2025-12-17
Per Henrikson
Stricter identity checks are coming to two of the most sensitive corners of the U.S. digital ecosystem: financial regulation and federal healthcare.
The integration connects Ping’s identity orchestration and authentication capabilities with BeyondTrust’s privileged access controls, enabling context-aware, just-in-time access decisions across workforce, IT, and machine identities.
The free CLEAR ID allows U.S. passport holders to create and securely store a TSA-accepted digital ID, presenting it via QR code at checkpoints, while keeping their physical ID in their bags. CLEAR ID aims to streamline the travel experience, making identity verification simpler and more secure for all travelers, regardless of CLEAR+ Membership.
2025-12-16
Per Henrikson
KnowBe4, the world-renowned platform that comprehensively addresses human and agentic AI risk management, today announced a new custom deepfake training experience to defend against advanced cybersecurity threats from deepfakes such as fraudulent video conferences and AI-generated phishing attacks.
Signicat signs contract with The Danish Agency for Digital Government for mobile driving licence and adopts NFC technology for Denmark’s digital identity wallet. Signicat’s NFC passport verification to support both the trusted Kørekort-appen and upcoming Danish EUDI Wallet.
On-chain identity refers to identity credentials (KYC documents, licenses, corporate filings or GST data) that are verified once and then stored securely on a blockchain or cryptographically anchored to it.
Pegasystems debuts enhanced Pega CLM with agentic AI to automate onboarding and KYC as banks commit up to 15% of staff to KYC/AML and compliance spend is projected above $14B by 2030.
Most authentication tools fail the moment a photo is altered. Even small changes like trimming edges turn a signed image into one that fails verification. That creates trouble for newsrooms and other groups that crop images as part of normal editing.
2025-12-18
Ian Fleming
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it will limit the use of photographs for secure immigration documents to those taken within the past USCIS announced it will limit the use of photographs for secure immigration documents to those taken within the past three years, effective immediately.
The law, known as the Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation, was passed in 2023 and required Meta, Reddit, Snap, YouTube Discord and others to implement age verification and parental control features.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing new guidance that limits the age of foreign nationals’ photos that can be used to create immigration documents to no more than three years. fraud.
