The Transportation Security Administration wants to update the way it uses and shares biometric data from Trusted Traveler ...

Biometric identification is a foundational part of the United States’ immigration and transportation systems — a quick and, by many measures, secure and fraud-deterring way to confirm individuals’ ...

The Department of Homeland Security is considering updates to how it verifies identity and conducts security threat ...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is moving forward with revisions to how it collects and manages identity ...

A Marine corporal uses ABIS 1.0 in Afghanistan earlier this year. After a few fits and starts, an upgrade to the Defense Department’s biometric system for identifying terrorists, criminals, and other ...

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 ...

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patients is critical to care quality and patient safety, but all too often patient identification processes remain outdated.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

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 ...

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 ...

Three MNOs in Mauritania have been given two months to fully comply with existing SIM card identification rules in the ...