The Swiss Federal Railway implemented a blockchain identity system that let railway track repair workers verify their credentials via certificates held on mobile devices. Train accidents are often linked back to improper track maintenance, and the Swiss government has developed regulations requiring recording of who worked on tracks and if they were certified to do […]

A recent webinar hosted by the Secure Technology Alliance Identity Council focused on use cases for a mobile identity credential in health care, banking and transit industries. The three industries have unique identity issues that mobile devices can help to solve from both usability and security perspectives. Speakers include: Jeffrey Fountaine, Ingenico Group; Judy Keator, […]

Anne Wang began her biometrics career over a quarter century ago as a research scientist for Cogent (now Gemalto). “Back in the 90s, biometrics was mostly used by law enforcement. At that time, this kind of technology was not really known to the general public other than in science fiction movies,” Wang says. “But in […]

2018 Women in Biometrics Award winner Lisa MacDonald serves as Director of Identity Capabilities Management Division, DHS Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM). But MacDonald didn’t know how to spell biometrics when she stumbled into the industry. “I was an English major; I have a Master’s in Public Administration,” MacDonald says. “I did come to […]

In an effort to curb fraud via biometrics in the upcoming Bangladesh general election, the country is building electronic voting machines complete with 150,000 optical fingerprint modules from Crossmatch. Crossmatch, recently acquired by Assa Abloy and now part of HID Global, delivered the modules to the Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory, the company that will build […]

“In my opinion you won’t recognize air travel in the next three to five to seven years,” says Colleen Manaher, Executive Director of Planning, Program Analysis, and Evaluation in the Office of Field Operations at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Washington, D.C. “We’re so invested in facial recognition that we’re willing to say […]

For 2018 Women in Biometrics Award winner Kelly Gallagher, there’s nothing like solving a case. “In the early years when I was a crime scene tech, I would get so excited when I knew I made an identification and I was able to help that family or even company solve their crime,” Gallagher says. “My […]