United States
SpyCloud just launched a new capability within its SpyCloud Investigations portal that embeds identity analytics into cybercrime investigations.
IDLink advanced analytics reportedly accelerates insider threat and supply chain risk analysis, as well as threat actor attribution, giving CTI teams, security operations, fraud and risk prevention analysts, and law enforcement the tools to quickly uncover connections between leaked identity data and potential risks.
United States
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has placed Yoti’s facial age estimation (FAE) model in first place when measured for accuracy on 13-16 year olds for ‘Child Online Safety’ and second place when measured for accuracy on ‘Mugshot’ images for 18-30 year olds.
The company said it has optimised its FAE models for mobile phone captured selfies enabling it to provide significantly higher accuracy when measured using Yoti test data.
Fiji
The development of a National Digital ID programme will take at least 26 months to complete.
A Steering Committee co-chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica and Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad, along with Reserve Bank Governor Arrif Ali and other ministries, has been tasked by the Government to spearhead the programme.
The Cabinet approved the project in June, marking a key early step in establishing a National Digital ID system intended for use by both government and the private sector.
Comoros
The Union of the Comoros is set to execute a digital public infrastructure (DPI) project thanks to €9.51 million (US$10.4 million) financial support from the African Development Bank (AfDB).
The AfDB announced on October 1 that its Board of Directors has given the greenlight for the funding.
Of the €9.51 million, €4.02 million is provided by the African Development Fund, while 5.49 million comes from the Bank’s Transition Support Facility.
Dubbed Project to Support Digitization of the Comorian Economy, the project is designed to improve the governance, quality, affordability and accessibility of relevant public services offered to users, as well as set up a digital government system “through the construction and operationalization of a new data centre and the existing secondary data centre, and an incubator.”
The entire project is estimated to cost a total of 22.53 million (US$ 25 million).
Global
New data from the 2024 report, Battle Against AI-Driven Identity Fraud by Signicat, reveals that AI-driven fraud now constitutes 42.5 percent of all detected fraud attempts in the financial and payments sector. Furthermore, it is estimated that 29 percent of those attempts are considered successful.
Europe
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The European Commission has adopted two proposals to digitalise passports and identity cards, also called ‘EU Digital Travel application’, for individuals travelling to and from the Schengen area.
Both EU and non-EU citizens are subject to systematic checks when crossing the EU’s external borders. Currently, these checks are made physically at the border crossing point.
The Commission is proposing a common framework for the use of digital travel credentials and a new ‘EU Digital Travel application’ for travellers to create and store their digital travel credentials. It said the new rules will make traveling to and within the Schengen area easier and more secure.
The EU Digital Travel application will be developed by the Commission, with the support of eu-LISA, and deployed at EU level. The application will be available for all EU and non-EU citizens with a biometric passport or EU identity card travelling to or from the Schengen Area.
Cyprus
The Cypriot Government has approved the purchase of 100,000 digital identity cards, Research Deputy Minister Nikodemos Damianou said.
He said the first 30,000 identity cards will be made available free of charge to those who want them, with the aim of “strengthening this most important action of digitisation in our country”.
They will be issued on a first come, first served basis, with the remaining 70,000 of the first batch set to be issued at a charge of €15.
He added that Cyprus’ digital identity cards have already been approved by the European Commission and added that it will “allow people to access useful digital tools and citizens” in their interactions with government services.
France
The French government plans to make its healthcare card, carte Vitale, accessible through the France Identité app starting in the first quarter of 2025. Prime Minister Michel Barnier outlined the plans, noting the little green and yellow card with a microchip that allows users to access the French healthcare system, will be backed with digital identity cards, Le Parisien reports, via Biometric Update.
The carte Vitale, a component of the French healthcare system, currently serves as a physical card that allows patients to receive reimbursements for medical expenses directly from the state health insurance. With the integration into the France Identité app, users will soon be able to present their healthcare card digitally.
The France Identité app aims to centralize various forms of identification for the management of personal data. French documents like electronic national identity cards and driver’s licences are already available in digital form through the France Identité app. Sopra Steria, Atos, iDAKTO and Idemia are all providing technology for France’s digital identity scheme.
Moldova
Moldova is working on aligning its digital ID regulation with the European Union and its Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet.
To complete the task, Moldova has enlisted the help of Estonian software company Cybernetica. The project is expected to be completed in October.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is establishing a national system for remote biometric authentication, which will serve as a single base for biometric data for all industries.
The national system will be built by a joint venture between the country’s e-government infrastructure operator National Information Technologies JSC, known as Nitec, and Kazakhstani digital ID startup BTS Digital.