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National Defense
April 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Face, Iris and Fingerprint Biometrics Good Enough for Now, Says White House Staffer Federal agencies that collect biometric data to screen individuals should concentrate their efforts on fingerprints, faces and irises, and perfect the collection of those technologies first.   |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2004 |
Lockheed Martin to Build Fingerprint I.D. System for DOD This new system will be patterned after the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). The contract was awarded as a task order under the U.S. Army's Information Technology Enterprise Solutions (ITES) contracting vehicle. |
National Defense
November 2007
Stew Magnuson |
U.S. Government Driving The Advance of Biometric Technologies Technology companies are rapidly developing biometric devices. But privacy policies, the tech backbone to effectively connect the scanners, and a market beyond the U.S. government, are lagging. |
CIO
May 15, 2004
Paul Roberts |
Fed Fingerprint Database Spreads Across U.S. - Criminal Justice The wider use of fingerprint scanning technology in recent years has made it easier than ever for law enforcement officials to share information about criminals and quickly compare a suspect's fingerprint image with millions of similar imprints. |
National Defense
January 2009
Myra S. Gray |
Defense Dept. 'Institutionalizing' Use of Biometrics Biometrics use crosses all services. The Army is using biometrics to assist in identifying detainees in war zones |
U.S. Banker
January 2004
Karen Krebsbach |
Biometrics Takes Hold Overseas, But Not in U.S. U.S. banks, tied to legacy systems, are reluctant to start over with what many consider untested technology. Then there's the real bugaboo: privacy. |
Wired
April 24, 2007
Vince Beiser |
One Database Under the Law Within the next few years the Justice Department will build an unprecedented network of databases from the FBI, the DEA, the ATF, the Bureau of Prisons, and the US Marshals Service. |
National Defense
January 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Defense Department Under Pressure to Share Biometric Data Within minutes of knocking down the door of a suspected bomb maker in Iraq, U.S. troops can fingerprint everyone they find inside, send the scans across a satellite link, and find out if the subjects are suspected terrorists. |
Fast Company
David Lumb |
Is Facial Recognition The Next Privacy Battleground? Are we ready for this tech to start linking personal data with our faces without our knowledge? |
National Defense
September 2011
Grace V. Jean |
Here's Looking At You: Iris Recognition on the Move Unlike fingerprints and other biometrics, the iris remains largely immutable to physical changes caused by normal aging processes and environmental factors. |
CIO
May 15, 2003
Juan Carlos Perez |
Reality Unlike TV Biometrics -- the use of IT to identify people using fingerprints, voice, face and hand geometry -- has its limitations. The applications aren't 100 percent accurate, for starters. And technology standards and concerns about privacy also are potential limitations. But it is improving. |
CFO
October 15, 2002
Russ Banham |
The Eyes Have It Concerned about security, companies may soon rely on a wide range of biometrics. Turns out you're even more special than you thought. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2012
Eliza Strickland |
The Biometric Wallet Palm vein scanners could eventually replace your wallet with your hand |
T.H.E. Journal
October 1, 2009
John K. Waters |
Reading Between the Lines While Microsoft's Kim Cameron, BanTheScan.com, and others debate the pros and cons of biometric scanning in American schools, a school in Scotland has been testdriving a new system that could mitigate many of the concerns that surround the technology. |
Wall Street & Technology
April 18, 2008
Melanie Rodier |
Financial Institutions Evaluate Biometrics While financial institutions aren't yet ready for consumer-facing biometrics deployments, these technologies are gaining popularity for behind-the-scenes authentication. |
U.S. Banker
December 2001
Mark Bruno |
Biometrics' Day Has Come Demand for biometrics security technology appears to be rising as a result of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. If production actually does pick up, prices could decline and banks could become major buyers... |
National Defense
November 2007
Stew Magnuson |
Military Identity Technology Leaps Ahead of Policies To help fight the Iraqi insurgency, the Defense Department has pushed biometric collection technologies into the field. But policies on how best to use them are not fully developed. |
New Architect
June 2002
Jerri L. Ledford |
The Rolls Royce of Security Are biometrics worth the expense? |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2006
Jain & Pankanti |
A Touch of Money Biometric authentication systems for credit cards could put identity thieves out of business. Here's how it would work. |
PC Magazine
January 20, 2004
Brett Glass |
Biometric Security Someday biometric systems may play an important role in securing all kinds of systems, but they're not foolproof yet. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2011
Joshua J. Romero |
Fast Start for World's Biggest Biometrics ID Project In India, a few million people have been registered for a biometric database so far - only a billion left to go. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Privacy Advocates Boycott Facial Recognition Negotiations The U.S. government's efforts to build a code of conduct for facial recognition software creators has hit a major snag. |
CIO
May 15, 2003
Todd Datz |
State to Share Data with FBI Information sharing is key to beefing up homeland security. As part of that initiative, the State Department will soon share its database of 50 million visa applications with the FBI. |
Searcher
June 2003
Miriam Drake |
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet: Patriot II on the Way This article focuses on the government's data mining, information gathering, database building programs, and Radio Frequency Identification Chips. |
Bank Technology News
September 2010
Rebecca Sausner |
