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'Uncloneable' biometric passports pass the test
News I is for Iris Europe has moved closer to the rollout of full biometric passports after key systems were shown to work. The UK was one of 27 countries that took part in the tests of RFID chips and passport readers for... [22 Sep 2008]
Biometrics to fast track 'trusted' travellers
News Fingerprint, iris and facial recognition technology will be used to speed up frequent travellers' journeys through immigration control, as part of a UK-US agreement for a fast-travel option for trusted travellers going... [03 Jul 2008]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News BAG urged the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) to adopt iris scans as a "fall back", for when there are problems taking or matching a fingerprint. The IPS is putting an enlarged fingerprint bureau in place to ensure... [20 Jun 2008]
Research Proposal Intrusion Detection in Distributed Multimedia Applications
White Paper The Iris Network Traffic Analyzer (formally known as SpyNet), for example, is a GUI (Graphical User Interface), packet sniffing tool. The current trend is that it is becoming increasingly easier to attack computer systems. [19 Jun 2008]
Fingerprints analysed on the beat
News I is for Iris The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has extended a mobile fingerprinting trial by handing out 100 devices to a further 10 police forces.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Click on the links... [11 Jun 2008]
Oracle Case Study: American International Relocation Solutions
White Paper The migration of the ISIS application was a goal as soon as IRIS went into production. A client-server-based application named ISIS (International Shipment Information System) to provide internal users with a system,... [21 May 2008]
Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks
News I is for Iris Plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport have been delayed after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) raised privacy concerns about... [26 Mar 2008]
Budget 2008: Tech companies fight for contract windfall
News Heathrow to invest in more iris scanning machines as it rolls out its Project Iris trusted-traveller pilot project to speed passengers' journeys through immigration control. The technology industry has... [12 Mar 2008]
Police gets to grips with body cameras
Case Study I is for Iris Police in Staffordshire are trialling video technology to capture and store footage officers have gathered on the beat using cameras worn on the body. The trial is funded from the £3m that the Home Office... [12 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment I is for Iris Of course the government is bravely attempting to position this revised timetable for the controversial £5.6bn (that's the government's own cost estimate) national ID card project as anything but a retreat... [07 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News I is for Iris A spokesman for the UK government's Border and Immigration Agency said: "We have already tested trusted traveller schemes such as IRIS and we are keen to learn and build on those. Current... [21 Feb 2008]
Photos: Heathrow bags RFID tech to end lost luggage
Photo Other technology at the terminal includes barcode scanning for internet check-in, self service check-in kiosks and self service gates at arrivals for frequent travellers willing to undergo iris scans. [14 Feb 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News I is for Iris Visitors to Europe will face biometric screening and automated security checks under proposals for a shake-up of EU border controls. Under plans to strengthen checks at European borders laid out by the... [14 Feb 2008]
Biometrics open up Heathrow Terminal One
News I is for Iris Biometric passenger checks have landed at Heathrow that will allow domestic travellers to access more shops and restaurants.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Click on the links below to find out everything... [08 Feb 2008]
FBI proposes global biometric criminal database
News I is for Iris The so-called "server in the sky" database would share biometric data, such as fingerprints and iris scans, of criminals internationally. Click on the links below to find out everything... [15 Jan 2008]
