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Turkey upgrades digital ID; AI projected to stifle breaches

Turkey upgrades digital ID; AI projected to stifle breaches

2025-01-21 Per Henrikson
Turkey ramps up its national ID program by integrating blockchain and linking it...
Turkey upgrades digital ID; AI projected to stifle breaches

Turkey upgrades digital ID; AI projected to stifle breaches

2025-01-21 Ion Benlola
Turkey ramps up its national ID program by integrating blockchain and linking it...
Azerbaijan president approves 2025-2027 digital ID, govt strategy

Azerbaijan president approves 2025-2027 digital ID, govt strategy

2025-01-20 Ion Benlola
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has issued a decree activating the Digital...
Azerbaijan president approves 2025-2027 digital ID

Azerbaijan president approves 2025-2027 digital ID

2025-01-20 Per Henrikson
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has issued a decree activating the Digital...
Guyana national digital ID project gets $4.8M in 2025 budget

Guyana national digital ID project gets $4.8M in 2025 budget

2025-01-20 Per Henrikson
The government of Guyana has allocated $1 billion for national e-ID cards, as pa...
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Jumio Adds Gaming to its Services in 2025 - TechBullion

Jumio Adds Gaming to its Services in 2025 - TechBullion

2025-01-20 Ian Fleming
Jumio has added gaming to its services in 2025. The company has also launched eKYC checks.
Entrust Launches PKI Hub to Streamline Enterprise Cryptographic Asset Management

Entrust Launches PKI Hub to Streamline Enterprise Cryptographic Asset Management

Entrust has unveiled PKI Hub, a new container-based virtual appliance designed to streamline the management of cryptographic assets across cloud and on-premises environments. The solution aims to address the growing complexity of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) management while providing enterprise-wide visibility and automation capabilities.
Microblink added 200 documents, sand became available on Google Cloud Marketplace

Microblink added 200 documents, sand became available on Google Cloud Marketplace

Microblink's flagship products, BlinkID and BlinkID Verify, became available on Google Cloud Marketplace.

iCapital to Acquire Parallel Markets to Streamline Digital Identity, Investment Onboarding, and Compliance Verification

National Bank of Egypt Enhances Enterprise Security with BIO-key MFA and SSO

Daon Expands Presence in Japan as part of ELEMENTS" acquisition of Polarify

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Turkey upgrades digital ID; AI projected to stifle breaches

Turkey upgrades digital ID; AI projected to stifle breaches

2025-01-21 Per Henrikson
Turkey ramps up its national ID program by integrating blockchain and linking it to several services. Elsewhere, AI is being seen as a critical tool in curbing security breaches in the DeFi ecosystem.
Azerbaijan president approves 2025-2027 digital ID

Azerbaijan president approves 2025-2027 digital ID

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has issued a decree activating the Digital Development Concept of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Guyana national digital ID project gets $4.8M in 2025 budget

Guyana national digital ID project gets $4.8M in 2025 budget

The government of Guyana has allocated $1 billion for national e-ID cards, as part of a budget presented last week by the finance minister.

Sri Lanka procures 350 biometric devices for national digital ID

Australia's Commonwealth Bank Pilots Medicare Digital ID Verification via Australia’s Trust Exchange

UK to introduce digital driving licences to ‘transform public services’

Technology
FaceEsign Launches Multi-Layered Biometric Security System to Combat Digital Fraud

FaceEsign Launches Multi-Layered Biometric Security System to Combat Digital Fraud

2025-01-19 Ian Fleming
FaceEsign has unveiled a new multi-layered biometric verification system that combines facial, voice, and live video authentication technologies. The patented solution aims to address digital fraud challenges.
AI or Not raises $5M to stop AI fraud, deepfakes and misinformation

AI or Not raises $5M to stop AI fraud, deepfakes and misinformation

AI or Not, an AI fraud detection platform, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round to accelerate its use of AI to detect AI fraud in images.
Can Metadata Standards Like C2PA Fight Deepfakes?

Can Metadata Standards Like C2PA Fight Deepfakes?

The C2PA standard enables embedding metadata into images and other media content to verify the presence of AI.

McAfee Deepfake Detector Launches in India, the World’s First Automatic and AI-Powered Deepfake Detector

Avast Expands Identity Protection Service to 15 New Countries Amid Rising Cyber Threats

Microsoft Entra ID Adds TAP Support for Internal Guests

Legal
Biden Signs Executive Order on Federal Cybersecurity and Digital ID Modernization

Biden Signs Executive Order on Federal Cybersecurity and Digital ID Modernization

2025-01-19 Ian Fleming
The order, signed on January 16, 2025, outlines multiple initiatives aimed at modernizing the federal government’s cybersecurity infrastructure, building upon previous administration efforts to combat rising cyber threats and identity fraud.
UK's Ofcom issues guidance on how age checks can be highly “robust” to protect children

UK's Ofcom issues guidance on how age checks can be highly “robust” to protect children

All websites have to comply with robust verification measures for their users by July. Ofcom clarified what this means for social media platforms that have the most interest from young users on the internet. ID verification technologies should be capable of “highly effective checks” to check the ages of teenagers and even prevent younger children.
India's National Testing Agency introduces mandatory Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry and Adhaar details

India's National Testing Agency introduces mandatory Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry and Adhaar details

The new implementation strengthens the verification infrastructure for the NEET UG examination system, establishing a permanent academic record framework that can serve candidates throughout their academic and professional careers.

More than a dozen states have passed new laws that led to restrictions on pornography

French regulator Arcom's standard for online age verification rolls out in 2025

UK Plans To Make Sexually Explicit Deepfake A Criminal Offence