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Peraton, Nextgen ID Renew Partnership

Peraton, a national security and identity services provider, has announced the continuation and expansion of its partnership with NextgenID. The company said Friday the strategic partnership is intended to boost its identity verification capabilities through NextgenID’s Supervised Remote Identity Proofing technology, also called Onsite Attended Enrollment. Peraton enhances its identity management portfolio providing customers in the […] More

by Miles Jamison December 9, 2024, 10:49 am
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Hitachi Vantara Federal Joins IBIA to Advance Identity Management Tools; Gary Hix Quoted

Hitachi Vantara Federal has joined the International Biometrics + Identity Association as a member in the technology and solutions providers category as part of its efforts to help advance the secure deployment and use of biometrics and identity management technologies across the public and private sectors. "Our journey in this field has been driven by a relentless pursuit of ethical innovation. Joining IBIA amplifies our commitment to shaping a future where security and integrity are paramount in every interaction and we’re looking forward to what we'll accomplish together," Gary Hix, chief technology officer at Hitachi Vantara Federal, said in a statement published Wednesday.

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by Naomi Cooper March 28, 2024, 10:51 am
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Idemia NSS Demos Frictionless Biometrics Technology at Redstone Arsenal; Patrick Clancey Quoted

The national security services subsidiary of Idemia conducted a demonstration of ID2Access, its end-to-end biometric access control technology, for officials of the U.S. Army and Department of Defense. The demo took place on Wednesday at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama as part of Idemia's contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide frictionless security technology for the military base, the company announced.

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by Jamie Bennet November 21, 2023, 9:45 am
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New Market Report Recognizes Aware for Innovations in Biometrics Industry; Craig Herman Quoted

Massachusetts-based company Aware has been recognized as a "catalyst" in the field of biometrics in the latest industry analysis report by Acuity Market Intelligence and FindBiometrics. Aware said Tuesday the Biometric Digital Identity Prism Report delves into the evolving trends within the biometric digital identity landscape, providing insights and guidance for stakeholders in sectors such as government, financial services, healthcare as well as travel and hospitality.

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by Kacey Roberts October 18, 2023, 8:27 am
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Aware Unveils Partner Program to Advance Biometric System Deployment; Craig Herman Quoted

User authentication company Aware has unveiled a new partner program to enable its global technology partners to offer and deploy identity and access management tools for their customer base. Aware said Thursday it will add partners to the new program under three designations: value-added resellers, consulting partners, and technology partners. VARs can provide their customers […] More

by Naomi Cooper September 29, 2023, 10:58 am
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Leidos Deploys DOD Biometrics System to Cloud

Leidos has assisted the Department of Defense in enabling a cloud-based, fully automated biometrics platform in an effort to boost the system availability and performance for warfighters and other stakeholders. The company said Wednesday it has completed the cloud implementation of DOD’s Automated Biometrics Information System via the Biometrics Enabling Capability, Increment One contract. Through BEC-1, […] More

by Kacey Roberts September 8, 2023, 10:55 am
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Aware to Exhibit Biometrics Tools for Law Enforcement at IACP Tech Conference; Craig Herman Quoted

Identity verification services provider Aware is set to demonstrate its portfolio of biometric identification tools for law enforcement at the forthcoming IACP Tech Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. Among the products to be exhibited is AFIX Tracker, a single multimodal platform designed to provide automated facial recognition, fingerprint and latent print identification capabilities, Aware […] More

by Naomi Cooper May 16, 2023, 11:32 am
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Aware Exhibits Biometric Authentication Offering at Border Security Expo; Craig Herman Quoted

Biometrics software provider Aware is presenting its digital identity authentication offering for federal, state and local government agencies at the ongoing Border Security Expo in El Paso, Texas. Aware said Wednesday it provides biometric authentication tools and services to domestic and international public sector customers in support of border management and security operations. “As we […] More

by Naomi Cooper May 11, 2023, 11:55 am
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Aware’s Craig Herman: Federal Government Expands Use of Secure Biometric Software

Craig Herman, chief revenue officer at biometrics software provider Aware, said the company has seen an increased demand for authentication technologies from federal government customers to prevent unauthorized access to physical and digital assets. Aware said Thursday its biometric authentication offerings are being used by agencies across the three branches of the U.S. federal government […] More

by Naomi Cooper January 13, 2023, 11:41 am
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GSA Posts RFI for Equity Study on Digital Identity Verification Capabilities

A General Services Administration unit is seeking information on its plan to conduct a study into equity standards in remote identity proofing capabilities. In a request for information posted Monday on SAM.gov, GSA Technology Transformation Services said the equity study will help the agency decide whether to use facial recognition to verify users of Login.gov […] More

by Naomi Cooper April 28, 2022, 12:01 pm
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Carahsoft Launches Okta’s Identity & Access Management Offering on AWS Marketplace; Craig Abod Quoted

Carahsoft has added two identity and access management platforms from Okta to Amazon Web Services’ digital catalog that offers government customers access to third-party cloud offerings. The AWS Marketplace now includes Okta’s Workforce Identity and Customer Identity software-as-a-service offerings for the federal, state, local and education sectors, Carahsoft said Friday. “Public Sector customers now have […] More

by Angeline Leishman March 21, 2022, 9:04 am
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IARPA Selects Awardees of Biometric Tech Research Contracts

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has named the participants of a new program that seeks to study concepts that would enable the identification of individuals from long distances and through atmospheric distortions. The Biometric Recognition and Identification at Altitude and Range program is aimed at providing defense and intelligence agencies with whole-body biometric technologies […] More

by Angeline Leishman March 14, 2022, 5:47 am