biometrics the government
PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate
News That is a voluntary system.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Government policy is that all UK residents over the age of 16 should eventually be required to have an ID card. If it is such a good thing, then just why is this administration so... [10 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... More data breaches and Google vs Wikipedia…
Comment ¦ Video Cheat Sheet: Biometrics The fact that we are suddenly seeing more and more incidents of data loss highlights a fundamental problem within both businesses and government institutions - they are not taking the issue of data security... [20 Dec 2007]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News The cost of a passport was predicted to increase substantially over the next five years because they will contain electronic data such as biometrics. Biometrics wing their way into Gatwick The year was dominated by stories about government-held... [19 Dec 2007]
Gov't not trusted with public data
News If the government can't manage the current data set, how will it manage more sensitive data like biometrics? The majority of UK citizens do not trust the government with their data following the HM Revenue & Customs data breach, according to... [14 Dec 2007]
A More Secure Front Door: Enterprise Single Sign-on and Strong Authentication
White Paper With the advent of more stringent government regulations, organizations are seeking ways to further strengthen IT security by incorporating stronger passwords and in many cases an additional form of authentication, such as a security card or token... [13 Dec 2007]
Editor's Blog: Missing data, missing brains
Comment The argument goes something like this: imagine what catastrophes they would be able to engineer if we gave them access to our fingerprints and other biometrics.silicon.com has been watching the government's ID card project from the start - and... [21 Nov 2007]
ID cards to cost more than £5.6bn
News B is for Biometrics Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. G is for Government IT At least every six months, the government is required to give parliament an estimate of the... [09 Nov 2007]
ID cards will be secure, insists Home Office
News B is for Biometrics Abagnale also disagreed with the more general use of biometrics as an identification tool and said: "I support biometrics for entry to buildings, access to buildings and access to computers [but] I do not support biometrics as a... [25 Oct 2007]
Q&A: Bruce Schneier, CTO of BT Counterpane
Comment Biometrics works in areas which it works and not in areas where it doesn't work is the short answer. Biometrics is complicated and I can't give a soundbite answer. So biometrics is an authentication mechanism. [23 Oct 2007]
CIO Essentials: Virtual worlds, biometrics and green IT
News Biometrics wing their way into Gatwick Companies, quite rightly, are being caught in a pincer movement on green issues - upwards from staff and downwards from government. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? [16 Oct 2007]
Data security: Brits do care
News The research also reveals the majority of Europeans believe it is acceptable for trusted organisations - such as banks and government agencies - to use biometrics in order to verify a person's identity. [10 Oct 2007]
UK passports face massive price hike
News But a report by parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warns the cost could increase even more with the introduction of the second generation ePassports in 2009.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics [10 Oct 2007]
ID cards-based criminal record checks 'are A-OK'
News B is for Biometrics Plans for a new service using the government's controversial ID cards scheme to speed up criminal records checks have met with approval from volunteers involved in a trial of the tech. [01 Oct 2007]
Biometric visas get $4.4m tech boost
News The UK biometrics visa programme has awarded a $4.4m contract to Cross Match Technologies for the supply of fingerprint scanners to UK overseas missions. The contract was awarded through the UK Home Office Biometrics Framework Agreement as part of... [24 Sep 2007]
100,000 non-UK fingerprints recorded each month
News The government is recording over 100,000 fingerprints a month from foreign nationals while overseas and applying to come to the UK. Fingerprints taken as part of the visa application process are checked against government records to see if the... [17 Sep 2007]
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