Digital Government
How Russia's New Facial Recognition App Could End Anonymity
The power to identify total strangers on the street is the advertising pitch for a new wave of startups hoping to capitalize on rapidly advancing facial recognition technology. But in Russia, it’s already a reality.
Cybersecurity
Embracing agile at the border
DHS components are discovering that transformation is best tackled one step at a time.
Cybersecurity
NIST looks to transform federal authentication
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is planning "transformational" changes to its technical guidelines for digital authentication.
Emerging Tech
FBI Wants to Exempt Its Massive Biometric Database from Some Federal Privacy Rules
The database could include more than 52 million facial photos.
Digital Government
DHS to Tap Silicon Valley for Doggie Fitbits, Facial Recognition Tech
It’s the latest DHS effort to draw new brainpower and technology.
Cybersecurity
GSA seeks smart card-as-a-service
The General Services Administration is looking for a solution that provides HSPD-12-compliant, governmentwide, contractor-managed services for the USAccess Program.
Cybersecurity
'Hey Siri, Call in an Airstrike': Army Seeks to Outfit Soldiers With Voice-Controlled Gear
To ensure cybersecurity and national security do not become mutually exclusive, the Army is testing various biometric identification methods that can withstand battle terrain.
Cybersecurity
DHS information network gets new authentication tech
DHS has implemented backend authentication for users of the Homeland Security Information Network.
Digital Government
Facial-Recognition Software Might Have a Racial Bias Problem
Depending on how algorithms are trained, they could be significantly more accurate when identifying white faces than African American ones.
Cybersecurity
Electronic passport required for visa program
DHS has added biometric identification requirements to Visa Waiver Program restrictions.
Digital Government
How Facial Recognition Might Stop the Next Brussels
Keeping terrorists away from crowded spaces requires recognizing them before they get there, which is no easy task
Cybersecurity
Spy Researchers Take on Biometric ID Hackers
A 4-year project just launched to develop artificial intelligence to automatically detect spoofed fingertips, facial images and irises.
Cybersecurity
How USCIS consolidates immigration data
The agency in charge of processing immigrant visa and naturalization petitions, asylum and refugee applications has a data query service that rounds up data from across DHS.
Cybersecurity
Army looks to bridge biometrics contract
Northrop Grumman is getting an extension on a contract for a military biometrics capability.
Emerging Tech
More Than a Third of Americans Would Undergo Iris Scans for Better Government Services
About 67 percent of respondents would share their cellphone numbers with the federal government if it meant personalized services such as expedited passport processing, but far fewer -- 35 percent -- would offer iris scans.
Cybersecurity
CBP encouraged by facial comparison pilots
Customs and Border Protection officials are seeing success in facial comparison pilot projects and are mulling a long-term investment strategy for the program, according to CBP's Michael Hardin.
Cybersecurity
New FBI biometric tech facility speeds analysis
The FBI's recently-opened center for biometrics technology in West Virginia giving the Bureau and the Department of Defense sharper capabilities, said a top FBI executive.
Cybersecurity
Senate panel complains of slow progress at DHS on biometric exit tracking
Lawmakers grilled officials on the slow pace of progress in setting up a system to gather details on foreign visitors when they leave the U.S.
Cybersecurity