Argentina Selects HID goID Technology

The government of Argentina has selected HID goID® citizen identity technology to power the country’s digital version of its mandatory National Identity Document for its Mi Argentina app. The collaborative effort between HID, Argentina’s Ministry of Interior, Public Works and Housing through the National Registry of Persons (Renaper), and the Ministry of Modernization makes Argentina…

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Thales – Cybels Analytics

At the 2020 edition of the International Cybersecurity Forum (FIC), Thales is unveiling Cybels Analytics, an innovative cybersecurity platform relying on advanced artificial intelligence and big data analytics technologies. The platform provides faster, sharper, more exhaustive detection of the most complex attacks in real time or proactively in differed time (hunting). It meets the needs…

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English Premier League Uses Patented Video Security Technology from Germany

Like many national football leagues, the teams of the English Premier League also suffer from unacceptable incidents such as lighting of pyrotechnics and throwing projectiles, hate crime and vandalism. This is why as early as 2013, the managers at Everton F.C. opted for a patented video security solution from the German video technology company Dallmeier….

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VIVOTEK and CyberLink Announce Strategic Partnership in Facial Recognition

VIVOTEK, the global leading IP surveillance solution provider, and CyberLink Corp., a pioneer of AI and facial recognition technologies, have recently entered into a strategic partnership, which will integrate CyberLink’s FaceMe® AI facial recognition engine into VIVOTEK’s IP surveillance solutions. The initial collaboration was showcased in VIVOTEK’s booth at Intersec 2020 in Dubai, United Arab…

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BMCE Bank of Africa’s IT Subsidiary Selects nCipher Security to Secure its Digital Certificates

nCipher Security, an Entrust Datacard company and provider of trust, integrity and control for business-critical information and applications, announces that its nShield® HSMs are being used by Eurafric Information (EAI), the IT subsidiary of BMCE Bank of Africa, to secure the digital certificates that enable device authentication for secure network access. The integration project was…

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Facial Recognition Hardware to Feature on Over 800M Mobiles by 2024, but Software Will Win Out

A new report from Juniper Research found that facial recognition hardware such as Face ID on recent iPhones, will be the fastest growing form of smartphone biometric hardware. This means it will reach over 800 million in 2024, compared to an estimated 96 million in 2019. The new research, Mobile Payment Authentication – Biometrics, Regulation…

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Thales Leverages New Technologies to Boost Biometric Matching Performance Whilst Halving Environmental Impact

Thales applies innovative Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology, designed for massive parallel data processing, to power its biometric matching system. With Gemalto’s commercial off-the-shelf FPGA solution, Thales allows the number of servers to be cut in half and dramatically limits the overall carbon footprint. Border agencies introducing entry/ exit systems, and other government agencies requiring…

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Upstream & Fujitsu Security Partner for Vehicle Security

Fujitsu Limited and Upstream Security Ltd., cutting-edge security solution provider for connected vehicles, recently announced a partnership for vehicle cybersecurity. The companies will collaborate in the development of security operations solutions for connected vehicles. As more vehicles are connected to the network, they are increasingly prone to the growing risk of cyber-attacks. International and domestic…

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Onvif Hosts 21st Developers’ Plugfest in Rome

ONVIF®, the leading global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, hosted its 21st Developers’ Plugfest late last year in Rome, an event that highlighted the continued demand for interoperable solutions. More than 30 developers and engineers from 18 ONVIF member companies gathered for this multi-day event, which featured 164 hours of testing. Attendees tested…

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