Emerging Tech
Uber Drivers in Kenya Will Take Selfies to Keep Riders Safe
Real-time identification check helps drivers protect their accounts from being compromised, says the company.
Cybersecurity
TSA nominee touts biometric exit pilots
A former commandant of the Coast Guard being considered to head the TSA said the security agency's recently unveiled trials of fingerprint/boarding pass tech could become big part of its future.
Cybersecurity
Can blockchain transform ID?
Accenture and Microsoft are teaming up on a plan to use biometric markers in a blockchain platform to verify identity for displaced persons who may lack official documentation.
Digital Government
The Future of Military IT: Gait Biometrics, Software Nets, and Photon Communicators
DISA director Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn talks about the tech he’s eyeing, some of which is barely out of the theoretical realm.
Ideas
How Customers Are Defining the Future of Biometrics
As organizations try to move beyond passwords, the government will need to ensure biometric systems are ethical and secure.
Emerging Tech
Intelligence Community Wants to Identify Faces in the 'Wild'
IARPA unveiled a prize challenge to find the best facial matching algorithms.
Emerging Tech
DHS: Biometrics Could Cut the Over 700K Visa Overstays
About 1.47 percent of foreign travelers with visas overstayed their expected departure.
Cybersecurity
New DHS data details scope of visa overstays
A detailed report on visa overstays from the Department of Homeland Security indicates that facial recognition technology supporting a biometric exit program is showing promise.
Cybersecurity
Border reps see promise in biometrics
Biometric identification technologies offer a path to compromise over the Trump administration's politically thorny border wall project, said one House Democrat.
Digital Government
Criminals Will Need a 'Face Off' Machine to Beat Biometrics If IARPA Project Succeeds
The intelligence community’s R&D unit awarded a few groups funds to prevent criminals from tricking biometric scanners.
Digital Government
DHS Needs Someone to Explain Biometrics to the Public
The department wants a communications professional to manage rhetoric about collecting fingerprints, iris scans and facial images.
Digital Government
State Department Wants to Build A Biometric System for Mexico
The department is currently in the market research stage.
Cybersecurity
New immigration order pushes biometrics but lacks deadline
President Trump's revised executive order on immigration calls for an expedited biometric entry/exit system, but it doesn't set a deadline for bringing the system online.
Digital Government
Watchdog: DHS' Biometric Exit Tracking Still Needs Work
DHS’ previous overstay reports, including the one from fiscal 2015, have been incomplete because of “unreliable collection of departure data."
Cybersecurity
Too soon to tell if CBP biometric systems can scale
DHS efforts to develop entry/exit systems that capture travelers’ biometric data are making progress, a GAO report finds, but full implementation is far from simple.
Digital Government
Soon, You Will Never Lose Your Boarding Pass Because it Will Be Your Face
Airports around the world are rolling out facial-recognition technology.
Digital Government
Biometric Checkpoints in Trump’s America
Technological advances mean border screening could be more expansive than ever, if the government can get past the hurdles to implementing such a system.
Cybersecurity
DHS explores the details of 'extreme vetting'
Social media could play a large role in the Department of Homeland Security's development of new, stricter methods of vetting immigrants from terror trouble spots, according to the new DHS chief.
Emerging Tech
IARPA Wants Autonomous Fingerprint Tech
The intelligence research arm is offering up cash for cutting-edge ideas on capturing complete fingerprints.
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