In the US, there are 50 million closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance cameras in use and 697,195 police officers operating so it is extremely difficult to make your way around without going unnoticed. As identity verification and facial recognition continue to grow, security and safety while travelling around is going to be a constant cause of discussion. In the physical world, CCTV
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Bank Account Verification
Bank Account Verification is a process which ensures that funds are coming from and going to legitimate bank accounts. Generally, this process confirms the validity of a bank account, and it also has several benefits for companies. In this article, we’ll look into bank account verification and discuss the potential benefits of using it for
Companies leading the way in cyber security
Every 39 seconds, there is a new attack somewhere on the web. This figure has only gotten worse since the pandemic began, as the FBI reported a 300% increase in cybercrimes – such as cyber-attacks and data breaches – since pre-COVID-19. Due to this increase in breaches, the need for a larger cybersecurity workforce has gained priority. With a
The UK online: safety, scams and security
Improved access, infrastructure, and technology has caused internet usage to surge in recent years with over 4.6 billion internet users currently worldwide. However, as the world becomes more digital, so does crime. In 2020 the US had over 1,000 data breaches exposing over 155 million records, and many countries have seen an increase in cybercrime during the pandemic. In fact, the
Developing a Flutter Plugin for Veriff’s Mobile Products
In this post, we will share our experience in developing a custom Flutter plugin for Veriff’s mobile products. About Flutter and Flutter plugin Flutter is Google’s UI toolkit for building beautiful, natively compiled applications for mobile, web, desktop, and embedded devices from a single codebase. Flutter plugins are Dart packages that contain an API written in Dart language which combines multiple platform-specific
A Practical Guide to Going Data-Driven
It’s no secret that organizations across the globe are eager to harness data. It’s also no secret that most organizations do a very poor job of it. It’s an uphill battle with a multitude of challenges, both technical and operational. Some of the technical challenges include building a platform that can handle a large number
How Veriff Shares GPUs – A technical guide
Due to the ever increasing importance of AI in our stack, we are extensively using graphics processing units (GPUs) in Kubernetes to run various machine learning (ML) workloads. In this blog, I’ll describe how we have been sharing GPUs between pods for the last 2 years to massively reduce our infrastructure cost. NVIDIA GPU usage
The Role of Technical Support in Veriff
This article will not be filled with code snippets, or awesome logic around how to optimise, or examples of how we built and customised the hell out of Kubernetes for GPU sharing. Instead, I’ll shed some light on the role in Veriff we call Technical Support. The job title is quite straight forward. Technical support
Estonia offers an ideal example of remote learning
This week the global coronavirus pandemic swept through the U.S., resulting in widespread school closures that have affected more than 26 million American students. Some schools have been completely shuttered, while many chose to take on a new challenge: providing digital education from a distance. This temporary transition comes with a variety of requirements. For