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ID cards: Why they were destined to fail

...that everybody in the country would have a passport and second generation biometrics would have been taken as part of that," he said. "Then future... Read more

8 June, 2010 by Nick Heath

UK airports to drop £9.1m eye-scanning tech

The eye scanners, which cost £4.9m to install and £4.2m to run since being introduced in 2006, are no longer operating at Manchester and Birmingham, and will be phased out elsewhere, the UK Borders Agency has said Read more

17 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Europe pushes ahead with unified database agency

...planned agency that will oversee justice and security databases, covering asylum seekers, biometrics and visa applications Read more

13 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Australian government launches brains trust directory

...of experts operating in a burgeoning list of fields across IT security, biometrics and counter-terrorism. It includes research topic areas such as applied cryptography... Read more

27 September, 2010 by Darren Pauli

MPs see little value in scrapped £9m eye scanners

The millions of pounds spent on the IRIS scheme at airports 'would have been better spent on immigration staff', say MPs, who have also raised questions about the progress of e-Borders and e-gates Read more

11 April, 2012 by Jo Best

HMRC cybercrime teams fall behind schedule

HM Revenue & Customs has missed a deadline to create teams of cybercrime investigators that will look into web attacks on its systems Read more

17 January, 2012 by Sade Laja

Can going on holiday get any better? Five snapshots of the future of air travel

From walk-on flights to augmented reality guides, fly the IT skies... Read more

7 July, 2011 by Nick Heath

UK passport gets a redesign to fight fraudsters

But how much will the change really help boost security? Read more

25 August, 2010 by Nick Heath
Speak on the Dotted Line: Using Voice <endeca_term>Biometrics</endeca_term> to Improve Customer Service and Close More Business

Speak on the Dotted Line: Using Voice Biometrics to Improve Customer Service and Close More Business

Voice biometrics can help enterprises that require traditional registration and confirmation processes such as... Read more

24 August, 2011
The Combination of Palm Print and Hand Geometry for <endeca_term>Biometrics</endeca_term> Palm Recognition

The Combination of Palm Print and Hand Geometry for Biometrics Palm Recognition

Biometrics as a method for identification systems has been widely used for its... Read more

1 February, 2012
Enhanced <endeca_term>Biometrics</endeca_term>-Based Remote User Authentication Scheme Using Smart Cards

Enhanced Biometrics-Based Remote User Authentication Scheme Using Smart Cards

In 2010, Li and Hwang proposed an efficient biometrics-based remote user authentication scheme using smart card. Recently, for improving its... Read more

13 December, 2011
A Survey on Biometric Cryptosystems and Cancelable <endeca_term>Biometrics</endeca_term>

A Survey on Biometric Cryptosystems and Cancelable Biometrics

Form a privacy perspective most concerns against the common use of biometrics arise from the storage and misuse of biometric data. Biometric cryptosystems and... Read more

8 October, 2011
Experience With BXGrid: A Data Repository and Computing Grid for <endeca_term>Biometrics</endeca_term> Research

Experience With BXGrid: A Data Repository and Computing Grid for Biometrics Research

Research in the field of biometrics depends on the effective management and analysis of many terabytes of digital... Read more

1 January, 2011
Bag of Soft <endeca_term>Biometrics</endeca_term> for Person Identification New Trends and Challenges

Bag of Soft Biometrics for Person Identification New Trends and Challenges

...the authors seek to provide insight on the general topic of soft biometrics. They firstly present a new refined definition of soft biometrics, emphasizing on... Read more

10 November, 2010
Technology Options for <endeca_term>Biometrics</endeca_term>

Technology Options for Biometrics

To use biometrics as authentication mechanism, there is a 3 step process required: an enrolment... Read more

10 August, 2010

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