Nearly half of all United Nations (U.N.) member states are now issuing biometric e-passports, according to the newest data from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the U.N. agency ...

Digital ID for homeless powered by blockchain technology could make like easier and save the hassle of replacing lost IDs—that’s the idea behind a test under way in Austin, TX. The pilot program in ...

2014 marks the 40 th anniversary of Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS). In forty short years, fingerprint matching has become a part of everyday life; from law enforcement agencies ...

2021 Women in Biometrics awardee Amy F. Turluck serves as Director of the Department of Defense Biometrics Operations Directorate, Defense Forensics Science Center. After nearly three decades in the ...

Thales digital ID wallet: An “identity gateway” Thales is striving to stand out from the field by positioning the Gemalto Digital ID Wallet as an “all-in-one identity gateway,” via is ability to ...

The newly announced Catalan digital ID initiative will use blockchain technology to empower citizen service in the northeastern corner of Spain. The regional government of Catalan reportedly has ...

Digital ID technology, already on the upswing during the pandemic, has gained an even higher profile in recent weeks as governments try to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and reopen their societies ...

Taiwan is making big progress toward its new digital card for the 24 million citizens. The most recent development, according to a report, is that the country’s cabinet in late August approved a plan ...

Applications will be accepted for the Florida mobile driver’s licenses in 2021, and the state has tapped Thales to provide verification and other services for that digital ID program. As Thales put it ...

SSARM is one of the leading IT systems integrators in Bulgaria and was awarded a major contract to equip Bulgaria’s aviation hubs with EES-compliant border control solutions following a tender by the ...

Blockchain has given birth — OK, that’s hyperbole, but news has emerged of the first “blockchain baby” born earlier this year in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The news underscores the role that digital ID ...

A digital passport authentication project in the UK will include the participation of IDEMIA. This deal marks the latest digital ID development in that country, and an example of a potential ...