Digital ID
#IdentityWeekAmerica 2023 opens doors on TUESDAY
Identity Week America 2023 is set to return on October 3-4, promising an unparalleled opportunity to explore the cutting-edge advancements in identity management. Hosted at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in DC, this dynamic platform will bring together...
TECH5’s technologies certified by the UK digital identity and attributes trust framework
TECH5, an innovator in the field of biometrics and digital identity management, has received a Certificate of Conformity certifying that TECH5 has been assessed and found to meet the requirements of the United Kingdom Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework....
Australia proposes plans for national skills passport
The Australian government is seeking to green light a digital passport for workers who can exchange their verifiable career credentials with potential employers. In the proposed plans, career documents will be turned into verifiable digital ID credentials on a...
Calls for participants in GSA equity study on remote identity proofing
The GSA Equity Study on Remote identity Proofing calls for participants in agreement with criticism of current identity verification methods that fall short of enabling equitable access for everyone. The survey condemns inadequate identity-proofing technologies across...
Innovatrics unveils video injection attack detection to combat deep fakes and synthetic identity fraud at Identity Week America
As the digital landscape evolves, the ever-growing threats of deep fakes and synthetic identity fraud demand innovative solutions. Innovatrics, a global leader in biometric technology, is proud to introduce its Video Injection Attack Detection technology, a pivotal...
First passengers using DTC at Helsinki airport as Finland leads world-first pilot
Standing between e-gate lanes at Helsinki airport, Mika Hansson, a Senior Advisor at the National Police Board, who played a key role in the DTC rollout, quips his journey to Montreal for ICAO TRIP has been made easier by using the DTC. He shared the photo of himself...
DHS announces AI-defining policy directive for CBP
The Biden Administration has demonstrated over the last few years complete jurisdiction over AI regulation. New AI policies will be another defining feature of Biden's premiership, developed by the DHS Artificial Intelligence Task Force, to continue their commitment...
#IdentityWeekAmerica 🚨speaker alerts – decentralised identity, secure credentials and more!
The whirlwind of Identity Week America 2023 will be kicking off in two weeks with all government and industry players in attendance across two packed days discussing the intersection between policies and technology innovations in identity management. The event is a...
TECH5 will demonstrate its technologies at Identity Week America
TECH5, an innovator in biometrics and digital identity management, will demonstrate its latest technology offerings during the Identity Week America exhibition, held in Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Downtown Washington, D.C., USA, on October 3rd and 4th,...
With generative AI, businesses need to rewrite the phishing rulebook
Guest article contributed by Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director at FIDO Alliance Phishing had become unmanageable for businesses long before the emergence of Large Language Models and generative AI. Now this cyberattack technique, already responsible for over 90% of...
Transmute concludes U.S. CBP Steel Tech Demo to establish visible supply chains
Transmute has concluded participating in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Steel Tech Demo, offering their supply chain data management software under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program. The CBP is conducting a first interoperability standards test focusing on...
India Stack encourages sweep of countries to build their DPI
The India Stack - a digital public infrastructure which combines a real-time unified Payments Interface - has transformed the lives of Indian citizens and led other countries to sign up for its digital public goods. It stands on a pedestal because it unlocks economic...
CBP conducts first interoperability standards test to improve supply chain transparency
Unifying their approach to transparent supply chains, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has initiated a first interoperability standards test to bolster the standard of communication between the private sector, government agencies and key stakeholders in the...
Australia: Govt response holds back age verification roadmap
In the Australian government's response to the roadmap for age verification, submitted by the e-Safety Commissioner in March 2023, their judgement of "immature" technologies that present privacy, security and enforcement risks outweighed sympathy that online...
TSA prepared for end of summer season
Across all TSA facilities on 1st June 2023, The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recorded its highest ever passenger traffic being screened in a single day using TSA's PreCheck or CLEAR. The agency said on this particular day in June it screened over 2...
Kenya introduces Maisha Numbers, replacing national ID cards
With $1 billion of financing behind the introduction of Unique Personal Identifiers, also called “Maisha Numbers", allocated by the Kenyan government, national ID cards will slowly be replaced by a planned move towards digital identity. Issued to all younger Kenyan...
Decentralised digital identity benefits and opportunities examined in new whitepaper from CompTIA
The emergence of decentralised digital identity as a powerful new tool to safeguard personal information is the subject of a new whitepaper published by CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce. Produced by the...
DNA biometrics: Met Police Commissioner rates biometrics up with revolutionary DNA
Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner for England, has commented that he believes facial recognition will have the revolutionary impact on society that DNA has had since its discovery in the 1980s, in particular for policing. As an advanced measurement...
Shoplifting crackdown at major UK stores, retailers pay to leverage police national database
UK retailers are stamping out shoplifters once and for all that reduce their revenue and customer loyalty, contributing £600,000 each towards using a police facial recognition operation for offenders. CCTV footage that identifies clear facial images of shoplifters...
HSE: Update on provisioning patient e-Health App
Co-leading on the creation of the Health App by The Health Service Executive, Ireland has been on the trajectory of improving patient identity management services, as Maria McCann, Director and E-health Advisor told Identityweek.net in June. Her LinkedIn was fired up...
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