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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]
Biometric Checks Launched For All UK Visa Applicants
News All applicants for visas to enter the UK will face biometric fingerprint checks from the end of this month. The fingerprint database contains the records of more than one million previous visa applicants.
[January 15, 2008, 7:18]
Biometric Speech Verification: Added Security For Your Speech Application
White Papers Using Speaker Verification, you can confirm the identity of the person speaking based on that person's voice biometric. MCI provides the infrastructure and expertise needed to implement Speaker Verification with the flexibility to support a wide...
[October 26, 2006, 0:00]
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]
Inkless Fingerprinting Vs. Biometric Finger Scanning
White Papers The controversy over fingerprinting in the banking arena has spilled over into the biometric finger scanning arena. Bank technologists sometimes fear public outcry over a potential finger scanning project involving customers.
[August 26, 2003, 0:00]
Biometric Trials Point To Passport Fraud
News The Australian federal government is poised to crack down hard on identity fraud amid indications that trials of biometric technology are already unveiling instances of individuals illegally securing multiple passports.
[September 18, 2002, 9:20]
Dataquest Predicts: Biometric Chips Pioneer Growth
News Excited by the prospects for chip technology in Biometric devices, Bauer also highlights communications, smart cards and the car industry as sources for increased chip production. Biometric-enabled chips are already being incorporated into...
[June 7, 1999, 12:30]
Biometric Decision Landscapes
White Papers This report investigates the “decision landscapes” that characterize several forms of biometric decision making. The issues discussed include estimating the degrees-of-freedom associated with different biometrics, as a way of measuring the...
[October 6, 2003, 0:00]
Biometric Passports Win EU Approval
News Ministers for European Union member states agreed on Tuesday to adopt biometric passports. The first biometric passports are set to arrive in 18 months and initially will record the facial characteristics of the bearer.
[October 28, 2004, 9:34]
Biometric Authentication Management
White Papers By relying on unique biological traits, biometric authentication systems have proved their worth for years in standalone applications within high-security environments, such as government installations and financial institutions.
[January 11, 2004, 23:00]
Biometric Tech Gets Small Town Trial
News A trial of the biometric technology to be used from 2006 in the UK's next-generation "passport cards" is to begin later this year in an unnamed small town. In line with Civil Aviation Authority rules, the Passport Service must have biometric chips...
[August 28, 2003, 9:50]
"Biometric Identifiers And The Modern Face Of Terror: New Technologies In The Global War On Terrorism"
White Papers The INS and Department of State LaserVisa secure ID cards represent the most advanced biometric card systems in the US, and perhaps the world. The cards have a minimum of three biometric files each, and are vendor independent in their ability to be...
[August 1, 2007, 0:00]
Biometric Scanners Updated To Fight Scammers
News Around the world, governments are looking at including biometric data in passports to prevent fraud. The combination of both should provide more accurate identification and make it easier to offer multifactor, biometric authentication, Lazzouni said.
[October 21, 2005, 10:05]
EU Passports Get Biometric Data
News New EU passports will be embedded with a radio frequency ID chip that contains biometric data, after standards bodies put the technology on a fast-track to deployment. The move comes after the US introduced strict new laws that demand biometric...
[July 18, 2003, 15:27]
Biometric Smartcard Ensures Privacy
News At the cyberspace conference in Washington DC, vendors demonstrated the biometric Smartcard. It's a fingerprint reader installed on your mouse that turns on the computer only when the fingerprints on the mouse match an identical set in a database.
[October 16, 1998, 10:50]
Can Soft Biometric Traits Assist User Recognition?
White Papers Biometric systems automatically recognize individuals based on their physiological and behavioral characteristics. Hence, the fundamental requirement of any biometric recognition system is a human trait having several desirable properties like...
[April 16, 2005, 0:00]
Singapore Mulls Biometric Data In Passports
News However, in the light of tighter of security policies after the 11 September terrorist attacks, US authorities have set an October 2004 deadline for Singapore to equip its passports with biometric identifiers.
[July 29, 2003, 9:38]
Scientists Pore Over Biometric-spoofing Tests
News The research, funded by a $3.1m (£1.7m) grant from the National Security Agency and conducted in collaboration with other universities, is part of an ongoing effort to improve biometric authentication and identification.
[December 22, 2005, 11:05]
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]
A Biometric Identification System Ensures Airtight Security And Expedites Travel At Ben Gurion Airport (BGA)
White Papers This document highlights the biometric identification system at Ben Gurion Airport (BGA). EDS implemented an innovative biometric solution that automated the processing of low-risk travelers and freed up resources that could be directed toward high...
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