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 […]

Citizens registering for the China Resident Identity Card can use DigitalPersona’s TouchChip TCS1 silicon sensor fingerprint readers. The Ministry of Public Security under general technical requirements GA/T 1011-2012 has certified the sensors for the China Resident Identity Card. As of Jan. 2012, the new China Resident Identity Card Law requires citizens to have their fingerprints […]

By Phil Scarfo, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Lumidigm It’s hard to believe that in this digital day and age we continue to rely on the decades-old authentication method of usernames and passwords. It was bad enough when we had but a few simple combinations, but now the vast majority of us have dozens […]

Following the announcement of the FIDO Ready Certification program, the 2014 International Consumers Electronics Show (CES) will give FIDO Alliance members the opportunity to display and demo FIDO Ready authentication solutions. The industry, along with its Relying Parties and users have been calling for innovative authentication alternatives from FIDO Alliance members in the hopes that […]