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Arizona becomes first state to put vehicle registrations in a digital wallet
Arizona is among the first states in the country to transition beyond the digital driver licence (mDL) into full-fledged mobile vehicle documentation, officially updating its proprietary Arizona Wallet app. They have allowed residents to upload and store their...
Greece and IDDEEA discuss EU digital cooperation and upcoming biometric elections
The Ambassador of Greece was recently invited to Bosnia and Herzegovina for a meeting focused on improving joint digital cooperation and projects with the Digital Europe Programme. This meeting discussed how to drive advancements to digital services and strengthen...
Gain 20 CPD accreditations by attending Identity Week Europe
Identity Week Europe 2026 is the identity event of the year. Returning to Amsterdam's RAI Exhibition Centre, it’s the ultimate gathering for anyone serious about the future of identity. Whether you’re looking to secure your organisation's digital ecosystem, explore...
GripID unveils the V10, a portable all-in-one biometric enrolment station for national ID and eID programs
Designed and engineered in France, the foldable V10 integrates fingerprint, dual-iris, face capture, document scanning, digital signature and smartcard reading into a single compact platform. GripID, the French deep-tech company specialised in sovereign multimodal...
Data brokers now top attacker intelligence source for social engineering attacks as IT and identity teams become primary targets
Publicly exposed employee data available through commercial data brokers and people-search sites has become the most significant source of attacker intelligence used in targeted social engineering attacks, ahead of social media and the dark web. A new survey of 421...
Why customers must take control against social engineering scams
https://youtu.be/7NXa7wO-Ass Technologies are expected to defend against most fraud scenarios, but banking customers must also take a proactive approach to risk management to stay ahead of evolving threats. Richard Bromley, who will be speaking at Identity Week...
Aware delivers high-security liveness with a frictionless user experience in DHS evaluation
Aware, a leader in biometric identity and authentication solutions, has achieved a strong performance in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Remote Identity Validation Rally (RIVR) Track 3. Awarded this ranking, Aware demonstrates a proficiency in liveness...
200 speakers announced for the worlds largest identity event…
The programme for Identity Week Europe 2026 is nearly ready, with over 200 speakers already confirmed! Book your Free All Access Pass today! The lineup brings together leaders from across government, banking, technology, cybersecurity, and digital identity, sharing...
Support for extending voluntary rules
MEPs have voted in favour of extending an exemption to privacy legislation, allowing companies to voluntarily detect and report child sexual abuse material on their platforms. The ePrivacy Directive is due to expire on 3 April; however, MEPs say the voluntary measures...
Unauthorised access reported in Ministry of Finance systems
Hackers have targeted “primary processes” at the Dutch Ministry of Finance, creating uncertainty over how much employee personal data may have been compromised. The affected systems support a number of ministry functions. Since the unauthorised access was detected, an...
Our Start-Up Pitching Competition is now open!
Applications are now open for our 2026 Start-Up Pitching Competition at Identity Week Europe, taking place mid-summer in Amsterdam. You could follow in the footsteps of previous winners such as Charisma Check and Andromeda Security, who impressed the ecosystem and our...
Why a new identity category won’t save you
Guest Post by Abhay Kulkarni, Widefield.ai Here's a scenario that will be familiar to any CISO who has sat through a vendor briefing in the last three years: a salesperson opens with a slide full of overlapping acronyms: ITDR, ISPM, PAM, NHI, IVIP. Each represents a...
Security printing and identity community to tackle rising document fraud threats
Leading experts from across the identity, border security and document security sectors will be strengthening global resilience against fraud in a series of Security Documents key sessions this June. A major highlight of the programme is our “Meet the Document...
Identity and payments converge at the 2026 Identity & Payments Summit
Industry leaders from across the identity, payments and security ecosystem gathered in Houston for the 2026 Identity & Payments Summit, a three day event exploring how identity, authentication and payment technologies are increasingly converging to shape the...
C-Suite leaders take the stage at Identity Week Europe 2026
When the global identity community gathers for Identity Week Europe 2026 this June, some of the most influential voices in digital identity will headline the opening programme. Senior executives from government, global technology innovators and leading digital...
Europe’s new biometric border system to enhance entry controls from April 2026
From 10 April 2026 travellers entering the Schengen Area will move from the familiar passport-stamp ritual to an automated, biometric registration process designed to record entries and exits electronically. According to the European Commission, the Entry/Exit System...
AI impersonation is here: How industry leaders are preparing for the deepfake fraud era
Inside The Deepfake Summit The identity and fraud prevention community gathered in Houston for the The Deepfake Summit, a focused forum examining one of the challenges facing digital ecosystems: the rise of AI driven impersonation, deepfakes, and synthetic identities....
The future of secure documents is here!
Join us at Identity Week Europe to hear from leading Secure Document Speakers and gain insights into the latest trends shaping document security and identity verification. Our experts will explore emerging threats, cutting-edge protection technologies, and the future...
Bahamas boosts efforts to combat travel and ID document fraud amid rising regional cases
Prime Minister Philip Davis said the government is troubled by a recent string of cases in which Bahamian travel and identity documents appear to have been obtained or tampered with through deception, and he warned that such activity could erode public confidence in...
Trinidad and Tobago introduces digital arrival and departure cards to modernise border processing
Trinidad and Tobago has moved its border paperwork online with the government unveiling a digital Arrival/Departure Card platform that will be fully operational from 17 March 2026, with the system accessible from 14 March to allow travellers to familiarise themselves...
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