Biometric security devices — which authenticate a person’s identity on the basis of physical characteristics, such as a fingerprint — have been available in one form or another for 30 years. But ...

For technology leaders responsible for identity, risk and trust, understanding the types of attacks biometric systems face (and how to defend against them) is imperative.

Although it wasn't called biometrics at the time, a rudimentary form of the technology emerged in 1901 when Scotland Yard adopted fingerprint classification to identify criminal suspects. The ...

Financial institutions and enterprises will be able to verify and rely upon user-controlled and revocable reusable digital ID ...

The digital infrastructure at the core of U.S. immigration enforcement has quietly become a foreign counterintelligence vulnerability.

A Hong Kong bank recently fell victim to an impersonation scam in which a bank employee was tricked into transferring $25.6 million to thieves after a video call with the bank CFO and other colleagues ...

With public acceptance of biometric-related identification on the rise, and legislative attention focused on national security, players in the biometric security industry say the time is right for ...

Effective IT security is in high demand, and a large variety of industries such as banking, government, education, health care and the military view biometrics solutions as a key part of the solution.

Issues still exist when it comes to securing biometrics. NYC – With more transactions occurring online – and subsequently, the number of data breaches increasing – biometrics are moving to the ...

We just survived the most wonderful time of the year -- holiday travel season. In 2017, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported 72.3 million airline passengers in December alone. With a high ...

From fingerprints at checkout to facial scans verifying online transactions, biometric payments are no longer futuristic; they’re mainstream. As financial services evolve to become faster and more ...

PhonePe has rolled out a new biometric authentication feature for UPI payments, enabling users to approve transactions using their fingerprint or face recognition instead of entering a traditional UPI ...