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Silicon Valley-based UnifyID has announced a new gait biometrics solution that leverages an end user’s mobile device to authenticate them as they walk. Dubbed ‘GaitAuth’, the solution is available as a lightweight SDK for iOS and Android. It’s designed to passively identify an end user as they walk, with UnifyID claiming that it can do […]
The financial services industry was one of the fastest to embrace biometric security over the last couple of decades, and particularly with respect to the mobile biometrics boom of recent years – which we detailed in last week’s feature for the Future of Finance special event at FindBiometrics. It’s fair to say that the use […]
With the COVID-19 pandemic and associated social distancing efforts having prompted a huge uptick in the mainstream use of digital services, banks are now seeing more online activity than every before. This, in turn, is making online fraud detection more important than ever, and BioCatch has some advice about how financial services organizations can meet […]
“The salient front in this effort is preventing sensitive information from being collected by a given device, which is why the prototype phone covering is designed to block cameras and to turn all audio into white noise.” The Air Force is testing an experimental biometric smartphone case designed to both jam any signals from its […]
BioCatch is once again warning about the threat of account takeover fraud. The behavioral biometrics specialist noted that account takeover fraud has gone up since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, due at least in part to the increased amount of online traffic in a remote work environment. People can no longer go to the […]
The behavioral biometrics specialist SecuredTouch has bested the competition at Lion’s Den 2020. The annual showcase took place during the Loyalty Security Association’s (LSA) recent spring conference, where SecuredTouch received the Best Product award for its patented fraud detection technology. Like the other shows in the ‘Den’ sub-genre, Lion’s Den is essentially a short pitch […]
Precise Biometrics has integrated facial recognition into its YOUNiQ access control platform through a new partnership with Innovatrics. The arrangement is part of Precise’s ongoing efforts to expand beyond fingerprint recognition and offer security solutions with full multimodal utility. To that end, Precise will pay Innovatrics an annual licensing fee to deploy its passive facial […]
The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee is backing the creation of a new post for a biometrics commissioner, however they are calling for greater powers to be granted to the position to ensure that personal data is kept safe and privacy is protected. MSPs on the committee concluded that the need for a biometrics commissioner to […]
The University of Memphis Research Foundation (UMRF) has announced they have licensed their patented multi-factor authentication (MFA) system to i2Chain, a Silicon Valley cybersecurity startup. While most MFA methods require the user to provide at least two differing elements to verify their identity — often a combination of a PIN, password, smart card, or biometrics […]
Biometric Signature ID (BSI) has some advice for companies that are looking to implement a biometric security solution. In a post on the company’s blog, BSI Founder and CEO Jeff Maynard argues that behavioral biometrics are a safer and more reliable option than static modalities like fingerprint recognition. Much of that has to do with […]
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