Editor-in chief. Market intelligence and strategy expert, and long-year speaker, moderator. More than 15 years in global identity verification, age verification, and RegTech markets.
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A report from Parliament's Home Affairs Committee this week concluded the government's handling of mandatory digital ID plans was "rushed, poorly thought out and failed to make a convincing case."
Social media users will need to verify their age with government-issued documents from June 1, following changes to the Online Safety Act 2025 by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
The Ministry of ICT in Papua New Guinea has announced drafting a new Digital Identity and Verifiable Credentials Bill, following the endorsement of the National Digital ID Policy.
By integrating ID.me's digital identity wallet directly into Docusign, businesses can now seamlessly verify signers for high-value transactions that require federal security standards (e.g., NIST Identity Assurance Level 2) without the friction of signers having to re-enter information.
The investment follows a live platform evaluation in which Sardine demonstrated improved fraud detection and a reduction in false positives, with the bank citing these results as the basis for its decision to deepen the commercial relationship.
New algorithms from Dermalog, Innovatrics, Cognitec, Entrust join leaders Demographic disparities and mean error rates are falling among the newest age estimation and verification algorithms submitted to the U.S.’ NIST for analysis,
Microsoft has announced the general availability of Entra-Only identities for Azure Files SMB, enabling organizations to authenticate users via Microsoft Entra ID without requiring on-premises Active Directory, hybrid sync, or managed domain controllers.
The 1Kosmos platform is now available for Epic MyChart, the secure online patient portal for health systems using Epic's EHR software, through Toolbox on Epic Showroom.
iProov Verified Meetings, which enables organizations to authenticate the identity of participants in video calls without disrupting the user experience.
Humanoid robots in Hubei, China are being assigned official identity numbers in a new initiative designed to track their full lifecycle, marking the first such deployment in the country.
FarSight combines face, gait and body-shape recognition for long-distance identification from drones and elevated video
New research shows that hidden audio imperceptible to human ears can hijack AI voice tools, highlighting a vulnerability of the underlying models.
