While the idea of using biometrics for authentication is becoming more mainstream – helped along by the fact that many consumer devices, such as smartphones and laptops, now support biometrics – ...

While ordinary data breaches have become a staple of our daily lives, the loss of genetic information stands out. Most data created during our lifetime either loses its value within a year (such as ...

Thanks greatly to the consumerization of biometrics within smartphones, biometrics has come to be seen as a low-cost, low-friction means of authentication. But biometrics vary greatly in terms of ...

Back in 2005, if I learned that the bank I worked for was literally tracking my every move – the way my mouse moved or how my fingers lingered for microseconds longer on certain computer keys – I ...

Biometric authentication technology can secure access to what’s important to us online, such as our data, finances and key digital services. It can afford us effortless access while keeping fraudsters ...

The system leverages earphone accelerometers to detect subtle sounds from the heart pumping blood and the respiratory cycle, ...

Biometric authentication is often thought of as nearly impossible to steal or fake, a perfect addition to your cybersecurity arsenal. While it is tough for a threat actor to replicate a physical ...

Biometric authentication has become something of a go-to metaphor for bleeding-edge, bulletproof security thanks in no small part to the whims of Hollywood. Iris scanners, after all, make for great ...

The US Department of Defense (DOD) is slowly adopting a biometrics-based system as a possible replacement for its classic card-based access and authentication solution. Last week, a second DOD ...

Biometric technology is now cost-effective and functional enough for developers to use it in many application environments. The Oracle database supports some of the protocols that are commonly used ...