FBI not following GAO recommendations for face biometrics but expanding iris recognition work
A series of six recommendations made by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to the FBI in May, 2016 to…
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Web Payment collaboration group formed to increase security and interoperability
The FIDO Alliance, EMVCo, and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) have created a new interest group for collaboration on…
USB fingerprint scanner from eWBM first FIDO2 Level 2 certified biometric authenticator
Korean system-on-chip maker eWBM has received FIDO2 Level 2 (L2) Authenticator Security Certification from the FIDO Alliance for its Goldengate…
Is criticism against face recognition justified? Ethical considerations for deploying commercial face recognition
This is a guest post by Melissa Doval, CEO of Kairos. Face recognition, the background Estimated to be valued at…
EU sets biometric standards for Entry/Exit System
The European Union has finalized specifications for the biometrics used in its Entry/Exit System (EES), which will be introduced in…
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…
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…
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