Biometric Links
Learn About Biometric Technologies and Devices - how they work, what they measure, and how well they perform. A Video Presentation By The National Defense University
Identix, an L-1 Identity Solutions Company. Law enforcement solutions with related products listed on website. Solve More Crimes with Superior Identification Tools. Crime
fighting today has become increasingly complex and demanding especially
in the light of intensified security threats and diminishing resources.
Police officers are challenged every day to respond to offenses and
disturbances faster, in a precise manner, and with very little resources
at their disposal. To do this, law enforcement agencies need sophisticated
tools that would simplify and speed up every aspect of the criminal
investigation process in a cost-efficient way. Identix provides a comprehensive range of biometric solutions that
enable law enforcement to be more effective and efficient in every facet
of the criminal justice procedure. With more than 20 years of experience
in the industry, we are not only experts in this market place but we
have gained the trust of law enforcement agencies with an install base
of over 8000 live scan systems, facial recognition and mobile identification
system deployments. ( Download Brochures)
CRS report for congress Biometric Identifiers and Border Security: 9/11 Commission Recommendations and Related Issues
Report on the State of International Privacy Laws and Application to Biometrics and Their Impact on the United States and the European Union and Select Countries (pdf file)
Biometric Payment Companies Claim to Have the Touch
June 3, 2004
By Christian Meagher
Biometric Product Demos
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Fingerprint Cards
Fingerprint Cards (publ) is established as a leading source of embedded biometric systems (can operate independently of a PC processor); it has also asserted itself successfully as a leading provider of low-cost biometric systems technology with the completion of the two-chip fingerprint verification system based around the FPC1030 swipe sensor.
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DigitalPersona Pro
DigitalPersona Pro fingerprint sensor eliminates the security risks and
costs of password resets. This eight minute video shows how the sensor
integrates with Microsoft Windows Active Directory to let users log-on to
networked and Internet applications with a touch of their finger; reducing
help desk calls, improving network security and accelerating regulatory
compliance.
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Panasonic BM-ET300
Panasonic’s full line-up of Iris recognition products now includes the BM-ET300 Series. The BM-ET300 combines high precision, faster iris recognition, and flexible system architecture for state-of-the-art personal identification.
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DigitalPersona Pro
The ultimate user authentication solution for corporate use; scalable to hundreds of thousands of users.
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DSVerify2D Online Demo
The DSVerify2D is principally designed to decode two-dimensional bar codes, smart cards and OCR-B for applications such as ID cards, passports, driver's licenses etc. DSVerify2D can perform "on-the-spot" 1:1 instant identity verification with two-dimensional bar codes containing supported fingerprint biometrics.
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Sagem Morpho ID Management
SAGEM Morpho, the industry leader in multi-biometric solutions, develops, manufactures, and integrates multiple biometric technologies including fingerprint, facial and, iris recognition products and services.
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LG IrisAccess® 3000
Today public sector infrastructure and private sector enterprise concerned with the safety and security of people and physical assets are looking to LG Electronics Iris Technology Division to provide high integrity biometric - based security. The leading producer of deployed iris recognition systems worldwide, LG's IrisAccess® 3000 is the most accurate biometric security system in the world.
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Bioscrypt VeriSoft Access Manager
The Bioscrypt VeriSoft Access Manager is robust and highly integrated identity and access management security solution. Access Manager allows organizations to replace passwords, consolidate user identities and secure vital company information.
Remembering network, application and web based logon information is a thing of the past thanks to Access Manager’s ability to converge multiple user credentials into a single unified identity.
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Ocean Systems dTective
Over 1000 dTective systems are already being used successfully by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies including the FBI, CIA, and DEA as well as other government and private security groups in the U.S. and around the world.
dTective™ from Ocean Systems provides law enforcement revolutionary, affordable, easy to use forensic video enhancement tools allowing them to get the best possible forensic video evidence from their video surveillance tapes. With the dTective system it's easy to demultiplex video and perform enhancement on your video evidence. dTective also offers forensic audio enhancement tools.
