Can your helpdesk tell whether a caller is the real account owner? Seventh Sense says SenseCrypt IdP pairs passkeys with live-face verification, without storing face images or templates. #Passkeys #Biometrics biometricupdate.com/202610/b…

Sumsub's Liveness solution has passed iBeta Level 3 PAD testing under ISO/IEC 30107-3, with none of 900 presentation attacks succeeding on Android or iOS. Buyers should check how test conditions match their deployment. #LivenessDetection #Biometrics biometricupdate.com/202610/s…

OCR Studio's ID scanning SDKs for Android, iOS and browsers have received a security certificate from auditor SC2labs. Testing observed no transmission of document images or personal data. #IdentityVerification #DataPrivacy biometricupdate.com/202610/o…

ICE has expanded a Booz Allen Hamilton analytics contract by about $5.9M for an intelligence operation targeting overseas scam networks. The sole-source award cited a need for a working solution within two weeks. #FraudPrevention #ICE biometricupdate.com/202610/i…

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HID's Jean-Baptiste Milan, Head of Commercial Sales for North America, explains how ISO standards make mobile driver's licenses secure and interoperable. An mDL can share only the data a transaction needs. #mDL #DigitalIdentity biometricupdate.com/202610/h…

Incognia's new scam prevention tool checks the real-world relationship between payment senders and recipients. In its data from three banks, 65% of scams were between people with no connection within three degrees. #FraudPrevention #Payments biometricupdate.com/202610/i…

African Union ministers meet in Libreville October 26 to 29 to review progress on digital ID, data governance and an integrated African digital market. Governance and service delivery remain key questions. #DigitalID #Africa biometricupdate.com/202610/a…

Paravision has promoted Joey Pritikin to president, while BIO-key names Stephen Morrow PortalGuard president and Kyckr and Proof add new product and marketing leaders. #Biometrics #DigitalIdentity biometricupdate.com/202610/p…

Australia is preparing legal action over alleged breaches of its under-16 social media law, with Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube named as potential targets. #AgeAssurance #OnlineSafety biometricupdate.com/202610/a…

Utah is urging states to adopt SEDI-style rules that bar digital ID issuers from tracking where and when credentials are used. A new consortium aims to have 10 states working on similar frameworks by January 2027. #DigitalID #Privacy biometricupdate.com/202610/u…

The Philippines' DICT has opened a $7.8 million tender for cloud, cryptographic security and biometric verification services for its National ID eVerify Program. Bids are due November 9. #DigitalID #Philippines biometricupdate.com/202610/p…

GDS has opened the GOV.UK Wallet Sandbox to certified DVS providers, letting them test digital driving licence verification with synthetic data. The digital licence is due in the wallet in 2027. #DigitalID #mDL biometricupdate.com/202610/g…

Eight of eMudhra's intermediate CAs had private keys generated with insufficient randomness, prompting Mozilla and Chrome to move toward distrust. eMudhra says its infrastructure wasn't compromised. #Cybersecurity #DigitalTrust biometricupdate.com/202610/e…

The European Payments Council has launched SCARLET, an initiative to set common rules for using EU Digital Identity Wallets for payment authentication. The first rulebook is due in December 2027. #EUDIWallet #Payments biometricupdate.com/202610/e…

The US Army's new battlefield biometrics system is fielded, but procurement records don't show how data on captured offline devices is protected. Retention rules allow records to be kept 110 years or more. #Biometrics #DataProtection biometricupdate.com/202610/u…

FIDO Alliance is advancing digital identity wallet certification with two frameworks for credential management and verifier identification. Both documents are expected to go public in the coming weeks. #DigitalWallets #FIDO biometricupdate.com/202610/f…

BioCatch reports mule sessions up 25% among its US mid-market banking customers, even as overall fraud sessions fell 11%. In Spain, banks saw stolen-device fraud jump 150%. #FraudPrevention #Banking biometricupdate.com/202610/b…

Signicat has appointed TÜV Austria as its single eIDAS conformity assessment body, replacing five certification bodies it managed after eight acquisitions. The move comes as eIDAS 2.0 reshapes requirements. #eIDAS #DigitalIdentity biometricupdate.com/202610/s…

Indonesian researchers have proposed IDChat, a passwordless digital ID framework pairing fingerprint and eye biometrics with cryptography for low-connectivity settings. They report 99.1% accuracy in controlled testing. #DigitalID #Biometrics biometricupdate.com/202610/i…