Welcome to FindBiometrics’ digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: Socure Names Government Affairs Director Socure has named Jennifer Kerber as its new Senior Director of Government Affairs, explaining that she will work with policymakers and government stakeholders to advance the responsible use of digital identity technologies. Kerber served as the Director of the Connect.Gov Program in the Government Services Administration’s Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technology from June of 2014 to December of 2015. She comes to Socure from the Washington, DC-based consultancy Guidehouse. “In the wake of the Administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy and pandemic anti-fraud measures, there couldn’t be a more exciting time to join the market leader in identity verification,” Kerber said. SenseTime to Host ‘Technology Discussion Day’ Controversial China-based facial recognition company SenseTime has organized a ‘technology discussion day’ in Shanghai on Monday, according to a Reuters report. The company has not said what kinds of technologies would be highlighted at the event, but in a recent earnings call, SenseTime said it was working on an AI chatbot that it hoped to launch in the middle of this year. SenseTime is […]