US Lawmaker Seeks Government-Wide Audit of IDEMIA Identity Contracts
US Representative Josh Gottheimer has asked two federal agencies to conduct a government-wide audit of IDEMIA’s identity-system contracts, citing concerns…
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SwiftConnect Acquires HID SAFE to Combine Mobile Access With Identity Governance
SwiftConnect has agreed to acquire HID’s Workforce Business Unit, including the HID SAFE physical identity and access governance platform. The transaction will…
USSOCOM Opens Industry Event on Contactless Iris Collection
U.S. Special Operations Command has opened an industry collaboration process focused on contactless iris collection. A special notice posted through SAM.gov…
Nigeria Plans Digital Identity Integration for Mining Oversight
Nigeria’s Ministry of Solid Minerals Development and National Identity Management Commission are planning to integrate digital identity into mining oversight,…
AI Update: Open Models, Open Doors
This AI Update covers China’s open-source push, Kimi K3, Inkling, humanoid funding, deepfake detection and the security gaps beneath the agent economy.
ROC Posts Fastest Latent Fingerprint Search in NIST Evaluation
American biometrics firm ROC has recorded the fastest latent fingerprint search speed in the US government’s benchmark evaluation of the technology, alongside…
EU and Japan Show Digital Identity Wallets Can Exchange Credentials Across Their Borders
The European Union and Japan have completed a pilot demonstrating that a European Digital Identity Wallet and a Japanese counterpart can issue and verify each…
US House Panel Hears That the Federal Identity Model Can’t Keep Up With AI Fraud
Witnesses at a US House oversight hearing told lawmakers that the federal government’s approach to verifying identity is outmatched by fraud rings using…
Fourthline and Veridas Agree to Merge Into a Transatlantic Identity Verification Platform
Two of Europe’s larger identity verification firms are combining, with Amsterdam’s Fourthline signing an agreement to merge with Spain’s Veridas to build what…
Appeals Court Vacates Clearview AI Biometric Privacy Settlement
A U.S. federal appeals court vacated approval of Clearview AI’s biometric privacy settlement over inadequate representation of nationwide class members.