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Snowflake Technologies
Like a snowflake, every person's vein pattern is unique.
Snowflake Technologies, a subsidiary of Luminetx Corporation, leverages its parent company's technical expertise and proprietary technology to offer a fast, user-friendly, hygienic, and basically fraud-proof method for verifying identity. Using your subcutaneous vein patterns, Snowflake will help to protect privacy, prevent fraud, and ensure security.
Whether it's access to your office or certifying your purchase, Snowflake Technologies will be synonymous with privacy and security. Forget PINS, signatures, and photo ID's, you already have everything you need to confirm your identity and it's just below the skin's surface. Watch Now!
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(These links take you to the website of Jean-Franзois Mainguet)
Introduction to biometrics
Applications of biometrics
How does it work? (identify)
What are the different types of biometrics? (fingerprint, face, iris, ...)
How choosing the right biometrics for your application? (issues)
Security and biometrics
Some more readings & links (references)
Movies and biometrics
Myths related to biometrics
Articles
In information technology, biometric authentication refers to technologies that measure and analyze human physical and behavioural characteristics for authentication purposes. Examples of physical characteristics include fingerprints, eye retinas and irises, facial patterns and hand measurements, while examples of mostly behavioural characteristics include signature, gait and typing patterns. Voice is considered a mix of both physical and behavioural characteristics. However, it can be argued that all biometric traits share physical and behavioural aspects.
Biometrics
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Imagine you're James Bond, and you have to get into a secret laboratory to disarm a deadly biological weapon and save the world. But first, you have to get past the security system. It requires more than just a key or a password -- you need to have the villain's irises, his voice and the shape of his hand to get inside.
You might also encounter this scenario, minus the deadly biological weapon, during an average day on the job. Airports, hospitals, hotels, grocery stores and even Disney theme parks increasingly use biometrics -- technology that identifies you based on your physical or behavioral traits -- for added security.
How Biometrics Work How Stuff Works
Computerized fingerprint scanners have been a mainstay of spy thrillers for decades, but up until recently, they were pretty exotic technology in the real world. In the past few years, however, scanners have started popping up all over the place -- in police stations, high-security buildings and even on PC keyboards. You can pick up a personal USB fingerprint scanner for less than $100, and just like that, your computer's guarded by high-tech biometrics. Instead of, or in addition to, a password, you need your distinctive print to gain access.
How Fingerprint Scanners Work
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A ticket to Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa Bay, Florida, didn't just get you a seat at the biggest professional football game of the year. Those who attended the January 2000 event were also part of the largest police lineup ever conducted, although they may not have been aware of it at the time. The Tampa Police Department was testing out a new technology, called FaceIt, that allows snapshots of faces from the crowd to be compared to a database of criminal mugshots.
How Facial Recognition Systems Work
How Stuff Works
Your voice is unique because of the shape of your vocal cavities and the way you move your mouth when you speak. To enroll in a voiceprint system, you either say the exact words or phrases that it requires, or you give an extended sample of your speech so that the computer can identify you no matter which words you say.
When people think of voiceprints, they often think of the wave pattern they would see on an oscilloscope. But the data used in a voiceprint is a sound spectrogram, not a wave form. A spectrogram is basically a graph that shows a sound's frequency on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis. Different speech sounds create different shapes within the graph. Spectrograms also use colors or shades of grey to represent the acoustical qualities of sound. This tutorial has a lot more information on spectrograms and how to read them.
How Biometric Systems Work - More Biometric Systems How Stuff Works
The NSTC
Subcommittee on Biometrics developed the material listed below in
order to better communicate both within the government and with other interested parties.
Stating facts and discussing related issues in a consistent, understandable manner, will
enable smoother integration of privacy-protective biometric solutions. Federal agencies
are working to ensure that their outreach activities are consistent with, and occasionally
reference, this suite of documents so that the public, press and Congress are able to
easily understand their plans and discuss them productively. The Subcommittee encourages
use and reference of this material.
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