European consumers want biometric payments
GAO: FBI hasn’t tested accuracy of facial recognition
DHS requesting information for biometric exit
Fall 2016 Regarding ID
09 Sep, 2015MasterCard monetizing vanity
Selfie authentication is a bad idea
Swipe your payment card and then take a selfie as an additional authentication factor? This is MasterCard’s plan as pilots are rolling out. While other are trying to remove friction from the authentication process, the payments giant seems to be adding it to take advantage of the selfie craze.
08 Sep, 2015University of Texas offers master’s in identity management
Security and identity management are intertwining for an advanced degree program at The University of Texas at Austin. The new master’s program is being touted as the first of its kind. The Master of Science in Identity Management and Security (MSIMS) program is slated to welcome its inaugural class in the spring of 2016, with all applications due November 1.
04 Sep, 2015NIST working on contactless fingerprint tech
A knock against fingerprint technology has always been hygiene. People touching the same scanner one after another are an easy way to spread germs.The National Institute of Standards and Technology is working with industry to bring fast, touchless fingerprint readers out of the lab and into the marketplace.
03 Sep, 2015‘Tapping’ for cloud app access, Zvetco’s biometric safe, TeleSign’s new API
HID and Microsoft talk about “tapping” for access to cloud apps, Zvetco unveils fingerprint biometric safe, TeleSign launches unified API for two-factor authentication, LEGIC adds Bodet to ID network.
02 Sep, 2015Could PreCheck enrollment be a sign of things to come?
U.S. Post Office should be the place to obtain high-assurance credentials
As TSA PreCheck opens enrollment at H&R Block locations, could this be a sign of third-parties enrolling other for strong digital identities? Sources say the U.S. Post Office is considering some type of strong authentication issuance to consumers but details have yet to emerge.
31 Aug, 2015Homeland Security releases biometric framework
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a “Biometric Strategic Framework” outlining plans for its use of biometric technologies until 2025. The goal of the document is to create a strategy for using biometrics to ensure national security and public safety.
27 Aug, 2015Biometric market prediction, Suprema’s updated platform, Nok Nok funding
Tractica predicts that the worldwide biometrics technology market will grow from $2 billion in 2015 to $14.9 billion by 2024; Suprema unveiled BioStar 2.1, an update to the biometric security platform; Nok Nok Labs announced that it has completed the second and final closing of $8 million in its Series C Financing, raising a total of $16.25M.
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