduce bipartisan IoT security standards bill
Lawmakers have introduced legislation in a bipartisan effort to establish national standards in the U.S. for the cybersecurity of internet-of-things…
Little overlap between NIST facial recognition testing leaders and U.S. government providers
Wired is asking “Why Chinese Companies Plug a U.S. Test for Facial Recognition” in an article highlighting the placement of…
Biometric login with WebAuthn online authentication standard gets final W3C approval
The Web Authentication (WebAuthn) specification has been accepted as an official web standard, according to an announcement from the World…
ID.me biometric identity proofing selected for healthcare EPCS compliance by Allscripts
Allscripts has selected ID.me to provide identity proofing and multifactor authentication for healthcare providers using its electronic health record platforms…
eWBM accepted to the FIDO Alliance Board of Directors
System on a chip solution company eWBM announced today the company was accepted to the FIDO Alliance Board of Directors…
UK oversight bodies probe government data set ethics and biometric strategy
The UK government’s Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG) has been tasked with providing independent oversight of the Home Office’s…
Standardized testing for biometrics
Standardized biometric presentation attack detection (PAD) testing is finally here, bringing accountability to the biometrics industry, itself charged with providing…
iProov passes Level B biometric presentation attack detection test by NPL
iProov has passed an ISO/IEC 30107-3 conformance review to Level B of the NIST standards for presentation attack detection (PAD),…
