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June 5, 2025
Securing Biometric Authentication with Presentation Attack Detection
By Mohammed Murad In an era where digital security is paramount, ensuring that biometric systems remain impenetrable is a top priority. This is where Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) steps in, acting as the guardian against fraudulent attempts to breach security by presenting counterfeit biometrics. And yet, this critical component of biometric authentication is not a … Read more
May 16, 2025
The Iris Advantage
By Mohammed Murad| Security Middle East Mohammed Murad, Vice President, Global Sales and Business Development, IRIS ID looks at the power of iris recognition and how it can secure data centres with biometric precision. No firewall or encryption protocol can protect a data centre if an unauthorised person gains physical access. While organisations invest heavily in cybersecurity, … Read more
February 5, 2025
Iris ID and Hansab Ltd. Announce Strategic Partnership
Iris ID and Hansab Ltd. Bring Advanced Biometric Security Solutions to the Baltic Region Hansab Ltd, a leading provider of automation, security, and payment solutions, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Iris ID, a global leader in recognition technology. This collaboration marks a significant step in enhancing biometric security solutions across Latvia and … Read more
December 18, 2024
Customs and Border Protection Expands Biometric Iris Recognition Use
Customs and Border Protection is expanding its use of biometric iris recognition The agency hopes to use the technology in all of its border apprehensions, according to a source familiar with the program. By Rebecca Heilweil, FEDSCOOP Customs and Border Protection is continuing to expand its use of biometric iris recognition at the nation’s borders, … Read more
March 1, 2024
Iris ID Announces Arena Partnership
Iris ID is excited to announce a new strategic partnership with Arena to distribute its cutting-edge multi-model iris and facial recognition products in the Turkish market. This collaboration aims to leverage Arena’s extensive network of partners to enhance accessibility to iris recognition solutions across many diverse industries. Customers can now access Iris ID’s innovative products through … Read more
October 24, 2023
Iris Recognition Delivers Superior Identity Authentication
Iris Recognition Delivers Superior Identity Authentication While Protecting Personal Privacy By Mohammed Murad | Security Today Magazine There has been much public discussion and outcry surrounding the use of biometrics for security and law enforcement applications. On one hand, biometrics technology delivers a proven means of improving security unlike conventional access and identity credentials. Yet … Read more
July 3, 2023
Biometric Kiosk Authentication – A Talk With Frank Olea
Biometric Kiosk Authentication – A Talk With Frank Olea By Evan Schuman Kiosk Authentication Is Getting Trickier As kiosks are handling more sensitive and compliance-controlled data–as well as literally giving users money and other high-value items–robust authentication is critical. But robust in the kiosk realm cannot mean time-consuming or in any other way deliver friction. … Read more
June 6, 2023
NADRA adds Iris ID to biometric identification platform
NADRA adds iris to automated biometric identification platform with Iris ID June 5, 2023 By Ayang Macdonald|BiometricUpdate.com Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has introduced iris biometrics as the third ID verification option on its Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS), calling it a “landmark achievement.” A video promoting the modality’s addition clearly depicts the … Read more
February 2, 2023
Iris Recognition Delivers a Positive ID for Law Enforcement
Tim Meyerhoff Director, North America, Iris ID In September of 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) implemented the Next Generation Identification (NGI) Iris Service, which provides the ability to capture, catalog and rapidly compare iris images to verify identities with up to 99% accuracy. To make this advanced form of identity management most effective … Read more
May 19, 2022
Why Healthcare Facilities Should Adopt Biometrics
Mohammed Murad Most Americans use biometrics daily. Fingerprint, face, or iris recognition technology unlocks our smartphones. Iris or facial scans quickly move people through airport security and past customs agents. Biometrics are common in many office buildings, enhancing or replacing traditional access control. Numerous surveys show most respondents becoming comfortable using the various biometric technologies, often preferring them … Read more
May 10, 2022
ISC West Show and Tell: Iris ID’s Mohammed Murad On Biometric Time and Access
Iris ID is a longstanding leader in the biometrics sector, having established itself as a pioneer of iris recognition technologies and eventually expanding its portfolio to include facial recognition tech. As such, it’s a regular presence at high-profile industry events like ISC West, which recently wrapped up in Las Vegas. At this year’s show, Iris … Read more
February 3, 2022
Airports are already using biometrics
Part 3 by Mohammed Murad Biometrics technologies provide various choices, typically divided into behavioral or physiological categories. Behavioral biometrics might measure how a person walks, talks, signs a signature or types on a keyboard. More commonly used physiological measurements include scans of a person’s fingerprints, facial structure and iris, the colored ring around the pupil. … Read more
December 6, 2021
Robotic Vessels Roam the Seas
By Mohammed Murad 1 December 2021Security Technology, December 2021 On any day, Ocean Infinity’s fleet of marine robotic equipment including autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are searching the world’s seas to acquire and analyze data on behalf of governments, energy companies, and scientific organizations. The company is a pioneer in the use of marine robotic vessels equipped … Read more
September 14, 2021
How to Incorporate Biometrics Into a Client’s Security Plan
Technology advances have made using humans’ unique physical differences a more viable means of access control. With a pandemic to consider, fınd out which methods make the most sense. September 13, 2021 by Mohammed Murad Integrators are faced with ever-increasing choices when it comes to access control. The security industry has a half-century of … Read more
August 24, 2021
VIDEO: Iris ID’s Mohammed Murad Talks Biometric Background Checks, Access Control, and More at ISC West
n this video interview recorded at ISC West 2021 in Las Vegas, FindBiometrics Media Sales & Strategy Manager Doug OGorden speaks with Mohammed Murad from the show floor at ISC West. Murad is the Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development for Iris ID, which showcased its iCAM 7000 series of iris recognition scanners during the … Read more
July 23, 2021
Key markets for iris biometrics
Mohammed Murad, Iris ID In recent years, biometric systems have moved from protecting only mission critical government facilities to being used by virtually any organisation that can afford access control, including hospitals, corporate offices, schools and small businesses. Across these sectors, end users typically choose between the top three biometric technologies – iris, facial and … Read more
July 15, 2021
Getting Malaysia back to normal with vaccine passports
Are you vaccinated? That’s a question asked by governments and businesses around the world, with Malaysia being no exception. The answers to that question help determine how soon the Southeast Asian nation recovers economically from the COVID-19 pandemic. An aggressive vaccine program in diverse and geographically separated Malaysia recently dispensed daily record numbers of injections … Read more
January 26, 2021
Biometrics for Patient Identification
Biometrics for Patient Identification Mohammed Murad Medical facilities have little room for error when it comes to identifying patients. They must be identified with 100% accuracy to ensure healthcare teams provide the proper treatment based on a person’s medical history. Record-keeping challenges increase the possibility of misidentification; human error can lead to improperly entered data; … Read more
January 4, 2021
Keeping an Eye on Travel Security at Schiphol Airport
Security Management By Sara Mosqueda Ranked the world’s ninth-best air hub in 2020 by Skytrax, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was already familiar with technology that encourages hygiene measures—even before the coronavirus pandemic emerged. Privium, an exclusive traveler membership program at Schiphol, has three lounges at the international airport that allow its members to relax before a flight, … Read more
December 1, 2020
Beyond the Card
A new generation of access control credentials are proven and available By Mohammed Murad About 50 years ago, organizations requiring a higher security level began replacing their locks and keys with electronic card-based access control systems. Through the decades, plastic has remained the favorite medium for employee credentials. But a new generation of credentials that … Read more