Microsoft recently took the unusual step of simultaneously advising companies to adopt biometric authentication, whilst also making current passwords more complex. The tech giant argues that the effectiveness and protection of passwords do not diminish with time. There is clear evidence to suggest direct correlation between increasing password complexity and higher costs through password management […]

Add California to the list of states with laws prohibiting the use of facial recognition technology to identify people without their informed consent. Other states with a similar regulation include Texas, Illinois and Washington. Last June, California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act, which will change how companies in the state collect and commercialize consumer […]

Fingerprints are replacing tickets at some Major League Baseball stadiums. Major League Baseball and Clear have reportedly been testing biometrics in baseball stadiums with a few teams on a small-scale basis for a couple of years. Use of the technology is increasing with the Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers recently announcing that they’re […]

Will liveness detection impact matching performance? Do behavioral biometrics make biometric authentication more effective? How easy are biometrics to spoof? These are just a few of the questions that Doctor Stephanie Schuckers, director of the Center for Identification Technology Research at Clarkson University, and Veridium lead biometric scientist Asem Otham were asked after their webinar […]

The Weekly Cypher is curated to keep you up-to-date on the latest in biometric and cybersecurity news. Here are a few headlines you may have missed this week. AI Experts Question Amazon’s Facial Recognition Technology |New York Times  At least 25 prominent artificial-intelligence researchers, including experts at Google, Facebook and Microsoft, have signed a letter […]

Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently announced it will create a science and technology agency that focuses on biometrics as use of the technology grows rapidly in the country. Singapore is all about biometrics. The country is testing facial recognition for prison inmate management (to replace manual muster checks, among other things). It also […]

The Weekly Cypher is curated to keep you up-to-date on the latest in biometric and cybersecurity news. Here are a few headlines you may have missed this week. China’s Airport Facial Recognition Kiosks Should Make Us Fear For Our Privacy | Fast Company Matthew Brennan, an expert on Chinese technology, recently posted a short video […]

Biometric authentication has been billed as the technology that may eventually replace passwords. But the C-suite, security professionals, and rank-and-file employees all harbor different concerns about how biometrics are collected, stored and used. One of the biggest concerns is around biometric data being spoofed and used in presentation attacks. People have grown accustomed to hearing […]

Regulations and mandates often strike fear in C-suites and compliance managers, as they automatically gravitate toward how these could restrict them or hold back their business. Focusing on the punitive measures that accompany regulations, however, prevents organizations from realizing that compliance can help enterprise’s reach new customers, understand existing customers better and tackle long-delayed infrastructure […]