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Francis Tuffy

31 July 2022

2 min read

THCO – Call for Papers and Nominations

Reconnaissance International is already preparing for The Holography Conference™ which will continue to be held online, taking place this year from 5-6 December.

Events

Francis Tuffy

31 July 2022

3 min read

New Biometrics Laws Urgently Needed, UK Review Finds

An item in the BBC News technology section reports that laws governing biometric technologies are urgently needed, according to an independent legal review led by Matthew Ryder QC.

Biometrics Studies, Reports

Francis Tuffy

31 July 2022

3 min read

Deloitte Unveils ‘Agile Identity’

In an article published in June’s edition of Deloitte Insights, the consultancy firm sets out a new vision of identity and claims that the future of government rests on the future of identity.

Company

Francis Tuffy

31 July 2022

2 min read

NIST Announces Winners of Quantum-Resistant Cryptographic Systems

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, a US government lab that publishes standards for government agencies to safely use cryptography, has just announced the winners of a six-year-long competition to create quantum-safe algorithms.

Cybersecurity Free Free

Francis Tuffy

5 July 2022

3 min read

Uganda Sued Over Digital ID System

An alliance of charities has sued the Ugandan government, according to an article published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, arguing that vulnerable groups have been denied access to potentially life-saving services due to flaws in the national ID card rollout.

Government ID Cards

Francis Tuffy

5 July 2022

2 min read

ID R&D Publishes White Paper on Bias in Facial Presentation Attack Detection

Biometrics technology provider, ID R&D, has published a paper titled ‘Mitigating Demographic Bias in Facial Presentation Attack Detection’ containing results and lessons learned from the world’s first test of a facial liveness algorithm for demographic bias by an independent, accredited biometrics laboratory.

White Papers

Francis Tuffy

5 July 2022

2 min read

White Nights for HSP EMEA

Estonia is famed for its ‘white nights’ in mid-summer, when the sun hardly sets, and for the fact that its citizens are amongst the most tech-savvy in Europe, being one of the top-ranking countries in the world on the UN’s E-Government Development Index.

Events

Francis Tuffy

5 July 2022

2 min read

Brazil Unveils New Passport and Identity Card

On 27 June, the Brazilian federal government unveiled a new passport design and issued the first new national identity card (CIN).

Passports

Francis Tuffy

5 July 2022

2 min read

2022 Identity Fraud Study: The Virtual Battleground

Javelin’s 2022 Identity Fraud Study provides a comprehensive analysis of fraud trends in the context of a changing technological and payments landscape.

Free Free

Francis Tuffy

5 July 2022

5 min read

Company News

By the end of this year, Schengen member states will be required to have a biometric entry and exit system to register non- European citizens crossing an external EU border.

News

Francis Tuffy

5 July 2022

2 min read

Sustainability – The Elephant in All Our Rooms

Reducing the environmental impact of manufacturing processes in the ID & secure document industry is a critical societal issue that is, rightly, attracting a lot of management attention.

Events

Francis Tuffy

5 July 2022

5 min read

News in Brief

The Ministry of Public Security will issue new-style passports from 1 July 2022, according to the Vietnam Government Portal. The move implements Circular 73/2021/TT-BCA of the Ministry of Public Security on passport specimens.

News

Francis Tuffy

5 July 2022

4 min read

ID Industry Recognises the Best ID Documents in EMEA

Special awards have been made to a number of newly introduced ID documents that have demonstrated outstanding technical sophistication and excellence in design and security.

Events

Francis Tuffy

5 July 2022

3 min read

Veridos Sees the Road Ahead

The future of sovereign identity documents such as ID cards, passports and driving licences is virtual – according to leading provider of integrated identity solutions, Veridos. However, there are still some key challenges to overcome, with IDs remaining ‘phygital’ for the time being.

Company Digital Identity

Lic Mónica R. Peralta

5 July 2022

3 min read

International Cooperation in LatAm

Document fraud is one of the tools used by international terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering, human trafficking and other forms of transnational crime. A tri-national meeting was recently held in Argentina within the framework of the EUROFRONT Programme on training and technical assistance.

Fraud Detection

Francis Tuffy

8 June 2022

2 min read

Sri Lanka ID Gearing Up to Go Digital

Sri Lanka’s unique digital ID project, prepared jointly by the Sri Lanka Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) and the Department of Registration of Persons, is about to go live, according to news reports in the country.

Digital Identity Government

Francis Tuffy

8 June 2022

5 min read

Company News

Apple, Google and Microsoft have all agreed to implement the password-less system proposed by the FIDO Alliance. The body has announced that the three companies have committed to phasing out passwords.

News

Francis Tuffy

8 June 2022

2 min read

Bangladesh Smart Driving Licence Delivery in Limbo

Some one million Bangladeshi drivers are currently driving with an ‘acknowledgment slip’, but they are not able to apply for government and private jobs as they don’t have smart driving licence cards.

Driving Licences

Francis Tuffy

8 June 2022

3 min read

Elon Musk Wants to Authenticate All Twitter Users

Behind the ‘will-he-won’t-he’ and the ‘can-he-can’t-he’ stories of Elon Musk’s attempts to acquire Twitter lurks another equally interesting tussle about identity, and how we assert and verify it when we are not physically present.

Authentication

Francis Tuffy

8 June 2022

4 min read

The Bad, the Very Bad and the Bits In Between

The use of fake ID’s has for some time been linked with a whole range of serious crimes including terrorism and people smuggling as well as, at the other end of the criminality spectrum, less serious misdemeanours such as under-age drinking.

Fraud Detection

Latest News

THCO – Call for Papers and Nominations

New Biometrics Laws Urgently Needed, UK Review Finds

Deloitte Unveils ‘Agile Identity’

NIST Announces Winners of Quantum-Resistant Cryptographic Systems

Uganda Sued Over Digital ID System

ID R&D Publishes White Paper on Bias in Facial Presentation Attack Detection

White Nights for HSP EMEA

Brazil Unveils New Passport and Identity Card

2022 Identity Fraud Study: The Virtual Battleground

Company News

Sustainability – The Elephant in All Our Rooms

News in Brief

ID Industry Recognises the Best ID Documents in EMEA

Veridos Sees the Road Ahead

International Cooperation in LatAm

Sri Lanka ID Gearing Up to Go Digital

Company News

Bangladesh Smart Driving Licence Delivery in Limbo

Elon Musk Wants to Authenticate All Twitter Users

The Bad, the Very Bad and the Bits In Between

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