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Biometric Technologies: Security, Legal, and Policy Implications
White Papers Biometric technologies - such as iris recognition, hand geometry, finger recognition, facial recognition, and voice recognition - have substantial potential to improve national security by providing a means to identify and verify people in many...
[October 27, 2006, 3:47]
Home Office agency buys biometric security
News The Home Office's Security Industry Authority (SIA) has announced a deal with ISL Biometrics to install biometric technology for network access. The SIA is a newly formed organisation that regulates and licenses the private security industry and...
[April 16, 2004, 8:35]
City Airport deploys biometric security
News London City Airport is to become the first airport in Europe to deploy terminal-wide biometric security measures for all employees. The deployment marks the completion of stage one of the airport's plans for biometric security.
[May 7, 2003, 16:13]
IBM ThinkPad T42 with biometric security review
Reviews IBM has recently refreshed the ThinkPad T42, adding an optional fingerprint sensor for security. The included security management software, which is easy to set up, wisely advises you to register more than one fingertip in case you injure the one...
[November 16, 2004, 13:10]
Nuggets: Biometric security gets personal
News But most of the fuss around this form of security was aimed at businesses worried about securing their corporate networks. It works in tandem with the company's Confirma data security software package, which includes imaging algorithms and "extract...
[November 26, 1999, 13:45]
Frequent fliers: The biometric guinea pigs
News In addition to passwords and biometric inspection, they're requiring employees to use computers or other hardware that is directly connected to a central security system -- so that if they report a computer or cell phone as stolen, a security...
[March 27, 2002, 14:33]
Customers 'want biometrics'
News One in three banking customers is ready to embrace biometric technologies in the hope of adding greater security to their finances. Card cloning, PIN theft by shoulder surfing and high-profile phishing attacks are all undermining consumer...
[May 9, 2005, 10:20]
Adopting biometrics? Then keep your hands dirty
News A Gartner analyst at the company's IT security conference in London on Monday raised an unusual problem with some biometric applications. Overall Allan expressed caution over making too big an initial investment into biometric security kit.
[September 21, 2004, 16:55]
Give public biometrics the finger review
Reviews Over the years, I've talked with various biometric vendors and security individuals, and I've always come away with a lukewarm feeling about the matter. The genie appears to be out of the bottle, with talk of library cards and even cars equipped...
[October 17, 2005, 9:40]
Biometrics touted as key to stress-free flights
News By 2015, biometric technology will make getting on a plane almost as easy as getting on the Tube or train today, according to a leading border security expert. Automated biometric systems will eventually replace the often laborious system of...
[February 22, 2008, 7:58]
Biometric checks get air-passenger approval
News Air travellers have backed biometric security checks after a four-month trial of the passenger-screening technology at London's Heathrow airport. The manual check before going through security is then replaced by an automatic barrier activated by...
[June 21, 2007, 12:12]
Comdex '99: Get ready for the biometric mouse!
News Biometric security -- fingerprint-reading keypads, retina-scanning lasers and the like -- may finally be ready for the enterprise. I was so pleased to find the biggest market research firms making comments that, after Y2K, the biggest IT push is...
[November 15, 1999, 10:14]
Biometric Policies Need To Secure Privacy
Talkback As more legislation is enacted around the world that mandates the use of biometric data and as commercial use of biometrics increases, the market for biometric information security and assurance will increase greatly.
[November 10, 2006, 9:34]
EC plans biometric border checks
News Visitors to Europe will face biometric screening and automated security checks under proposals for a shake-up of EU border controls. Biometric data would be submitted by travellers from outside the EU when applying for a visa, while those not...
[February 15, 2008, 7:20]
Positive Identification and Access Control
White Papers Working closely with the Chilean Immigration Police, Unisys is assisting with a biometric security solution that addresses forgery problems with travel documents and movement of criminals across borders all the while speeding up airport queues.
[June 2, 2007, 1:00]
Banks look at face recognition for ATMs
News Biometric-enabled ATMs could be doling out cash to Australian bank customers within a year, following the launch of a technology that promises to reduce the cost of converting existing ATM security infrastructure.
[October 10, 2001, 10:27]
ID card costs rise amid security concerns
News Home Office consultation documents revealed: "One of the key concerns raised regarding the market delivering biometric enrolment services is the security and integrity of the application process. Cards will only be checked against biometric details...
[November 10, 2008, 8:53]
Biometrics land at Gatwick
News Gatwick airport is the latest UK airport to trial biometric fingerprinting technology to boost immigration security. At present only arrivals from Sierra Leone who have been issued with biometric visas in the country's capital, Freetown, will be...
[October 10, 2007, 8:30]
Manchester Airport launches staff biometrics
News The Department for Transport's security team, Manchester Airport and biometric identity-management consultancy Human Recognition Systems (HRS) have launched the first iris-recognition access-control system at a UK airport.
[January 23, 2008, 11:55]
Japanese group wants more human faces scanned
News According to a statement from Hitachi, one of the members of the newly-formed Biometrics Security Consortium (BSC), there was a need for common goals and standards in order to help the market for biometric products grow.
[June 24, 2003, 14:39]
