The FBI has turned to a range of advanced forensic tools, including its NGI system, to unravel the mystery of who abducted 84 ...

The Canadian Air Transport Authority (CATSA) is installing new fingerprint and iris biometric technology in 29 airports to verify employee identifications. The new system replaces the existing similar ...

Federal agencies looking to incorporate iris recognition authentication add-on capabilities to their Personal Identity Verification cards will soon get some expert help from the National Institute of ...

Imagine for a moment that you can quickly pass your hand in-between two screens and within seconds have your full identity and background laid out in front of a US government agency. Or, that you can ...

Tax compliance software provider Sovos has acquired TOC Biometrics, a Chilean company that specializes in biometric identification and e-signature solutions. Processing Content The company, a major ...

Sustainability and expansion are high priorities for the future of open-source national ID systems in discussions on the ...

All vendors, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and service providers currently qualified for or using the Navy Commercial Access Control System (NCACS) are being transitioned to the Defense ...

Identifying patients is critical to care quality and patient safety, but all too often patient identification processes remain outdated. Incorrect patient identification can lead to patient safety ...

The convenience of using biometrics for ID verification outweighs any concerns of lax security methods when using smartcards, according to a new survey. A global survey of consumer attitudes to using ...

The British government is re-evaluating its ID card project as part of a wider review of the Home Office's activities. U.K. Home Secretary John Reid launched the review soon after taking up his post ...

Biometric locks like face recognition are easy to set up—but thanks to a legal loophole, they're easier for law enforcement to bypass than a passcode.