Upcoming Events

This talk will present the recently published Sandbox-report from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (NDPA), which analyse key legal and privacy challenges related to the use of face biometrics template protection technologies to enable re-use of biometric data from National ID documents in online banking applications. The talk will include perspectives from the bank (Sparebank1 Østlandet), the regulator (NDPA) and the technology provider (Mobai).

Sandbox exit report ‘Securing digital identities’: https://www.datatilsynet.no/en/regulations-and-tools/sandbox-for-artificial-intelligence/reports/salt-mobai-et-al.-exit-report-securing-digital-identities/

The Regulatory Sandbox is a valuable method for exploring issues where there are few legal precedents. Participants and the Norwegian Data Protection Authority collaboratively explore issues concerning privacy to help ensure that a new service or product complies with regulations and safeguards individuals' privacy. The conclusions do not constitute binding decisions or pre-approvals. Participants are free to decide whether to follow the advice they receive.

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The proliferation of voice deepfakes and adversarial attacks presents an increasing challenge to the security and reliability of voice-based authentication and communication systems. While deepfake technology enables the generation of highly realistic synthetic speech, adversarial attacks exploit vulnerabilities in machine learning models to manipulate or evade detection systems. Both threats pose significant risks to biometric security and the overall trustworthiness of AI-driven applications.

This workshop will feature presentations by experts to explore recent advancements in detecting and mitigating both voice deepfakes and adversarial attacks. Discussions will focus on deep learning-based countermeasures, adversarial robustness techniques, generalisation across unseen attacks, and the evolving nature of attack strategies.

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Workshop of the Biometrics Working Group of TeleTrusT, the IT Security Association in Germany.

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The International Standard ISO/IEC 29794-5 Biometric sample quality - Part 5: Face image data was recently published. Along with this new standard the source code of the Open-Source Face Image Quality (OFIQ) software library was provided, which is the reference implementation of this standard.

The standard defines a unified quality score (UQS) for a face image and numerous, component quality measures (CQM), which provide accurate information such as the correctness of the pose or the sharpness of the face image (and many others).

This virtual meeting will provide an overview of the functionality provided with OFIQ and will give users an opportunity to raise questions and provide feedback. The dial-in information will be provided the evening before the event.

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