According to a new study, many African governments gather, retain, and handle biometric data on their residents without adequate methods to safeguard data security and privacy. The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) prescribes what constitutes acceptable protections in its Declaration of Principles of Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa. […]
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According to government officials, the unregistered population typically consists of individuals who have recently turned 16 but have not yet signed up. According to the visitors, the system, in conjunction with a national KYC database and expanding mobile internet coverage, is releasing significant savings and hastening the Digital Malawi initiative, which aims to connect every […]
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The Prime Minister of the nation, James Marape, responded to opposition concerns about the biometric system by saying that it will be simpler. This was after the completion of a census the next year and the announcement that a biometric system would be in place. A population census will be taken in 2023 to find […]
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Guinea and a firm located in Malaysia have agreed to a profit-sharing agreement for a variety of services, including secure document printing, digitalization, and biometric identification for land management. These services will be provided to Guinea. Based on the Memorandum of Agreement, the service provider would be elevated to prime contractor status while the Ministry […]
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The IT industry’s credo on password security has been that multifactor authentication (MFA) will protect against all attacks. However, in reality, MFA can only protect a user who has it enabled if they’ve taken the proper steps to ensure their password is secure as well. In 2019, Microsoft said 300 million cyberattacks take place each […]
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Even before COVID-19, the digital revolution created a need for more comfortable and suitable work environments. The pandemic made firms rethink their security and privacy policies and adopt more complex solutions that were flexible enough to handle the constantly changing nature of work. In a world where more and more employees are working from home […]
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Biometric technology is being used more and more in the public sector all over the world. In many places, pensioners who are part of an employee pension plan can now turn in their biometric information to renew their life certificates. The people in charge of giving out pensions need to check every so often to […]
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For thousands of years, Yemen has played a crucial part in the mighty kingdoms and dynasties that left their imprints on the Arabian Peninsula and Africa. Even though Yemen was officially reunified in 1990 and peace negotiations have been going on since 2016, the country’s government, economy, and people are all in shambles due to […]
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Despite countless warnings and measures to safeguard customers, identity theft in South Africa continues to escalate. According to reports, someone’s identity is stolen every two seconds somewhere in the globe. According to recent figures from the National Council on Identity Theft Protection in the United States, identity theft would cost Americans about $6 billion in […]
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo will spend more than $70 million on a centralized, automated criminal biometric identification system (ABIS) as part of a new public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement. It will be used by the government of the DRC to issue “certificates of integrity” (sometimes called “certificates of non-criminal record”) to its people. An […]
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