ATARC Publishes Implementation Guide for NIST Digital Identity Transition
The Advanced Technology Academic Research Center has published a 41-page implementation guide for organizations moving from NIST Special Publication 800-63-3…
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Yubico Launches YubiKey 5.8 with Hardware-Backed Signing Features
Yubico has released YubiKey 5.8, a firmware update that extends the company’s hardware security keys beyond account authentication into hardware-backed signing…
Andy Burnham to Scrap UK National Digital ID Plan
Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, is preparing to scrap the national digital ID program developed under Keir Starmer, with his team saying the…
Precise Biometrics Completes Fingerprint Cards Merger
Precise Biometrics has completed its statutory merger with Fingerprint Cards, bringing the two Swedish biometrics companies into a single business after the…
Victoria Labor Proposes Limits on Workplace Biometrics and AI Surveillance
Victoria’s Labor government has proposed workplace surveillance laws that would restrict when employers can collect biometric data, limit emotion inference and…
WA Police Facial Recognition Trial Scans 130,000 Faces, Leads to 19 Arrests
Western Australia Police’s mobile live facial recognition trial scanned more than 130,000 faces in its first week, generating 33 alerts that led to 19 arrests…
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,…
Hopae Adds Biometric Verification for Brazil’s Digital Driver’s License
Digital identity infrastructure provider Hopae has added real-time verification of Brazil’s digital driver’s license, known as the CNH, to its Connect…
authID Wins Biometric Workforce Deployment at Global Retailer
An unnamed global retailer with more than 100,000 employees has selected authID to provide biometric identity verification and authentication across workforce…
Papua New Guinea Maps Progressive Shift to Biometric and Electronic Voting
Papua New Guinea is planning a phased move toward biometric voter identification and electronic voting, beginning with photo-roll trials in selected regions…