U.S. Congressional rep calls for biometrics regulation as universal online identification considered
The U.S. Congressional representative for Silicon Valley is calling on the federal government to quickly work towards legislation to control…
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New Nok Nok Labs SDK brings FIDO biometrics and token-based authentication to smart watches
Nok Nok Labs has announced the launch of an SDK to bring FIDO-based authentication with biometrics and secure tokens to…
UN commission exec calls for African nations to focus on civil registration for development gains
The importance of civil registration systems to economic and social development in African nations was emphasized in a speech by…
Fujitsu and identity management provider Exostar partner to secure data exchange for DoD suppliers
Fujitsu and Exostar have partnered to increase the security of controlled unclassified information (CUI) exchanged by companies participating in the…
Principles for self-sovereign biometrics planned at Internet Identity Workshop
A group of decentralized identity and biometrics stakeholders at the Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) XXIX have agreed on the framework…
ICAO denies alleged privacy flaw in biometric passports
A group of researchers from the University of Luxemburg may have detected a critical security flaw in the International Civil…
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,…
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,…
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