With another ISC West conference and exhibition behind us, we are once again looking to the future of biometric access control with fresh eyes. The annual Las Vegas security conference is renowned for setting the biometric benchmark when it comes to access control trends every year, and last week one topic stood out as a…
“…IDEMIA’s F-Code revolves around fingerprint authentication. It features an embedded Fingerprint Cards sensor, designed to confirm users’ identities as they process a transaction, replacing the PIN-based security of contemporary chip cards.” The first major pilot of biometric payment card solution from IDEMIA and Fingerprint Cards is now getting underway. The project was first announced last…
One of the year’s biggest security exhibitions has now come to a close. Organizers say this year’s ISC West attracted over a thousand solutions providers and more than 30,000 security industry professionals. Attendees were treated to keynote speakers like the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Security Division director Dr. Douglas Maughan, exhibits like the Emerging…
FindBiometrics is reporting live from ISC West 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The world’s biggest security conference is known for setting the bar for biometrics-enabled access control conversations for the rest of the year, serving as a platform for major product launches, integrations, announcements and demonstrations. Peter O’Neill, President of FindBiometrics, is helping amplify these…
Biometrics can protect the front door of your business, but that’s not all they can bring to an enterprise looking for top notch security. The workplace of today is subject to the rapid evolution of technology, and biometrics are the best way to ensure every vulnerability in the modern office is safe in a high…
With biometric authentication now widely familiar thanks to the mainstreaming of fingerprint recognition across a range of smartphones, the advantages of even more convenient contactless technologies are starting to come into focus as new flagship smartphones let users unlock their phones just by looking at them. And that’s good news for iris recognition specialist Iris…
Facial recognition is a very hot topic right now. The launch of last autumn’s iPhone X, with its face-scanning user authentication feature, helped to popularize this kind of technology among consumers the world over, while expanding airport screening programs are showing travelers how facial recognition can speed up the travel experience. So it’s a propitious…
ISC West kicks off today, and FindBiometrics is reporting live from the show floor in Las Vegas. It promises to be a busy and exciting event, with ISC West Industry VP Sherida Sessa having recently offered FindBiometrics an intriguing preview in an exclusive interview. ISC West’s organizers have built it over the years into one…
“Sites that previously used password and username combinations to let users access online services can take advantage of technologies that physically validate the user’s identity, rather than relying on credentials that could possibly be stolen.” The FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) have launched a new authentication standard that will bring biometric…
FindBiometrics President Peter O’Neill recently interviewed Shiraz Kapadia, CEO of Invixium. The conversation begins with an overview of the multimodal biometrics company’s history, touching on its problem solving focus and dedication to education. Kapadia then details Invixium’s impressive product lineup, including the “masterstroke” IXM TITAN which will be on display at the company’s booth (#6109)…
April is Physical Access & Enterprise Month at FindBiometrics, during which we will be placing a featured focus on the strong authentication and identification technologies locking doors and protecting businesses. Throughout the next four weeks we are bringing you specially curated content, interviews and live coverage of ISC West – our premier partner in this…
While biometric technology is extending across more applications than ever, access control is still one of its most important mainstays. It’s an application for which biometric identification is ideally suited, with the technology offering unique advantages in the authentication of registered individuals, and the automation of physical security systems and processes. While human guards might…
FindBiometrics President Peter O’Neill recently interviewed Raffie Beroukhim, Senior Vice President, Advanced Recognition Systems Division, NEC Corporation of America. The conversation begins with an update on the company after a year of tremendous growth, and the market highlights in law enforcement, federal government and critical infrastructure that contributed to NECAM’s success. Beroukhim explains how Apple’s introduction…
March is coming to an end, and with its passing we must bid farewell to Mobile Biometrics Month 2018 – a month-long featured focus on the dynamic and evolving mobile identity landscape. Over the past four weeks we brought you live coverage of Mobile World Congress from Barcelona, in-depth featured articles exploring mobile biometrics trends,…
Hot on the heels of Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, FindBiometrics and GSMA hosted the mobile biometrics webinar event of the year: New Frontiers in Mobile Biometrics. The 45 minute webcast began with a review of the biggest identity tech news out of MWC and a presentation from GSMA’s David Pollington highlighting the state…
This year’s K(NO)W Identity conference is underway this week, with hundreds of organizations and over a thousand attendees convening to discuss online identity and security. It’s no surprise, then, to find Jumio on hand: The company has seen a remarkable ascent over the last several months as a range of clients have embraced its biometric…
FindBiometrics President Peter O’Neill recently spoke to Deepak Dutt, President and CEO of Zighra. The conversation begins with the Canadian behavioral biometrics company’s origin story and an overview of its innovative identity technology. After differentiating Zighra’s technology from other behavioral biometrics solutions, Dutt speaks about the major factors generating interest in the behavioral authentication space…
Apple sparked the mobile revolution in 2013 with the launch of Touch ID, and since then biometric authentication has become a mainstream technology. Fingerprint sensors in particular became almost as ubiquitous on smartphones as front-facing cameras and microphones. Now, nearly five years since that fateful Cupertino keynote, the consumer mobile biometrics space is practically unrecognizable.…
“Green Bit fingerprinting technology continues to prove to the market that our technology is mature enough to be deployed and trusted.” -Nadia Reid, VP Sales and Business Development, Green Bit Americas The results of the IARPA Nail-to-Nail (N2N) Fingerprint Challenge are in and Green Bit has won big. The Italy-based fingerprint livescan company achieved first…
FindBiometrics President Peter O’Neill recently had the opportunity to speak with Aerendir CEO Martin Zizi and the company’s Chairman Pierre Pozzi, the makers of the NeuroPrint – one of the most ambitious and novel new biometrics technologies, which uses proprioceptive neurophysiology for authentication. The interview begins with an overview of NeuroPrint from Zizi, explaining how proprioception…
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