SIA Names FaceFirst Advisor Dan Merkle as New AI Advisory Board Chair
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has appointed Dan Merkle as the new chair of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisory Board. Merkle, a veteran in the…
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Melbourne Plans AI-Powered Facial Recognition Upgrade for City CCTV Network
The City of Melbourne is considering a substantial upgrade to its public surveillance network that would add facial recognition and artificial intelligence…
Security Expert Warns REAL ID Database Creates Major Hacking, Privacy Risks
Security expert Joshua McKenty, CEO and Co-Founder of Polyguard, has issued a strong warning about the national REAL ID system, calling it a “giant bullseye…
Jamaica’s Sangster Airport Launches Biometric Gates for Automated Immigration
Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay, Jamaica, has completed a major upgrade of its biometric security systems. The new technology, implemented…
India Launches Nationwide Rollout of Chip-Based E-Passports to Boost Security
India has launched the nationwide rollout of chip-based electronic passports, expanding a pilot initiative that began in April 2024. The new e-passports…
VA Seeks Vendors for Biometric Authentication Proof-of-Concept
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is exploring biometric authentication technologies as part of a new proof-of-concept initiative, and has issued a…
Clearview AI Achieves Perfect Score in SOC 2 Security Audit
Clearview AI has announced the successful completion of its annual System and Organization Controls 2 (SOC 2) Type 2 audit, achieving a clean report with zero…
ANZ Bank to eliminate passwords for online banking by 2025
ANZ Bank has announced that its ANZ Plus platform will go fully passwordless by mid-2025, potentially becoming the first major Australian bank to eliminate…
Danish Football Club Gets Green Light for Stadium Facial Recognition System
The Danish Data Protection Agency has authorized FC Copenhagen to use facial recognition technology to improve security at football matches. The decision,…
Rotterdam Port Switches to Facial Recognition for Truck Driver Security Checks
Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam, operator of Europe’s largest seaport, is upgrading its biometric access control systems by replacing finger vein scanning with…