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Biometrics – The Future In The Palm of Your Hand!
Biometrics is the study of unchanging measurable biological characteristics that are unique to each individual - such as fingerprints or irises. Biometrics can be implemented by: companies, governments, military, border control, hospitals, banks, etc. to either verify a person's identity for something like limiting or allowing access to a certain building area, computer files, border crossings, or to identify individuals to record information about them such as with criminals, for example.
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BIOMETRICS APPLICATIONS
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Physical Access Control 
Logical Access Control - Justice / Law Enforcement
- Time and Attendance
- HealthCare Biometrics
- Border Control / Airports
- Financial and Transactional
- Biometrics Integrators and Resellers
- Mobile Biometrics
- Fingerprint and Biometrics Locks
- Consumer / Residential Biometrics
- Other Uses of Biometrics
Biometrics Characteristics
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Biometrics characteristics are often classed in two main categories: 1) Physiological Biometrics - features notably identified through the 5 senses and processed by finite calculable differences: Sight (how a person looks including things like hair & eye color, teeth, or facial features), Sound (the pitch of a person's voice), Smell (a person's odor or scent), Taste (the composition of a person's saliva - or DNA), Touch (such as fingerprints or hand-prints). 2) Behavioral Biometrics - based on the manner in which a person conducts themselves, such as: writing style, walking rhythm, typing speed, etc. In order for any of these characteristics to be used in sustained identification encryption purposes, they must meet the criteria of: reliable, unique, collectable, convenient, longevity, universal, and acceptable. |
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Currently, Biometrics is used with humans under two circumstances: Voluntarily for things like: employment, access to special services, information or protection, and Involuntarily for criminal identification and border control. As the technology improves and the implementation costs decrease, it will become more and more a part of our lives - especially in areas such as: the USA, UK, Europe, Japan, Middle East, Australia and Canada.
The Acceptance of the Use of Biometrics
The main concern for clients of biometrics devices is the accuracy of measurability, and cost effectiveness. Again, as technology improves and costs decrease, identification and verification systems will be implemental by industries who find it in their best interest (cost vs. necessity) to safeguard their data and assets.
The main concerns for the general public acceptance of the voluntary use of biometrics identification are: privacy, necessity and identity protection. Many individuals are concerned that information collected about them could be used against them such as medical records preventing them from the ability to get health or critical illness insurance. The other concern about biometrics, is the information getting into the wrong hands. This being said, when the convenience of the use of these devices is met with the confidence in their effectiveness and secure-ability they will become culturally accepted.
It is clear that biometrics will be a huge part of our future. findBiometrics.com is dedicated to giving you the most up-dated information in the Biometrics industry. Whether you are a system integrator or business looking for biometrics solutions, or a consumer looking to protect yourself and your family, you will find what you're looking for right here with one of our Biometrics Solutions and Applications.
The other thing we often discuss are the various ways in which our readers are deployed. Aside from standard access control, some examples include hospitals or medical facilities that want to protect a drug cabinet; data centers that protect the server room; in banks it might be a safe; or whatever room or cabinet you’d want to secure anywhere. If you look at any given area, typically biometrics will be added to the equation because the perception is that it will be needed in a secure area. Well, that perspective immediately tells us something, which is, in reality, if you require real security somewhere, you’ll use biometrics.
The field of biometrics is growing rapidly, with a diverse and expanding workforce from a wide variety of backgrounds, industries and organizations. But until now there wasn’t a credible, standard way of identifying who really knew biometrics well. IEEE recognized the need for professional certification and standardized training in biometrics, and used its strong ties to academia, government, and industry, both in the U.S. and internationally to pull the program together. IEEE is fortunate to have among its members many of the leading biometrics experts, and was positioned well to coordinate and fund the multi-year development of the CBP program…
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Aug-31-10 L-1 Identity Solutions Amends Credit Agreement
Aug-31-10 Omniperception’s Facial Recognition Identifies Faces in Real-Time
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Aug-27-10 VSSA Integrated with TGS/400 Enterprise Time and Attendance
Aug-26-10 SAIC Wins Contract to Support Army Intelligence Operations
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Feature Articles
India’s Unique Identification Authority will Rollout Nationwide Biometric Database of Mahatma Gandhi Nrega Workers
…doing away with bogus muster rolls and ensuring the rights and entitlement of beneficiaries with the help of Unique ID and Biometric system the tools of Information and Communication technology.
Fast Growing Popularity of Biometrics/Fingerprinting and DNA Analysis in Legal Investigations Augurs Well for This Market.
An increasingly security-conscious society, dramatic changes in national security, and technology innovations are also expected to drive the US market for forensic technologies and services in the next few years. Fast growing popularity of Biometrics/Fingerprinting and DNA analysis in legal investigations too augurs well for this market.
New Biometric Standards Improve Security and Interoperability of Driver Licenses and ID Cards, Guide Development of Modality-Specific Testing, and Support Face Image Data in 3rd Dimension
The FIPS 201 Smart Card includes data objects for biometrics and a means of calling a match on card; a standard designed to provide guidance for the development of modality-specific biometric testing methodologies and a standard that supports face image data in the third dimension in addition to current two dimensional data.
ICE Strategy Uses Biometrics to Identify and Remove Criminal Aliens in Knox County
Formerly, during the booking process, arrestees' fingerprints were checked for criminal history information only against the biometric database maintained by the FBI. With the implementation of Secure Communities, this fingerprint information is now automatically and simultaneously checked against both the FBI criminal history records and the biometrics-based immigration records maintained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
UK National Identity Cards and Register to Be Discarded
The National Identity Register, the database which contains the biographic and biometric fingerprint data of card holders, would also be destroyed by the first piece of legislation introduced to Parliament by the coalition government.
2014 Epassport Market Will Finish with Sustainable Annual Revenues of $7 Billion
The strongest revenue growth will be in South America where the CAGR will reach a startling 117%. The Middle East achieves a 57% CAGR, the Pacific region a CAGR of 44%, and North America and Europe experience more modest growth rates of 17% and 10% respectively.
DEA Plans for Biometrics to Identify and Manage Electronic Prescribing
The proposal estimates that biometric readers would be needed for every practitioner’s computer that hospitals would need a reader one for every 15 beds, and each clinic would need an average of two readers.
ePassports and eVisas – Report On Developement of International Best Practices: Underwear Bombers and Mossad Agents Beware
Standardization of eVisas and ePassports will allow consistent market growth and an established market atmosphere. Standardization will generate predictable and reliable internationally integrated solutions and a more stable market environment.
Frost & Sullivan Finds Vast Potential for Biometrics Industry in APAC
Voice biometrics, which has always been in the shadow of physiological biometrics showed promise in 2009 with banks in Asia and Europe testing voice biometrics for banking verification. There is room for improvement in making the technology more accurate, but biometric participants have plenty of promise for the coming years.
Hi-Tech Solutions Implements Vehicle Identity Recognition in Combination with License Plate Recognition Systems
In controlled areas such as airports, license plate recognition systems with the vehicle logos recognition feature can be installed at access lanes, automatically monitoring the vehicles entering and exiting the area, detecting any discrepancies between the vehicle type and its license plate number.