FindBiometrics reported live from ISC West in Las Vegas last week, bringing you biometrics news and interviews straight from the biggest converged security trade show in the Americas. Prior to the exhibition, IDEMIA was touted as a major biometrics participant, so FindBiometrics Director of Digital Content Susan Stover stopped by the company’s booth to interview…
FindBiometrics Managing Editor Peter Counter recently interviewed Mohammed Murad, Vice President, Global Sales, Marketing and Business Development, Iris ID. The conversation begins on the topic of recent milestones: the integration of Iris ID’s technology with the GenKey platform, and its certification from the Bureau of Indian Standards. The conversation goes on to talk about the…
As the biometrics industry continues to evolve toward frictionless user experiences, behavioral biometrics solutions, which measure the unique ways users interact with devices, are gaining in popularity. To gain more insight on this growing industry trend, Susan Stover, Director of Digital Content, FindBiometrics, caught up with TypingDNA CEO Raul Popa ahead of the coming RSA…
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FindBiometrics is coming to you live from the 2019 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida this week, reporting on the growing interest in healthcare biometrics. Recent market research has shown a major driver in the coming healthcare biometrics boom is a growing awareness in the critical need for data security, which is a fascinating…
After a big corporate shakeup, SureID is looking to get back on track under new management. The Oregon-based company, which offers identity authentication solutions to the enterprise and government markets, has seen a tumultuous few years after losing a US Navy contract that had been a key base of revenue. Hundreds of jobs were cut…
“The technology is being used together with Windows Hello, the biometric authentication platform built into the Windows 10 operating system.” Synaptics has teamed up with US-based chip maker AMD to deliver biometric security to computer products. More specifically, forthcoming notebook PCs based on the AMD Ryzen Mobile platform will integrate fingerprint sensors from Synaptics –…
“Essentially, it’s designed to use facial and fingerprint recognition to enable continuous, passive biometric authentication of a smartphone user.” BIO-key has been granted a patent that it believes could be highly valuable to the company given current trends in mobile biometrics market. Entitled, “Utilization of Biometric Data”, the patent was first filed in 2015, and…
Experian is bringing yet more biometric capabilities to its CrossCore anti-fraud platform, thanks to a new partnership with Acuant. The latter is bringing to the table its AssureID solution, which combines document reading with facial recognition in order to match end users against their government-issued IDs. In a statement announcing the partnership, the companies suggested…
“Nymi’s biometric wristband device, the Nymi Band, can continuously authenticate a wearer via cardiac biometrics, allowing workers in pharmaceuticals and other highly regulated industries to access work computers or sign off on clinical trials without interruption.” Nymi has announced a new strategic partner in Konica Minolta. Based in Japan, the company specializes in the manufacture…
Over half of Americans think biometric technology is either “Very Secure” or “Extremely Secure”, according to a recent study by Atlanta-based authentication specialist IDology. The study polled a little over a thousand US adults this past March, and found that 54 percent were enthusiastic about biometric security, which came out ahead knowledge-based questions (45 percent)…
On Wednesday April 25 at 11 AM Eastern Time – fresh from our live reporting at ISC West 2018 in Las Vegas – FindBiometrics and our Premier Partner ISC West presented an interactive webinar presentation on the topic of enterprise security. A review of ISC West 2018 and trend-setting market observations from Acuity Market Intelligence…
The FIDO2 authentication standards were only announced a couple of months ago, but Fingerprint Cards has leapt at the opportunity to explore new applications of its fingerprint sensor technology in the form of FIDO-compliant USB sticks. The key new offering is a set of USB security devices from Feitian. Called BioPass FIDO2, the security keys…
AimBrain has launched a new SDK platform for biometric authentication that could deliver better security to a number of small businesses at no extra cost. The platform is designed to replace PIN and password authentication with facial and voice recognition, dubbed “AimFace” and “AimVoice”. The SDKs can be leveraged for mobile or web environments, and…
Donseed has launched a new workforce management platform featuring its biometric time and attendance tracking technology. Called Donseed Workplace, it’s designed to offer a flexible solution for a range of enterprise organizations. In a statement announcing the platform, Donseed emphasized that it comprises “a range of hardware options”, from a biometric tablet device to a…
“For its part, Ipsidy is targeting the solution directly at enterprise applications, offering a suite of developer tools including RESTful APIs and SDKs to let organizations tailor the app’s functionality to their specific needs.” Ipsidy has launched a new mobile app designed to enable biometric authentication in the enterprise. The Ipsidy App revolves around facial…
April is Physical Access & Enterprise Month at FindBiometrics, a four week event in which we place a featured focus on the biometrics technology locking doors and protecting businesses. Scheduled to coincide with ISC West, the largest security industry conference in the world, Physical Access & Enterprise Month was filled with live event coverage, exclusive…
FindBiometrics President Peter O’Neill recently spoke with Iris ID‘s Vice President of Global Business Development and Sales, Mohammed Murad. The conversation begins on the topic of the recent Somaliland presidential election, in which Iris ID biometric technology played a crucial role, and how the success of that deployment will positively affect the iris biometrics industry…
Another new client has come around to the BIO-key solution for IT security: The company has announced that a community bank is embracing its ID Director for Windows solution for access to internal assets. In a statement announcing the new deal, BIO-key did not name the bank in question, but said that it has “hundreds…
A new client has embraced BIO-key‘s biometric IT access control solutions after suffering a serious data breach, the company says. In a statement, BIO-key didn’t name its client, but said it is “a machine design, engineering and manufacturing firm.” BIO-key explains that the company experienced an internal security breach stemming from a practice of password-sharing…