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EU official says identity management must be based on multiple biometrics
Identity management in the European Union must be based on the collection of biometric information from individuals, said Frank Paul, head of unit for large scale IT systems and biometrics within the
NIST embraces assertion-based remote e-authentication
An updated special publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology on remote e-authentication includes more detail about identity assertions and permits protocols not included in
CBP wants, but lacks, electronic tools for ship crew inspection
On-board inspections of ship crew docking in U.S. ports occurs without electronic tools to verify seafarer identity, says a Government Accountability Office report. In fiscal 2009 about 5 million
Study questions utility of biometric authentication
Biometric authentication is insufficiently reliable as a replacement to other authentication technologies, concludes a multi-year study from the National Research Council. The report, released
Rand: DNA not viable as access control biometric
DNA is not viable as an identity verification biometric, says a June research paper from Rand Corp. Even as the Defense Department must keep track of a large and ever-growing number of people, writes
FBI-DoD: Fingerprints so old-school
Crime-buster Eliot Ness may have succeeded by using fingerprints to track down the criminal in the 1930s and '40s. But today, investigators are using far more sophisticated tools to ferret out crime.
Congress eyes biometrics to verify job eligibility
As the debate over a national ID card swirls, Congress is now looking at whether biometrics can be used to authenticate a person's citizenship before getting hired. It's just the latest move in what
SPOTLIGHT: DHS relies on biometrics
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week began collecting digital fingerprints in a pilot project from non-U.S. citizens departing the United States from airports in Atlanta and Detroit.
