Federal agencies slow to adopt two factor authentication, says White House annual report
The majority of Federal employees are able to access Federal computer systems with nothing more than a username and password,…
U.S. Government
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MorphoTrust USA responds to GPO’s plans to manufacture secure identity documents
MorphoTrust USA SVP of government operations James Albers recently testified at a hearing held by the House Oversight & Government…
OPM discovers 5.6 M fingerprints compromised in previous cyberattacks
The Office of Personnel Management reported that it has discovered that 5.6 million individual’s fingerprints were stolen as part of…
U.S. Congressman visits Crossmatch to learn how biometrics can help protect data
Crossmatch announced that U.S. Congressman Mike Honda (D-Silicon Valley) visited its headquarters yesterday to learn firsthand how technologies such as…
GAO report shows a need for privacy guidelines regarding facial recognition
Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) said the recently-released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on facial recognition technology serves as “a reminder”…
Pentagon to issue new building access cards that require fingerprint and iris images
The Pentagon is issuing new building access cards for non-Common Access Card users and require images of the iris and…
NTIA continues meetings to develop data privacy guidelines for facial recognition technology
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, an agency under the US Department of Commerce, announced it will continue its privacy multistakeholder…
Assuring lessons learned from the Office of Personnel Management identity and fingerprint cyber theft
This is a guest post by Janice Kephart, founder of the Secure Identity & Biometrics Association (SIBA). The U.S. Office…
Second OPM hack sees 1.1M fingerprint records stolen
Office of Personnel Management officials have confirmed that a data breach involving security clearance files has impacted some 21.5 million…
$1B lawsuit filed against U.S. government for voice and facial recognition patent infringement
Plano, Texas based 3rd Eye Surveillance and Baltimore based Discovery Patents have filed an infringement lawsuit against the U.S. federal…
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