Passwords are bad and easy to hack. Even some multi-factor authentication systems are not without their faults but Identity Security Software is working on an identity and access management system that goes beyond authenticating the user at log in. The company’s iDentifyME software platform continually validates the user during the online session.

Nok Nok Labs announced released its client so iPhone owners with Touch ID will be able to use the fingerprint scanner to authenticate to other services.

Nigeria wants to help its citizens get access to banking services with its electronic identification card. The contact smart card includes and EMV application and is secure with PKI and biometrics.

BIO-key unveiled a compact fingerprint reader called the SideSwipe; Intercede announced that a federal agency placed an order to provide its employees with secure identity on mobile devices; Thursby Software announced the availability of its PKard Pro secure browser app on Apple’s App Store and iOS 8 support; Nok Nok Labs released an addition to the Trusted User Interface capability to the FIDO-Ready NNL S3 Authentication Suite; Sticky Password announced that it will offer retail customers a lifetime license of its software during the month of October for National Cyber Security Awareness Month.

Unrealistic depictions on television of how biometric technology works had created misperceptions about the identification technologies. This misperception that it’s simple to create copies of biometric images – and worse that the actual images are stored and easily compromised – have led many to believe that biometrics as an identification technology is insecure and privacy invasive. Let’s set the record straight.

Florida has banned the use of biometrics in schools over fears that the technology could used to steal the identities of students. Will this impact other states?

Nok Nok Labs, a founding member of the FIDO Alliance, announced that Alipay will use the company’s authentication suite to enable secure online payments via the fingerprint sensor technology in the Samsung Galaxy S5.