The SAFR Blog
What is Face-Priority Auto-Exposure and why do I need it?
Face-Priority Auto-Exposure: What is it and why do I need it? How do you ensure that your face matching or facial recognition solution is getting the best image of the face, regardless of lighting or other factors? With Face-priority auto-exposure!...
Securing PII in Biometric Authentication Systems
Securing PII in Biometric Authentication Systems In an increasingly digital world, safeguarding personally identifiable information (PII) has never been more crucial. PII is any data that can, either on its own or when combined with other information, identify...
Facial Authentication – The Future of Access Control
Skip the Wallet: Facial Authentication Is the Future of Access Control The access control industry is at a crossroads. While mobile wallets are gaining traction as a replacement for physical keycards, they still fall short of delivering true security and...
Minimizing Bias in Facial Recognition
Engineering Ethics into AI: Minimizing Bias in Facial Recognition Facial recognition technology, like any deep learning algorithm, is only as effective as the code and the dataset it is trained on. For companies with global reach, the ethical imperative lies in...
Facial Recognition vs. Identity Recognition
Facial Recognition vs. Identity Recognition: What's the Difference? Facial recognition and Identity recognition may sound similar, but they serve very different purposes. One detects a face, while the other confirms who that face belongs to by linking it to...
Fortify Airport Security with SAFR SCAN Facial Recognition
Enhancing Airport Back-of-House Security with Facial Recognition Airports rank among the world’s busiest and most tightly monitored environments. With thousands of employees navigating secure zones daily, ensuring both seamless and secure access presents a...
Ask the Expert: Casinos, Face Recognition, and COVID-19
We asked Sam Kljajic, a 20-plus-year worldwide veteran surveillance and security consultant in the gaming industry, six questions about facial recognition technology and what it means for the casino industry: 1. These are unique times, so let’s start there. What do...
Face masks don’t negate the benefits of facial recognition
How SAFR maintains accuracy in the age of COVID-19 By Eric Hess Senior Director of Product Management for Face Recognition & Security Solutions As we continue to adjust to social distancing mandates, more experts are now recommending wearing face masks as another...
NIST Test Confirms SAFR Delivers the Highest Effective Accuracy for Live Video
For years, we’ve seen If you see something, say something posted throughout transit hubs, reminding us that during a security event, every second counts. It also reminds us that maintaining secure spaces is a joint effort. For the more than 25 million public and...
NIST Results Once Again Demonstrate SAFR’s Consistency and Fairness Among Racial Groups
By Reza Rassool, CTO, RealNetworksWIRED recently highlighted unacceptable levels of bias in facial recognition in the article The Best Algorithms Struggle to Recognize Black Faces Equally. They cited the poor test scores of leading facial recognition...