• The 18th Biometrics Consortium ConferenceA glimpse at the future direction of biometrics

    The 18th Biometric Consortium Conference (BCC) was held in Tampa, Florida, last week; hundreds of exhibitors and speakers offered a window into the future of biometrics; attendees could not but notice the presence of large number of companies offering iris scan solutions, but NIST’s Fernando Podio, the event’s co-chair responsible for the development of the conference programs, is right: “Considering the number of high-level demonstrations, and highly detailed users’ and industry presentations, it would be impossible to pick out any program, company or product that was any more remarkable than the next”

  • Behavioral biometricsBehavioral biometrics to detect terrorists entering U.S.

    DHS prototype designed to detect “fidget factor” of possible terrorists; the behavioral biometrics monitoring system gauges small changes in a person’s body, dubbed the “fidget factor,” especially in answer to a question such as “Do you intend to cause harm to America?”

  • Report: Biometric ID technologies "inherently fallible"

    A new report by the National Research Council says biometric systems are “inherently fallible,” and no single trait has been identified that is stable and distinctive across all groups; to strengthen the science and improve system effectiveness, additional research is needed at virtually all levels of design and operation

  • Aussies launch security research network

    The Australian government has launched National Security Research Directory — a directory of hundreds of experts operating in a burgeoning list of fields across IT security, biometrics and counter-terrorism