Biometrics in border security, fingerprint technology and mobile authentication top this week’s news

November 22, 2015 | Stephen Mayhew from Biometrics Update

Here is a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Biometrics and border security United States and United Kingdom officials have been assuring their respective countries that refugees scheduled to arrive from Syria will have undergone a comprehensive background screening process, including biometric registration. Individuals will be […]

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Biometrics in the data center, fingerprints, authentication and privacy concerns top this week’s news

November 15, 2015 | Stephen Mayhew from Biometric Update

Here is a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week Authentication A recent White House report has found that Federal agencies have been slow to adopt two factor authentication despite an order more than a decade ago that Federal agencies secure their information systems with strong authentication […]

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Optical fingerprint sensors: Q&A with Jason Chaikin of Vkansee

November 13, 2015 | Justin Lee from Biometric Update

Last summer, fingerprint sensor firm Vkansee posted a video demonstration exposing an overwhelming vulnerability of today’s current sensory technology in some of the most popular devices, including Samsung S6 as well as Apple iPad and iPhone 6. The video showed how easily anyone could breach the fingerprint authentication feature of the devices by producing a […]

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