NIST’s image standards could become win/lose factor for govt biometrics contractors
The U.S. government is developing a vendor-neutral standard for assessing how useful an image might be for biometric identification. The…
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ID federation and continuous authentication schemes have their fans and challenges
A panel discussion aimed at U.S. federal agencies regarding digital ID and authentication management this week took looks at federation…
Proptech provider Credas certified as digital identity provider for UK background checks
Credas Technologies has been certified to perform digital identity verification for the Right to Work, Right to Rent and anti-money…
Canadian CIO Strategy Council publishes digital ID and trust standard update, seeks feedback
The National Standard of Canada for digital trust and digital identity fundamentals has reached a periodic review period, leading Canada’s…
Proposed US privacy protections make it out of subcommittee, but the future’s dim
Muted concern about a privacy rights bill being debated in the U.S. House of Representatives did not prevent it this…
UK government positions itself away from EU on AI regulation while testing how light touch it can go
The UK government launched a trio of documents concerning AI on 18 July, all with the general purpose of fostering…
Will EU digital identity drop the unique identifier?
The European Commission may be changing its mind about its proposed requirement for all European Union member states to incorporate…
Biometrics Institute members say linked databases threaten public trust
The main public concern around biometrics is that linked databases could lead to mass surveillance, more than 70 percent of…
Face biometrics vendors Oosto and FaceTec identify limitations to NIST FRVTs
The leading benchmark for face biometrics is not well-suited to evaluating technology for video surveillance use cases, Oosto argues in…
Explainer: What is a biometric passport?
Also called ePassports or digital passports, biometric passports differ from older types of IDs in that they have an embedded…
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