Gemalto study reveals security concerns over employee reuse of personal credentials Gemalto released the results of its ‘Authentication and Identity Management Index’, which revealed that 90% of enterprise IT professionals are concerned that employee reuse of personal credentials for work purposes could compromise security. Meanwhile, 68% said they would be...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News Share: Facebook | Twitter

Jenetric looks to scale-up production, expand to US as it completes third funding round German biometrics company Jenetric has completed a third investment round. The firms’ investors, High-Tech Gründerfonds and bm|t, confirmed their continued support as they did in round two. The firm also won a new investment angel, Dr. Uwe Trautmann. Karin...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

BIO-key scores million dollar enterprise biometric subscription contract BIO-key has secured an initial $1.1M subscription contract for its enterprise biometric authentication platform from a leading Fortune 500 customer. BIO-key’s software-based fingerprint biometric platform was selected to provide secure authentication to customer records and other enterprise resources for...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Behavioral biometrics firm helps Arvato Financial Solutions combat fraud Arvato Financial Solutions has partnered with behavioural biometrics firm NuData Security to develop a joint solution that integrates behavioral analytics and passive biometrics with a common platform, giving joint clients a more comprehensive understanding of their users in order...full story Categories: Behavioral | Biometric News | Financial Services Share: Facebook | Twitter

Continental integrates biometric technology for vehicle personalization and authentication Continental will demonstrate fingerprint and facial recognition technology for vehicle personalization and authentication at the Consumer Electronics Show 2017 in Las Vegas. “The integration of biometric elements brings our expertise in system integration to the fore, as we are...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News | Facial Recognition | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Precise Biometrics’ algorithm solution for fingerprint recognition in the Meitu M6s Precise Biometrics’ algorithm solution for fingerprint recognition in mobile devices, Precise BioMatch Mobile, has through cooperation with Fingerprint Cards been integrated in the Meitu M6s mobile device. Earlier this week it was announced that Precise had entered into an...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

KnuEdge looking for speakers for heterogeneous neural networks event As part of its effort to advance neural computing innovation and transform human-machine interaction, KnuEdge has opened a call for papers to be presented at its heterogeneous neural networks (HNN) workshop in April 2017. The event is expected to...full story Categories: Biometric News | Biometric R&D | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

Versasec study forecasts IT security spending to increase significantly in 2017 Versasec has published a new study that reveals that IT executives in small- and medium-sized companies as well as larger enterprises believe that mobile, bring-your-own-devices, and cloud usage pose the biggest security challenges as they head into 2017. In...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News Share: Facebook | Twitter

Military biometrics market to grow more than 7% CAGR through 2020 Technavio has released a new study entitled ‘Global Military Biometrics Market 2016-2020‘, which forecasts that the global military biometrics market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than a 7% during the forecast period. The market research...full story Categories: Biometric News | Military Applications Share: Facebook | Twitter

Imprivata report reveals that biometric ID improves patient care, reduces hospital costs Imprivata released a new study entitled ‘2016 National Patient Misidentification Report‘, which reveals that patient misidentification has become rampant and carries significant consequences that negatively impact patient care and the hospital’s financial performance. The report is based on a...full story Categories: Biometric News | Healthcare Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

10th annual Border Security Conference 10th annual Border Security Conference Rome, Italy This conference program will explore how political issues affecting the border security community, such as increasing immigration in the Mediterranean as well as cross-border terrorism, can be combated and managed using innovative...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

World Border Security Congress World Border Security Congress March 21-23, 2017 Casablanca, Morocco The World Border Security Congress is a high level 3 day event that will discuss and debate current and future policies, implementation issues and challenges as well as new and...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

FinDEVr New York 2017 FinDEVr New York 2017 March 21 & 22, 2017 Metropolitan Pavilion 125 W 18th St., New York, NY FinDEVr is the only conference series focused exclusively on the TECHNOLOGY of fintech and the developers, CTOs and other creators of...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

IoT Asia 2017 IoT Asia 2017 29-30 March 2017 Singapore EXPO, Singapore #iotasia As the first dedicated platform in Asia to address the enormous potential of the IoT revolution, the first edition of IoT Asia in 2014 was ahead of its competition....full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

connect:ID 2017 connect:ID 2017:Physical & digital identity in the 21st century May 1-3, 2017 WEWCC, Washington, DC, USA Welcome to the 4th edition of connect:ID – with it’s leading global conference and exhibition that focuses on all aspects of identity technologies...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter