New details are emerging about the Malaysian government’s plans to implement a national biometric registry, thanks to the country’s latest five-year plan known as 12MP (12th Malaysian Plan). News of […]

NEC has officially announced its new President of NEC National Security Systems (NEC NSS), and she is a respected veteran of the federal law enforcement space. After a decades-long career […]

In a move meant to help keep communities safe during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, two of Australia’s most populous states have announced trials of a system that will use facial […]

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank took an innovative step this month in the Middle Eastern FinTech scene, partnering with the United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Interior to enable instant account opening […]

Government biometrics are in the spotlight in this week’s roundup of FindBiometrics’ top stories, with a few news items demonstrating the security advantages – and the security risks – of […]

IriTech’s portable IriSentinel iris recognition scanner has become the first iris authentication device to achieve self-compliance with the Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) SBI 2.0 (L1) Specification. MOSIP is […]

Policy and technology experts have added another wrinkle to the evolving identity crisis in Afghanistan. The story started to take shape a couple of weeks ago, following reports that the […]

This week’s roundup of FindBiometrics’ top stories offers a few upbeat news items, and one piece of very bad news that also understandably attracted a lot of attention from readers. […]

The Orange County Supervisor of Elections Office in Florida has expanded its relationship with BIO-key. The Elections Office had previously deployed BIO-key’s EcoID scanner back in 2019, and will now […]

The Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) has released an extensive report on the facial recognition habits of US government agencies. The report includes feedback from 24 organizations, 19 of which are […]