Pending Senate confirmation, the next head of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be the current vice president of research at the University of Maryland, Laurie E. […]

The NIST has released a new report that suggests that facial recognition is an effective screening tool in airport settings. In the report, the NIST evaluated the performance of 29 […]

The NIST has published a new draft report that highlights some of the potential advantages of using biometric identification technology in emergency response situations. It then goes on to detail […]

Veridas has posted strong results in a slew of biometric performance evaluations. The company is one of the few providers that has submitted both a face and a voice recognition […]

Aware’s fingerprint recognition algorithm has officially passed the NIST’s Proprietary Fingerprint Template (PFT) III test. In doing so, Aware became only the fifth company to complete the evaluation, with Aware […]

AnyVision is boasting about its strong performance in the NIST’s most recent 1:1 Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT). The company’s algorithm made it into the top 10 in the overall […]

BixeLab is hoping to become the world’s second NIST-accredited biometrics testing laboratory. The Australian organization is opening a new testing facility in Canberra, and is already in the process of […]

A new facial recognition start-up has made a statement with an extremely strong performance in the latest round of NIST testing. YooniK was founded in late 2019, and can now […]

Aware is now one of two US companies to receive MINEX III certification from the NIST. The Minutiae Interoperability Exchange (MINEX) is one of the more stringent industry standards for […]

CyberLink has further improved its global ranking in the latest National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT). The company is celebrating a spot in the […]