Pindrop research explores how aging can impact accuracy of voice authentication With the growing adoption of voice biometrics for identification and authentication purposes, researchers are investigating into what the contributing factors of users’ voices changing over time. Pindrop has released new research revealing that voices change significantly with age, even...full story Categories: Biometric News | Voice Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

Fingerprint Cards CFO leaving for eye-tracking firm Tobii Fingerprint Cards (FPC) announced today that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Johan Wilsby will leave the company no later than July 2017. Wilsby, who has been CFO at FPC since 2015, is leaving the company on his own initiative...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

U.S. congressman supports mandatory biometric screening at U.S.-Canada border As several members of upstate New York’s congressional delegation criticize a plan to move forward with biometric screening at U.S.-Canada border crossings, U.S. Rep. John Katko (R) says he supports the initiative, according to a report by Auburnpub.com. In...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security Share: Facebook | Twitter

IDscan granted patent for technology to verify faces on a passport or ID card IDScan, a GBG company, has been granted a U.S. patent for Visage, which verifes the facial component of a passport or ID card by checking against a databank of faces acquired from proven fake, forged or altered documents. “The...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Centrify service assesses user behavior to prevent breaches Centrify launched its new Analytics Service, which uses machine learning to assess and respond to risk based on user behaviour. The Centrify Analytics Service constantly analyzes the user’s continually evolving behavior patterns and assigns a risk score. The service...full story Categories: Access Control | Behavioral | Biometric News Share: Facebook | Twitter

MorphoTrust, Confirm to provide ID solutions to commercial and consumer marketplace MorphoTrust USA and Confirm Inc. have expanded on their existing relationship to provide scalable identity solutions to the commercial and consumer marketplace at an accelerated pace. The move comes a year after MorphoTrust and Confirm partnered to release enterprise-class...full story Categories: Biometric News | Commercial Applications | Consumer Devices Share: Facebook | Twitter

ZKAccess biometric readers integrated with AMAG Symmetry Access Control system ZKAccess announced AMAG certification completion of its OP-200 fingerprint reader integration with AMAG’s Symmetry security management platform and that it is now a member of the Symmetry Preferred Partner Program. The OP-200 fingerprint reader interfaces with the Symmetry Access...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Biometrics-based disaster evacuee identification system introduced in Japan The Japan Automatic Identification Systems Association (JAiSA) has introduced a system to identify disaster evacuees via fingerprint and palm vein recognition. The system, according to a report in The Japan News, is primarily intended for use with disabled and...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition | Healthcare Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

Nigeria capturing biometrics for 2018 census Nigeria’s Federal Commisioner of the National Population Commission (NPC) has revealed that biometric system technology will be deployed during the 2018 census to capture facial impressions and fingerprints of citizens, according to a report in Leadership. The NPC is...full story Categories: Biometric News | Elections Share: Facebook | Twitter

WEF study identifies biometrics as key growth driver of international travel and security The World Economic Forum published a study titled “Digital Borders: Enabling a secure, seamless and personalized journey”, which calls for a new approach to the way travelers move across borders in order to establish a balance between meeting the...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security Share: Facebook | Twitter

Biometric Update named “official journalist” for 2017 ID4Africa event ID4Africa announced today that it has selected BiometricUpdate.com as the “official journalist” for its 2017 annual meeting, to be held April 26-28, 2017 in Windhoek, Namibia. The three-day event is the third annual government meeting of the ID4Africa movement...full story Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID Share: Facebook | Twitter

Apple acquires Israeli facial recognition firm Apple has acquired an Israeli cybersecurity startup Realface whose facial recognition technology can be used to authenticate users. According to a TechTimes report, the technology is said to be capable of learning facial features. Israeli financial website Calcalist reported...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

U.S. government agencies increasingly adopting new biometric authentication tools U.S. government agencies are increasingly adopting a range of biometric technologies to ­minimize cyberthreats and streamline system access, according to a report by FedTech. The Defense and Homeland Security departments have long been using fingerprint readers to facilitate physical...full story Categories: Biometric News | Government Purchasing Share: Facebook | Twitter

Civil liberties group warns Aadhaar becoming mandatory The Citizens Forum for Civil Liberties (CFCL) has complained that despite repeated reminders from Indian courts that Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory, government violations continue. According to an article by The Wire, the organization has determined that “in blatant...full story Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID Share: Facebook | Twitter

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DCD>Enterprise DCD>Enterprise March 14-15 2017 Marriott Marquis, New York Stay ahead of 2017 and join your peers in the biggest data center meet up in New York, visionary speakers include Google, JP Morgan, Vapor IO, Bank Street Group LLC, Nissan...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

Smart Surveillance for Safer Cities Smart Surveillance for Safer Cities March 27-28, 2017 Abu Dhabi, UAE The Smart Surveillance for Safer Cities conference will be a platform for you to network with government stakeholders responsible for deploying smart surveillance technologies and improving public safety...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter