Australia plans to contract a biometric liveness detection capability to support the country\u2019s national digital ID and protect it against advanced spoof attacks and emerging fraud threats.<\/p>\n
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO), which manages myID within the Australian Governments Digital ID System (AGDIS),\u00a0 has published an RFI for biometric liveness detection.<\/p>\n
The government is also in the process of opening up the AGDIS to private sector<\/a> identity verification providers.<\/p>\n The \u201cBiometric Verification Capabilities to Support myID\u201d must come as a SaaS solution, and support peak workloads of 10,000 verifications per hour with 95th percentile responses within one second.<\/p>\n The myID system is working towards adding two new identity proofing levels. IP1+ involves the confirmation of the individual\u2019s name and date of birth through identity document verification. IP2+ includes authentication with Australia\u2019s Face Verification Service (FVS) plus liveness detection.<\/p>\n ATO is hoping for responses from suppliers with identity verification expertise, particularly related to liveness detection and facial image capture, biometric matching and credential validation through technologies such as NFC.<\/p>\n The agency specifically wants to address advancements in liveness detection since 2021, when its current capability was sourced from iProov<\/a>. Scalable biometric authentication is also a concern, given that myID is up to 14 million users, and the ATO also wants a capability to assess non-Australian ID documents for Australians living overseas.<\/p>\n Requirements include sufficient image quality capture for biometric comparison, based on ISO\/IEC 29794-5. Biometric presentation attack detection (PAD) that \u201cmeets at least Evaluation Assurance Level 2 (Level B) as defined by ISO\/IEC 30107-3:2023 and the Digital ID (Accreditation) Data Standards\u201d must be present and integrated as part of a \u201csingle continuous process.\u201d A qualified third party must attest to that level of PAD compliance.<\/p>\n The face biometrics matching algorithm must return a False Match Rate (FMR) of 0.01 percent or lower at a False Non-Match Rate (FNMR) of 3 percent or less, at a 90 percent confidence threshold, in line with ISO\/IEC TS 19795-9:2019.<\/p>\n The tender documents<\/a> also outline security, availability, maintenance and reporting requirements.<\/p>\n ATO does not indicate its budget for the capability, but the three-year contract<\/a> iProov signed in 2021 was worth $10.7 million Australian (roughly US$8.3 million at the time). That was before the myGovID app was rebranded<\/a> as myID.<\/p>\n Responses are due by May 28.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tArticle Topics<\/p>\n Australia<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 Australian Government Digital Identity System (AGDIS)<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 biometric liveness detection<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 face biometrics<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 myID Australia<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 presentation attack detection<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 procurement<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 tender<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tLatest Biometrics News<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApr 27, 2026, 1:05 pm EDT\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The debate around a government contract that raised national security concerns in the Netherlands has reached a conclusive stage, if\u2026<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApr 27, 2026, 12:44 pm EDT\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The fallout from a data breach at Eurail is raising fresh concerns about identity fraud, after stolen personal data from\u2026<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApr 27, 2026, 11:50 am EDT\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n After Greece announced last week that it will no longer apply biometric registration for British passport holders, questions are arising\u2026<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApr 27, 2026, 11:21 am EDT\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Trinidad and Tobago has launched VerifyTT, a digital credentials platform under its digital public infrastructure (DPI) push, enabling institutions to\u2026<\/p>\n
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