Universal Power Industry Corp unit to sell Weibridge facial recognition technology in North America
Universal Power Industry Corporation (UPIN) division Advanced Technology Group has reached a deal with Shanghai Weibridge Network Corp. to be…
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Hikvision hires lobbyist to fight U.S. government surveillance technology ban
Mercury Public Affairs will represent Hikvision USA under a one-year, $840,000 agreement, to determine the impact of National Defense Authorization…
Concerns raised about voting infrastructure security in mid-term elections
In the wake of mounting concerns over the security of the nation’s voting infrastructure during the 2018 midterm elections –…
DHS works to strengthen election security on heels of bipartisan legislation
What one congressional observer called, “a day late and a dollar short,” the bipartisan Prevent Election Hacking Act of 2018…
West Virginia to offer Voatz biometric voting app statewide for overseas military
Military service personnel from West Virginia serving overseas will be able to vote in the November U.S. midterm elections with…
U.S. visitor overstays motivating biometric exit continue gradual decline
The number of suspected in-country overstays by U.S. visitors in 2017 declined to just under 607,000 from just under 629,000…
More calls to investigate facial recognition technology
A group of U.S. legislators have called on the Government Accountability Office to examine and evaluate commercial and law enforcement…
US House Homeland Security Committee advances biometric data sharing bill
The United States House Homeland Security Committee has advanced the Biometric Identification Migration Alert Program (BITMAP) Authorization Act of 2018….
U.S. judge rules federal investigators can use suspect biometrics to unlock devices
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that federal investigators can use a suspect’s biometric features to unlock electronic devices,…
New York, DHS testing voting systems cybersecurity
The New York State Board of Elections—in concert with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Division…
