To truly get a picture of how age progression impacts biometrics, researchers need operational data from systems. Lab tests just won’t cut it. The problem is that the vast majority of biometric systems haven’t been deployed for long enough to really evaluate the toll that time takes. “There’s no way to fake it, you need […]

Datacard, Morpho issuing INTERPOL travel documents Datacard Group announced that it has partnered with Morpho to support the INTERPOL Travel Document Initiative. Morpho is providing the secure ID management and document production solution used by INTERPOL in the issuance of electronic travel documents to its officials.  Datacard Group is supplying its 3D laser engraving technology […]

HID Global released its projections for trends that will have the greatest impact on the secure identity industry in 2014. The predictions encompass a range of solutions and technologies, including anticipated advances in physical and logical access control, secure issuance, identity assurance, visitor management, electronic ID (eID) and secure asset tracking. Selva Selvaratnam, CTO at […]

A camera and microphone is what consumers will need for online access using Facebanx authentication technology. The technology is being trialed by a telecommunications firm freeing its customers from the need to remember their passwords and saving money by eliminating password reset calls. Other trials due later this month include multi-national banks that are seeking […]

By Kathleen Erickson, VP of Business Development, Fulcrum Biometrics When a medical clinic based in Papua New Guinea was tasked with the challenge of accurately identifying repeat patients, biometrics turned out to be the ideal solution. In a culture where name changes are frequent and people often have no form of ID, the clinic found […]

The global government biometrics market is expected to be worth $6.9 billion by 2024, almost doubling from the $3.6 billion in 2014, according to report from MarketResearchReports.com. E-passport and national identity card programs underway in various countries are driving government spending on biometrics. The U.S. and European nations including the UK, Germany, France and other […]

The latest smart card specification for U.S. government employees was released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Federal agencies will now have 12-months to issue cards that comply with the revised FIPS 201-2 standard. The standard followed the path laid out in previous drafts, says Bob Dulude, director of Federal Identity Initiative at […]

In 2002 I attended my first biometric trade show, the Biometric Consortium Conference in Crystal City, Va. At that point I was a few months into editing a publication covering high-tech identity and biometrics solutions and this was the first time I was able to see some of the technology in action. It was just […]