Nuance Gatekeeper Combines Voice and Behavioral Biometrics to Fight Fraud

Posted on October 4, 2019

Nuance Communications has released a new cloud-based authentication solution that verifies people’s identities during voice and text interactions. Dubbed Nuance Gatekeeper, the platform combines Nuance’s ConversationPrint text authenticator with the voice recognition Lightning Engine and behavioral biometrics. Together, the three technologies will empower enterprises to fight fraud across multiple channels, building detailed customer profiles and…

Experian Announces New Product Management Head

Posted on July 19, 2019

Experian is looking to build its profile in the identity authentication space. The company has announced that EK Koh will be stepping up as the new Senior Vice President of Product Management for Global Identity & Fraud Solutions, bringing more than 20 years of product management experience to the position. “Being able to resolve, identify…

AppGuard Launches Military-Grade Data Sharing App for Employee Devices

Posted on March 11, 2019

AppGuard has launched a new mobile app that is designed to provide “zero trust” security for organizations of all shapes and sizes. Dubbed TRUSTICA Mobile, the new app creates a unique key to encrypt every single text message, voice message, and file sent through the service. “Malware and malicious apps can’t steal or expose sensitive…

MWC Barcelona: Aware’s Kai Imgenberg on Knomi, Biometric Banking and More [Audio]

Posted on March 1, 2019

Aware, Inc. is a longtime player in the biometrics industry, but the company has had some particularly big wins over the last year. It scored a $38 million dollar contract from the UK Home Office to help develop a biometric services system for border control and law enforcement; and, as CEO Kevin Russell noted in…

[Money20/20] Biometrics and AI Converge in Expert FinTech Panel

Posted on October 25, 2018

If there’s one exciting trend in payments right now, it’s the rise of biometrics, and so it was no surprise to see “Digital Identity & Biometrics” emerge as one of the four central themes of the opening day of this year’s Money20/20 event in Las Vegas. And an expert panel comprising representatives of some of…

ForgeRock Integrates ImageWare’s Multimodal Authentication Platform

Posted on September 17, 2018

“For ForgeRock clients … the integration enables them to take advantage of ImageWare’s multimodal authentication solution, which supports facial, fingerprint, palm, and voice recognition, among other authentication mechanisms.” ImageWare‘s GoVerifyID biometric authentication platform has been integrated into the ForgeRock Trust Network Technology Program, the company has announced. It’s a development that could open up new business…

Sensory Anticipates Mass Adoption ‘Tipping Point’ for TrulySecure

Posted on June 27, 2018

“Operating through a standard mobile device, TrulySecure combines facial and voice recognition to identify the end user. It’s now being used in mobile apps from a number of financial services providers including Alior, Banorte, ICICI, Maybank, Mizuho Bank, and Qatar Islamic Bank.” Sensory Inc. is celebrating the growing ubiquity of its TrulySecure platform, announcing that…

Military Personnel Can Now Use Samsung Phones For Work

Posted on June 26, 2018

“We are committed to providing secure devices for approved use within the federal market, which is why we include key features like Samsung Knox and biometrics on each device.” – Chris Balcik, Vice President, Federal Government at Samsung Electronics America US military personnel can now officially use their Samsung phones for work. The Korean electronics giant…

Samsung Galaxy S10 to Sport 3D Facial Recognition and In-Display Fingerprint Scanning

Posted on June 26, 2018

Samsung is looking to compete on multiple biometric fronts with the next addition to its Galaxy S line, and is ready to sacrifice the signature feature of its last few smartphones. According to reports from Samsung’s supply chain, the company is looking to drop iris scanning for its Galaxy S10 – but is going to…