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RSS biometricBiometric passports take off
News More that 2.5 million ePassports have been issued since the new biometric documents went into production in March. The agency also pointed out that the switchover to biometric passports means the UK has beaten the US Visa Waiver deadline, so UK... [05 Oct 2006]
Biometric border checks come into force
News New powers for UK immigration authorities to carry out biometric checks at borders have come into force. Immigration officers can now carry out 'biometric checks' on any passenger who holds a biometric travel document to confirm that they are the... [01 Sep 2006]
Biometric health and passport IDs head for Europe
News EU citizens may be hit by a double whammy of electronic idenfication measures over the next two years with the introduction of health insurance ID cards across Europe and a new EU passport embedded with a wireless chip carrying biometric information. [23 Oct 2003]
Biometric passport trial on the cards
News A trial of the biometric technology to be used from 2006 in the UK's next-generation passport cards is to begin later this year in an unnamed small town. In line with Civil Aviation Authority rules, the Passport Service must have biometric chips... [27 Aug 2003]
Biometric Registry Solutions: Trusted Identification and Authentication
White Paper Lockheed Martin has created a suite of capabilities to provide powerful biometric-based registries to meet this challenge. Starting with the sound and mature technologies used to create systems such as the FBI's national Integrated Automated... [30 Aug 2005]
Biometric Template Selection and Update: A Case Study in Fingerprints
White Paper A biometric authentication system operates by acquiring biometric data from a user and comparing it against the template data stored in a database in order to identify a person or to verify a claimed identity. [27 Jul 2007]
Biometric Speech Verification: Added Security for your Speech Application
White Paper Using Speaker Verification, you can confirm the identity of the person speaking based on that person's voice biometric. MCI provides the infrastructure and expertise needed to implement Speaker Verification with the flexibility to support a wide... [26 Oct 2006]
"Biometric Identifiers and the Modern Face of Terror: New Technologies in the Global War on Terrorism"
White Paper The INS and Department of State LaserVisa secure ID cards represent the most advanced biometric card systems in the US, and perhaps the world. The cards have a minimum of three biometric files each, and are vendor independent in their ability to be... [01 Aug 2007]
Biometric visas get $4.4m tech boost
News The US-based biometric identity company will provide British embassies and consulates around the world with 1,385 of its livescan Guardian scanner devices. Head of procurement for UKvisas, Andrew Pestell, said the biometric visas are a key part of... [24 Sep 2007]
Biometric standards for ID cards unveiled
News New international standards on biometric technology have been published. Some of these standards will be used for the recording of biometric data on UK passports - and on UK ID cards if the government's proposals are approved, the BSI said. [26 Aug 2005]
Biometric User Authentication: Fingerprint Sensor Product Evaluation Summary
White Paper This paper provides a summary list of biometric fingerprint sensor products that adhere to published recommendations established in the "Intel Biometric User Authentication Fingerprint Sensor Product Guidelines". [28 Nov 2005]
Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas
News All applicants for visas to enter the UK will face biometric fingerprint checks from the end of this month. B is for Behavioural biometric Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. [14 Jan 2008]
Biometric banks and borders backed by consumers
News More than 90 per cent of UK consumers and approximately two-thirds of US consumers said they want banks, credit card companies, health providers and government bodies to adopt biometric technologies more than other protection methods - such as... [06 Feb 2007]
Biometric ID cards 'dangerously flawed'
News A leading security expert has thrown his weight behind the privacy groups and activists campaigning against the nationwide roll-out of biometric ID cards announced by UK Home Secretary David Blunkett. [23 May 2003]
Inkless Fingerprinting vs. Biometric Finger Scanning
White Paper The controversy over fingerprinting in the banking arena has spilled over into the biometric finger scanning arena. Bank technologists sometimes fear public outcry over a potential finger scanning project involving customers. [24 Feb 2004]
