TrendTrend:
Whether we like it or not, more and more companies and government agencies are going to rely on biometric IDs
Catherine Tilton, vice president for standards & emerging technology at Reston, Virginia-based biometric company Daon, offers these “things to look for” in 2006:
Fingerprints to remain king, but other, newer biometric technologies to gain ground
Further research and expanded implementation/use in the area of multi-biometric fusion
Standards activities to continue beyond the recent set of new ANSI and ISO standards
Use of biometrics in conjunction with other authentication technologies such as smart cards and PKI
Advancements in live-ness detection and anti-spoofing capabilities
“Biometric technology is here to stay,” she says, “primarily because it does one thing that other technologies can’t — link an identity/event to a human being. That capability makes biometrics useful alone, or as a component of a larger identity assurance system.”
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