Australia wants more use of digital IDs but how committed is it?
Apparently satisfied with a sizable, though incomplete, deployment of digital IDs in Australia, some central government legislators want to expand... The post Australia wants more use of digital IDs...
View ArticleThailand, Finland invest $94M amid digital ID funding, partnership flurry
A number of governmental projects around the world have announced new funding or partnerships, with the Thailand Digital Government Development... The post Thailand, Finland invest $94M amid digital ID...
View ArticleID4Africa: the future of digital identity in the real and virtual worlds
“What is your notion of digital identity?” may at first seem to be one of those futile questions in the... The post ID4Africa: the future of digital identity in the real and virtual worlds first...
View ArticleJamaica electoral body denies selling biometric data for online...
Accusations of improper digital ID and biometric data sharing have been leveled against the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) after... The post Jamaica electoral body denies selling biometric data...
View ArticleMajority of Canadians support digital IDs, want control over data: DIACC survey
A survey from the Digital ID and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) finds a significant majority of Canadians support the... The post Majority of Canadians support digital IDs, want control over...
View ArticleBelgium unveils virtual digital identity card to extend itsme app functionality
Belgium Secretary of State for Digitalization Mathieu Michel has unveiled the creation of a new virtual digital identity card to expand the capabilities of the itsme app. The digital identity app was...
View ArticleUK passwordless authentication guidelines include FIDO2 and MFA biometrics
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published new guidelines to help businesses adopt passwordless authentication, including biometrics and FIDO2 solutions. More specifically, the guide...
View ArticleSeychelles launches digital ID platform from WISeKey for government, private...
Swiss cybersecurity firm WISeKey has developed 'SeyID,' a digital ID platform for the government of Seychelles, which will enable citizens of the island nation to access digital government, healthcare...
View ArticleMozilla steps up its attack on revising EU’s eIDAS regulations
Changes being contemplated for the EU's eIDAS regulation could make people on the web less secure and make state surveillance easier, says Mozilla, the nonprofit developer of the Firefox browser. In a...
View ArticleAmerican Express adds face and fingerprint biometrics for online transactions
American Express announced it is adding face and fingerprint recognition to SafeKey to meet regulatory requirements and securely streamline online checkout through a pilot program, claiming to be the...
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