The Department of Homeland Security is considering updates to how it verifies identity and conducts security threat ...

The lawmakers introduced legislation that would set departmentwide standards in an effort to prevent misuse and strengthen ...

At the center of this shift is the convergence of two systems that were never designed to operate together on American ...

Biometric systems are increasingly being leveraged across the nation for homeland security missions and the security of U.S. citizens. With this increased implementation, the U.S. Department of ...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is moving forward with revisions to how it collects and manages identity ...

Biometric authentication has grown to be one of the most talked-about protection technologies in recent years. As cyber ...

A DHS analysis found that self-identified Black volunteers who participated in testing of TSA’s biometric tools had the lowest face matching success rate of any demographic group, with an overall ...

Think of the many unique identifiers that can be observed in a person to pinpoint who they are. A person’s laugh, their gait or the way they sit are all like a fingerprint—no two are alike. Similarly, ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s top watchdog is investigating the growing use of facial recognition technology in the security screening process at U.S. airports, a Democratic lawmaker announced ...