European consumers want biometric payments
GAO: FBI hasn’t tested accuracy of facial recognition
DHS requesting information for biometric exit
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12 Aug, 2019Secure credentials start with secure design to maximize fraud prevention
Document and card security today is far more complicated than a list of features or materials. To meet modern fraud threats governments need documents and comprehensive design to protect against expert attacks along multiple fraud vectors. Document and card development experts can link and layer the right design, personalization modalities and security elements together for […]
16 Jul, 2019HID fingerprint reader for rugged conditions hits market
As fingerprint biometrics take on more work, readers are becoming more rugged. That’s the idea behind HID’s new iCLASS SE RB25F fingerprint reader.
25 Jun, 20192019 Women in Biometrics Award winner: Nicole Spaun, IDEMIA NSS
Dr. Nicole Spaun began her career staring at planets. “I got my PhD in geology, looking specifically at planetary geology. During graduate school, I worked with NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter and its moons,” Spaun says. “About two months before I defended my dissertation – about a month after 9/11 – someone who’d gone to […]
25 Jun, 20192019 Women in Biometrics Award winner: Dana Michalski, Australia DST
Dr. Dana Michalski was looking for work in research as she pursued her degree in behavioral science and psychology. She found a job at Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation as it was then known. “I started by working half my time on Army projects working with soldiers, and the other half my time working […]
24 Jun, 20192019 Women in Biometrics Award winner: Debra Marcopulos, DHS OBIM
Like many of today’s leaders in biometrics, Debra Marcopulos’ career path was influenced by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “I actually became interested in the technology that was being developed to help secure our country, specifically fingerprint technology. So when opportunities for DHS’ mission to modernize this legacy technology became available, I eagerly accepted the position.” […]
21 Jun, 20192019 Women in Biometrics Award winner: Sherry Stein, SITA
If your international air travel experience has gotten easier, you may have Sherry Stein, SITA America’s Head of Technology Strategy, to thank. “In 2016, we began working with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and JetBlue in particular around how to help implement biometric exit in a way that would become something that would be […]
04 Jun, 2019San Francisco biometric ban passes but opposition mounts
San Francisco has passed the first facial recognition ban by a major U.S. city. But tech firms and businesses are beginning to fight back against laws that could restrict biometric authentication.
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