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Biometrics - the broader issue
Talkback Centralised databases of Biometrics will degrade our security. There have recently been cases of tax fraud deriving from mass theft of civil servants' personal details from government computers : how can anyone say such information will be secure...
[November 14, 2006, 10:03]
Biometrics beyond borders
News Biometrics have been widely touted as the next step in the evolution of identification and authentication systems. The reliability of the technology has also created cause for concern, fingerprint and iris recognition technology have significant...
[October 25, 2005, 10:50]
Biometrics: Where is the business case?
News IT vendors need to provide clear examples of why and how biometrics can benefit businesses if the technology is to become more widely adopted according to industry experts. Speaking at the Biometrics 2005 conference in London, Dr Jim Wayman...
[October 19, 2005, 17:15]
Biometrics speeds up visa-processing by days
News The system speeds up the process by checking a visa applicant's ID and biometrics against a database held in the UK. He said the system, provided by PA Consulting Group and Software AG, was far more efficient than relying on manually checking...
[March 6, 2008, 8:00]
Biometrics: Who's Watching You
White Papers Among the many reactions to the September 11 tragedy has been a renewed attention to biometrics. Other proposals include the use of biometrics with ID cards and in airports, e.g.video surveillance enhanced by facial-recognition technology.
[December 16, 2004, 23:00]
Biometrics: for your eyes only
News Aaron Parker, spokesperson for Biodata Information Tehcnology AP, a company that produces its own biometric solution based on multiple low-cost inputs, is highly optimistic about biometrics and certain that the technology will be used broadly in...
[October 24, 2001, 10:38]
Biometrics touted as key to stress-free flights
News Automated gates would first confirm an individual's identity using biometrics before checking their biographic data for any updates in their security/legal/journey status against various databases. By 2015 the majority of people arriving in and...
[February 22, 2008, 7:58]
Biometrics needs to keep the bad guys out not the good guys
Blog The difference with biometrics however is not that there are no problems to solve but rather that there is always a trade of between “false negatives” and “false positives”. When I was at the Royal Bank of Scotland, we undertook quite a detailed...
[August 18, 2008, 15:56]
Biometrics: Will Digital Fingerprints, Iris Scans and Speaker Recognition Soon Replace Passwords and Personal Identification Numbers?
White Papers Biometrics is a high tech word for an old concept: how they go about recognizing one another. Examples of biometrics include iris and retina scanning, digitized fingerprints, hand geometry and speaker recognition.
[February 14, 2005, 23:00]
Biometrics meets security at Comdex
News Biometrics and security came together at Comdex Chicago 2002 on Wednesday. Representatives from the airline and biometrics industries met for day-long discussions about working together to develop measures that could help prevent tragedies such as...
[March 7, 2002, 10:36]
Biometrics: A Grand Challenge
White Papers This paper explores the fundamental roadblocks for widespread adoption of biometrics as a means of automatic person identification: effective and efficient pattern recognition; ensuring system integrity, system application integrity and return on...
[September 22, 2006, 2:20]
Biometrics council wants to fill standards gap
News Biometrics experts from industry and government have banded together to form an organisation to tackle some of the serious standards issues that could delay widespread deployment of the technology. The main aim of IBAC is to remove the ambiguity...
[November 15, 2005, 17:35]
Biometrics as a national security provider
Talkback Subject: Biometrics as a national security provider I strongly feel that reputed Biometric experts should be authorized by the government to provide exclusive biometrics and be provided with adequate facilities for continuous research for the...
[January 8, 2007, 4:38]
Give public biometrics the finger review
Reviews Biometrics, although it's been around for a while, is suddenly hot within the security industry. With biometrics, they argue, you simply press your index finger to a pad, and your debit account is automatically accessed, and more people buy more...
[October 17, 2005, 9:40]
Home Office takes biometrics on the road
Talkback There's a problem with biometrics. It seems it doesn't work that well for everyone. Especially the very young, the very old and those that have the smarts and means to avoid it becoming a problem for them (which seems to be the desired target...
[September 15, 2005, 20:24]
MPs show lack of faith in biometrics IT system
News A parliamentary committee has echoed universities' concerns over the robustness of the biometrics system that will be used for visa applications by students. The requirement for applicants to provide biometrics in person for visas and the...
[August 5, 2009, 13:29]
The Myth Of Fingerprints - biometrics, schmiometrics
Blog Comment I do not beleive in biometrics when it is used for access control, or T&A system. But I do beleive in biometrics for conveniense. Rupert, You've done outstanding job with you English tea. By the way, did yo add sugar or creme?
[July 4, 2008, 22:38]
Can Biometrics Help the Army Solve an Identity Crisis?
White Papers Biometrics-that is, physical characteristics or personal traits that can be measured quickly-may offer a solution. But using biometrics raises some knotty legal, ethical, and sociological issues-for example, how to safeguard biometric information...
[February 14, 2005, 23:00]
Nursing and Physical Assessment Quick Study Guide. FREE Vital Signs and Basic Biometrics in trial
Downloads Annotations and drawings are also synchronized.Table of ContentsVital Signs: Temperature | Blood Pressure | Pulse | Respiratory rateBasic Biometrics: Height | Weight | BMI | Pain scale | PQRST Method for Symptom AssessmentPrimary Assessment...
[February 23, 2007, 6:00]
Israel falls to Biometrics trap. Who's next?
Blog The motion, dubbed the "identification card, travel papers and biometrics database bill," will now be referred back to the various Knesset committees, which would ready it for its Knesset votes. Israeli Government approves bill calling for creation...
[August 4, 2008, 16:29]
