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ID Tech Digest – September 22, 2026

September 22, 2026

Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: DHS Expands Identity Verification Rally to […]

DHS Science and Technology Spotlights Its Work Testing Digital Identity Against Fraud

June 17, 2026

The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has published a feature describing its work evaluating digital identity technologies and secure digital identity documents as a defense against online […]

DHS S&T Calls for Digital Wallet and Mobile Verifier Solutions

June 27, 2023

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has issued a formal solicitation for “Privacy Preserving Digital Credential Wallets & Verifiers”. The solicitation is being administered by S&T’s Silicon […]

DHS Details Plans for 2021 Biometric Technology Rally

May 26, 2021

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is already moving forward with plans for its next Biometric Technology Rally. Developers interested in participating in the 2021 […]

Innovatrics Earns High Marks in DHS Biometric Technology Rally

March 3, 2021

Innovatrics is boasting about its top-three showing in the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) latest Biometric Technology Rally. The 2020 Rally was announced last March, and was carried out at […]

DHS Testing Shows Improved Biometric Performance on Masked Faces

January 7, 2021

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working to improve its facial recognition capabilities when subjects are wearing face masks. The agency had previously expressed frustration with the widespread adoption […]

US CBP Moves Forward with Live Test of Border Surveillance Drone

September 4, 2019

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is planning a live field test of an autonomous drone that would be used to give agents more awareness of the goings-on at the […]

Money20/20 Kicks Off with Talk on Huge Potential of Self-Sovereign Identity

October 22, 2018

Money20/20’s “Digital Identity & Biometrics” track kicked off Sunday on an ambitious note, with Purple Tornado’s Heather Vescent introducing attendees to the concept of Self-Sovereign Identity. Vescent is the co-author, […]

IDEMIA Celebrates Strong Performance in DHS’s Biometric Technology Rally

September 10, 2018

“As IDEMIA explains, only five of the 11 companies that participated in the Rally put forward dual, rather than unimodal, systems; and OneLook was one of the top performers, attaining […]

DHS’s Biometric Rally a Success for Gemalto – and for DHS

June 13, 2018

The results of the Department of Homeland Security’s first Biometric Technology Rally are out, and Gemalto is celebrating a strong showing. Organized by the DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), […]

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