fingerprints
RSS fingerprintsA Reputation-Based Approach for Efficient Filtration of Spam
White Paper Message fingerprints maintain the privacy of the content and reduce the amount of data to be analyzed. Cloudmark's collaborative approach to fighting spam-with its additional attribute of "Reputation" added to a... [01 Jul 2009]
Identification of Repeated Denial of Service Attacks
White Paper Such fingerprints not only aid in attribution for criminal and civil prosecution of attackers, but also help justify and focus response measures and help characterize general DDoS activity. Since packet contents can be... [25 Jun 2009]
Fingerprinting: Bounding Soft-Error Detection Latency and Bandwidth
White Paper Fingerprinting summarizes a processor's execution history in a hash-based signature; differences between two mirrored processors are exposed by comparing their fingerprints. Recent studies have suggested that the... [25 Jun 2009]
Using Program Behavior Proles for Intrusion Detection
White Paper More often than not, Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) intrusion detection tools use "Fingerprints" of known intrusions to detect their presence in these audit trails. Intrusion detection and response has traditionally... [25 Jun 2009]
And the £400m biometric passport contract goes to…?
News The UK government has awarded the contract for creating the next generation of British passports to secure-document specialist DeLeRue. The Identity and Passport Service on Thursday announced the £400m contract for the passports, which... [12 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.05.09
Round-Up The Post Office, pharmacists and photography shops are in talks to scan photos and fingerprints for the ID cards scheme under new plans. The bright idea is that customers will be able to use the high street outlets to... [08 May 2009]
ID cards head for the high street
News The Post Office, pharmacists and photography shops are in talks to scan photos and fingerprints for ID cards. Under the plans customers will be able to use the high street outlets to scan their... [06 May 2009]
Photos: The future biometrics giving security a hand
Photo He said it was also more suited for use at workplaces such as building sites where the rough work can leave fingerprints damaged and unreadable. The latest biometric technology could let workers access buildings with a... [24 Apr 2009]
Cross-border policing to take down digital crims
News He estimated that as much as 70 per cent of the spam now sent over the internet bears the fingerprints of Russian cybercriminals. The FBI agent whose undercover sting operation led to the dismantling of an international... [23 Apr 2009]
The A to Z of ID cards
News The original plan was to use 13 biometrics: 10 fingerprints, both irises and the face. But avoiding getting a card or having your fingerprints and photograph stored in the National Identity Register may... [15 Apr 2009]
£650m ID card biometrics: IBM and CSC win contracts
News On Tuesday, the Home Office announced that IBM had won a £265m contract to build and run the UK Border Agency database of fingerprints and facial images taken for passports and visa applications, called the National... [08 Apr 2009]
ID cards to remain unreadable until next year
News While the cardholder's details and photo are printed on the face of the card, their fingerprints can only be accessed by reading the chip. The UK will have no way of reading the data stored on ID cards until next year -... [07 Apr 2009]
Voice Biometrics as a Natural and Cost-Effective Method of Authentication
White Paper In the past, voice biometrics took a back seat to other physical biometric methods of identification and verification, such as fingerprints, facial recognition and iris scans, but new algorithms and more robust computer... [01 Apr 2009]
Home Office to widen ID card grasp?
News Under the proposed regulations, which are part of government plans, applicants under six categories for UK immigration will need to provide fingerprints and a photograph to be stored electronically on the card, the Home... [13 Feb 2009]
Exclusive: ID cards are here - but police can't read them
News While some details about the holder as well as their photo is printed on the face of the card, the cardholder's fingerprints can only be accessed by reading the chip. The first UK ID cards have already been issued - but... [04 Feb 2009]
