Biometrics are foundational to identity assurance, and identity is foundational to digital sovereignty, which is a key theme on Biometric Update this week.

The Geneva-based company reported a 0.0-second search time on a gallery of five million fingerprint records, showing matching ...

Illinois lawmakers are working to sharply restrict how police and other law enforcement use biometric technology, a bill that ...

Imagine for a moment that you can quickly pass your hand in-between two screens and within seconds have your full identity and background laid out in front of a US government agency. Or, that you can ...

The Department of Homeland Security is conducting market research in support of its Biometric Identity Research and Development program. According to a request for information notice posted on SAM.gov ...

The go-live of NAFIS NextGen in Australia marks IDEMIA Public Security's first international cloud-based ABIS deployment and sets a new benchmark for cloud-based biometric identification systems ...

Pinal County Sheriff’s Office deputies will have some new technology at their disposal this week. PCSO patrol deputies, detective and SWAT members will now have access to a new MORIS mobile biometric ...

Millions of citizens across Africa are unable to access essential services to which they are entitled to, a report has revealed. The findings from a new report by the African Digital Rights Network, ...

World claims to offer financial inclusion through identity verification, but critics warn it may sacrifice decentralization, privacy, and self-sovereignty. The crypto industry is no stranger to ...

Four distinguished leaders in the biometric identity and security industry have been selected as the winners of the 2019 Women in Biometrics Awards, co-founded by the Security Industry Association ...

Two German companies have developed a new biometric system for identifying airline passengers during the boarding process. Lufthansa Systems Group, the IT services arm of German airline Lufthansa, and ...