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Société nationale d’édition de documents administratifs et d’identification du Sénégal awards Zetes a contract to produce the Senegalese biometric visa.
A rise in the number of government projects, increasing data security concerns and the need for advanced security devices will drive the market for biometric systems globally, according to a new report from TechSci Research.
MorphoTrust USA releases infographic outlining how facial recognition technology helps law enforcement agencies bring criminals to justice.
Cross Match Technologies launches its new SEEK Avenger mobile handheld at the Security Document World 2013 exhibition.
John Mears, IBIA director, and Lockheed Martin’s senior fellow and chief technologist, set to address a congressional subcommittee on current and future applications of biometric technologies at 10am ET on 21 May 2013.
New market research set to be published at SDW 2013 finds that more than 88% of document security experts believe that governments should be placing top priority on document security.
The biometric industry's first ever dedicated iris liveness detection competition has been announced by an international group of researchers.
Science Media Partners Ltd and the International Biometrics & Identification Association (IBIA) today announce a visionary new conference and exhibition – connect:ID (http://www.connectidexpo.com). This major new international event will focus on all aspects of personal identity and the opportunities for its management in both the physical and digital worlds.
SpeechPro releases a face and voice biometric authentication solution that uses smartphones as the capture device.
Cross Match Technologies has announced today the creation of Cross Match Ventures, a business unit dedicated to the development and commercialization of emerging technological innovations in the biometric and identity management markets.
Innovatrics has announced that its ANSI&ISO SDK has been implemented by the Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) for use in its mobile biometric authentication system
CIC has announced its financial results, reporting a total revenue of US$235,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013.
3M, Gemalto, Morpho (a division of Safran) and Oberthur Technologies have announced the formation of the Secure Identity Alliance
Dublin Airport is piloting automated border control (ABC) gates to enable certain passengers to pass through immigration.
BIO-key International has executed an OEM agreement with Caradigm, a Microsoft and GE Healthcare company.
Barclays Wealth & Investment Management has deployed Nuance’s FreeSpeech voice biometrics solution to securely and automatically confirm the identity of Barclays customers.
The Australian Government Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has awarded 3M a three-year contract to provide software and services for its new Biometric Identification System.
FPC has received a new order for 275,000 units of its swipe sensor technology for the Japanese smartphone market.
A superb iris recognition paper which outlines the present, past and future of the technology in particular looking at the state-of-the-art in terms of algorithms, fast identification solutions and forensic applications.
This white paper looks at recent experiences of deploying face forensic solutions at several large law enforcement jurisdictions.
Though facial recognition technologies have typically been deployed by governments and law enforcement agencies, its use has not gone unnoticed by retailers and other commercial organisations. But will commercial enterprise go too far in terms of acceptability in their quest to maximise profits? How far is too far? Planet Biometrics Expert Carl Gohringer reports.
Get a feel for where things are going on the international standards front. A special report on the SC37 standards meetings in Phuket which took place earlier this month (January 2012).
Get a feel for where things are going on the international standards front. This article reveals all the highlights from the recent SC37 biometric standard meetings in Kyoto, Japan
Since 9/11, biometrics have been heralded by politicians as the panacea for all security problems. The worst thing that can happen to a new technology is to be badly marketed in its starting phase. This has happened to biometrics.
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