The new Health Pass service could help businesses control entry into building and shops via facial recognition and QR codes.

Digital ID technology, already on the upswing during the pandemic, has gained an even higher profile in recent weeks as governments try to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and reopen their societies using new tech such as digital ID immunity passports. One recent example comes from WISeKey International Holding Ltd. In July, the Switzerland-based cybersecurity […]

As envisioned, Switzerland’s national digital ID program would help the country make needed gains in e-governance and more. But questions of who will control the program could delay progress.

The continent is seeing major deployments of digital ID for various uses, including passports, education and refugee services. But major challenges remain.

Blockchain and digital ID are helping humanitarian workers across the globe better distribute aid and reduce fraud in those programs. Via a new initiative in Africa, newborns are being registered via blockchain to ensure delivery of health and other services.

Contactless and RFID readers have long been used by hospitals for time and attendance and logical access applications, but their use is growing rapidly for cybersecurity and HIPAA compliance as well. User authentication deficiencies, endpoint data leakage and excessive user permissions are the three most common cybersecurity risks facing health systems and hospitals, according to […]

Biometric authentication has pushed into the mainstream to become an increasingly important part of digital ID. But beyond fingerprints, facial recognition and the like there is “silent authentication,” an emerging trend that Gemalto breaks down in detail.