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a-Service (IDaaS) solution. The partnership
provides an unrivalled frictionless biometric
experience that delivers high-quality usability.
Hitachi’s finger vein biometrics solution,
Hand Gesture Technology, can be used at
the user authentication stage to provide a
seamless experience for onboarding and
subsequent logins. It can be activated
quickly and easily through Ubisecure IDaaS,
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Ravi Ahluwalia, General Manager, Security
Business Group at Hitachi Europe, said:
“Those of us in the identity industry
understand that passwords are not the
best authentication method. However, the
solutions that have attempted to replace
the password also have their shortcomings.
This is why we have pioneered Hand
Gesture Technology: finger veins are non-
replicable and cannot be lost or stolen.
HAND GESTURE TECHNOLOGY
ENABLES FAST AND SECURE USER
IDENTIFICATION THROUGH THE
UNIQUE VEIN PATTERNS IN FINGERS.
an SaaS product that allows developers
to plug in the best-in-class identity
management functionality – such as single
sign-on and multi-factor authentication – to
apps and services.
A first-of-its-kind technology, Hand
Gesture Technology enables fast and
secure user identification through the
unique vein patterns in fingers. This way,
identity can be verified via a simple hand
gesture to a camera in a standard laptop
or desktop. By delivering the benefits of
biometric authentication without the usual
requirements for specialised and expensive
reader equipment, the offering is especially
suitable for mass adoption.
Simon Wood, CEO at Ubisecure, said:
“We’re committed to providing customers
with a range of secure authentication
options, including biometric technology.
For biometrics to be adopted at scale
they must be easy-to-use and, preferably,
require no additional hardware. In this
sense, Hand Gesture Technology is an
ideal way of implementing the security
and convenience of biometrics without the
common deployment challenges. For this
reason, we’re delighted to be able to offer
Hitachi’s breakthrough technology to our
IDaaS customers.”
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While the solution is now pervasive in the
banking sector, our collaboration with
Ubisecure will help us to expand that reach
into other verticals.”
Maintaining the focus on authentication,
Veridium, an authentication platform, has
launched its proprietary facial recognition
technology, vFace. This pioneering software
makes facial recognition more accessible,
bringing high-end security to users around
the world for mobile banking and other high-
risk consumer apps.
vFace enables facial recognition on all
mobile devices with a front facing camera
(2MP or above), meaning older or less
expensive devices without biometric sensor
technology built in can be converted into
robust security solutions available to all.
The software is available as part of the
VeridiumID authenticator application on
Android or iOS, as well as for businesses
to integrate into their existing apps via an
SDK, and will soon be available for Windows
desktop authentication.
Additionally, Veridium has developed
innovative patented behavioural biometrics,
which gather data from a device’s motion
sensors in order to analyse particular
patterns of behaviour unique to the user.
This could be the way you use your phone,
use an application, or use a biometric,
complimented by the device’s location or
time of day – providing an additional layer
of security in the most seamless fashion.
Veridium’s behavioural software can also
uniquely be used in conjunction with a
device’s native biometrics, as well as use
workflows from other applications to inform
and improve fraud detection.
John Spencer, Chief Product Revenue
Officer of Veridium, said: “We are very
excited to be launching vFace, our facial
recognition software, which complements
our existing digital fingerprint technologies
on VeridiumID – our robust authentication
platform. vFace allows advanced security
solutions to be implemented on any
smartphone with a front camera – replacing
expensive equipment with a frictionless and
convenient app. Businesses implementing
biometric authentication such as vFace
will see increased security, without the
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