The Eyes Have It Jeff Carter is now Chief Business Development and Strategy Officer at Global Rainmakers, a New York-based biometric firm that is convinced its high-speed, low-cost iris scan technology will be everywhere a decade from now. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2005 |
Homeland Security News Briefs ImageWare ID-management gets FBI Livescan Certification... Deepwater program scores with Coast Guard's Matagorda... DHS wants information on National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center... Pa. state police expands Lockheed Martin's information-sharing system... etc. |
Mother Jones
Jan/Feb 2002
Brendan I. Koerner |
Up Close and Personal High-tech identification devices could produce reams of data on law-abiding citizens -- but may be useless in fighting terrorists... |
CIO
May 1, 2003
Ben Worthen |
Database Cracks Murder Case Now, searching a set of prints against the 45 million on file in the FBI's national database takes only a couple of minutes. The system helped crack a case that had been closed for 45 years. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2003
Laurence Goldberg |
Creating Safer and More Efficient Schools With Biometric Technologies While technology cannot provide a panacea for all school security concerns -- particularly those related to internal threats -- it can be used to enhance security, access control and communications within schools |
BusinessWeek
January 16, 2006
Gene G. Marcial |
Cogent Reasons To Buy Cogent Business at Cogent, a provider of automated fingerprint and other biometric identification gear to law-enforcement agencies, has been on a tear. |
Entrepreneur
November 2006
Amanda C. Kooser |
Identify Yourself How will increasingly sophisticated biometric technologies affect you? |
PC World
March 7, 2001
Jennifer O'Neill |
FBI Battles Computer Crime 'Epidemic' Bureau works to balance tough stance with privacy rights, director says... |
CIO
May 15, 2003
Scott Berinato |
What's In a Face? Part of the reason biometrics remains a niche field is because the still-improving technology has been oversold. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2006
Willie D. Jones |
Blood Test New biometric sensors at ATMs and airports use infrared light to create a digital map of the blood vessels inside a person's hand. |
CIO
January 27, 2011
Kim S. Nash |
FBI CIO's Mission: Modernize When he joined the FBI from Lehman Brothers, Chad Fulgham inherited an obsolete IT infrastructure and major project on the brink of failure. Two years later, agents have BlackBerrys and SharePoint, but the work isn't finished. |
National Defense
January 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Iris Scan Technology Yet to Take Off But where are the customers? So far, the government is driving the development of iris scanners and other biometric technologies, said Jerry Thames, executive advisor to Booz Allen Hamilton. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2006
Erico Guizzo |
Loser: Britain's Identity Crisis Proposed biometric ID cards won't prevent fraud or terrorism |
PC Magazine
June 25, 2003
Sebastian Rupley |
It's You Identifying people through biometrics -- from fingerprints to iris scans -- is a hot topic in a security-conscious world. Datastrip has a new spin on simplifying the process, with the Datastrip DSVerify2D portable scanner. |
BusinessWeek
August 8, 2005 |
Big Brother Britain? The Blair Administration's proposal for biometric ID cards looked like a goner - until the July 7 attacks in London. But critics still worry about their intrusiveness. |
Wall Street & Technology
March 26, 2004
Jim Middlemiss |
Biometrics Add Security in Insecure Times Technologies like voice-recognition and fingerprint authentication can add a layer of security while improving customer service and cutting costs. |
InternetNews
April 10, 2009
Alex Goldman |
FBI Throws Data-Sharing Tech at Serial Killings The Internet allows law enforcement agencies to collaborate in tracking highly mobile criminals who have escaped detection for years - sometimes for decades. |
Salon.com
May 12, 2001
Alicia Montgomery & Fiona Morgan |
Botched! "If the government can't get it right in this case, how can we rely on it to get it right in any case?" Experts react to the FBI blunder... |
InternetNews
June 14, 2010 |
FBI, FCC Raise Security, Privacy Concerns A pair of high-profile security and privacy breaches involving two of the world's most important technology companies has the FCC and FBI calling for action. |
CIO
August 1, 2003
Michael Goldberg |
Thumbs Down for Lunch The old "I lost my lunch card" excuse won't work for students in Akron, Ohio, this fall. The Akron school board voted in May to install biometric scanners so middle school and high school students will soon have their fingerprints checked along with their IDs in order to be served lunch in the cafeteria. |
National Defense
January 2009
Kimberly Johnson |
Navy Seeks to Miniaturize Biometric Gear The Navy plans to issue biometric-capable handheld computers that can help sailors quickly identify a terrorist suspect when they are searching enemy ships. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 24, 2008
Paula Damiano |
Biometrics: The End of Authentication as We Know It? Biometrics -- the science of identifying individuals by their unique physical traits -- always has been cutting-edge technology. But practical for the banking industry? Not so much. |
PC Magazine
August 17, 2004
John R. Quain |
Dusting for Music Prints Biometric firm VeriTouch has a scheme for a new breed of MP3 player that would use built-in fingerprint readers to unlock encrypted music tracks. |
PC World
January 2002
Anne Kandra |
National Security vs. Online Privacy The new antiterrorism law steps up electronic surveillance of the Internet... |
InternetNews
January 21, 2005
Roy Mark |
FBI Abandons Carnivore New FOIA documents show that feds haven't used once controversial e-mail snooping system in two years. |
InternetNews
March 23, 2010 |
FBI Underboss Outlines Anatomy of a Cyber Gang As cyber criminals grow ever more sophisticated and organized, law enforcement agencies have had to step up their game to keep pace. One of the top men at the FBI shares what the bureau is doing to combat cyber crime. |
