The weekly podcast covers relevant issues and breaking news from AVISIAN's suite of ID technology publications: ContactlessNews.com, CR80News.com, DigitalIDNews.com, NFCNews.com, RFIDNews.org and SecureIDNews.com.
EveryKey, a device that can enable access to mobile devices, laptops and even a car or home, zoomed to 676% of its crowd funding target on IndieGogo earlier this month. The product also has a recogni…
Many bold claims were made about facial recognition technology in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. Vendors said facial recognition could spot wanted criminals in a cro…
Innovations in biometric authentication are slowly moving consumers away from passwords for online checkouts. These advancements include the MasterCard Identity Check suite of solutions that prove a …
NIST, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and the NSTIC National Program Office are working together on a new project focused on protecting privacy and security when reusing credentials o…
Galois, a Portland-based company that focuses on cyber security primarily for the U.S. government, is the final winner of the fourth round of NSTIC pilots. Galois and its partners will build a tool t…
The latest round of NSTIC pilot awards announced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) includes a two-time winner. MorphoTrust USA received a grant last year to pilot the creat…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced a fourth round of grant awards in support of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). One of the winners is…
World leaders in the identity management industry will be in Washington D.C. September 28 and 29 for the 7th edition of the eID Conference. Some 300 delegates are expected for panel discussions and k…
World experts in terrorism and border security will be in Washington D.C. in September to discuss threats and solutions around the global movement of terrorists. The gathering is hosted by BORDERPOL,…
It’s been nearly three years since the first grant award winners were chosen for the National Strategy for Trusted Identifies in Cyberspace (NSTIC) pilot projects. Three rounds of pilot winners have …
Evgeny Chereshnev, the global head of social media for IT security company Kaspersky Lab, was trying to figure out how individual’s can have better control over their personal information and decided…
GlobalPlatform develops specifications for the interoperable deployment and management of multiple applications on secure chip technology. Those specifications include a focus on the Trusted Executio…
Computers can’t replace humans when it comes to tattoo recognition. That’s a key finding from the Tattoo Recognition Technology Challenge Workshop hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Te…
The dark world of the web is exposed in a case study by CSID called Hacking the Hackers. The ID theft protection firm conducted an experiment this spring that shows why it's bad practice to reuse pas…
Some private school students and staff in St. Louis are making use of biometrics in their day-to-day comings and goings. A facial recognition system has been installed at St. Mary's High School. The …
Many people don’t have easy access to the Internet, yet state governments and others are increasingly moving services online. How do the states ensure that these people have access to these services …
The UN Refugee Agency has begun deploying a Biometrics Identity Management System (BIMS) after a successful pilot. The goal is to enable displaced travelers to move between camps without having to be…
A bill passed by the Virginia General Assembly and is awaiting the governor’s signature will go a long way toward enabling Virginians to dump most of their passwords in favor of a single digital iden…
Insurance and banking provider USAA is rolling out biometric authentication on its mobile app. The company says face and voice recognition capability should be available nationwide to all of its 10.6…
Iowa is America’s first state to take steps toward implementing a digital driver’s license. The Iowa Department of Transportation has been talking about the possibility with identity provider MorphoT…
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