biometrics

Ohio voting system is going to be the joke of this election, but Biometrics could have saved it

Larry Chaffin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:23:21 -0400

Many years ago I was involved in a project that looked into the e-voting systems when they first came in to the state of Ohio. I broke into two free standing systems within two minutes and within ten minutes to the collector or database holding all of the reports. Now we have politics playing a very big role in this election because of these systems and how people vote. I am not a voter, I have never voted in my life by choice. Why you ask? Well I have never found any person who I have wanted to vote for in twenty years.

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Fingerprints? How about the veins in your hand?

Jeff Caruso — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:01:39 -0400

Ellen Messmer was at the Biometrics Consortium Conference in Tampa last week and brought back some interesting images of the latest biometric security devices at the show. Plus, she delved into biometric technology that allows U.S. soldiers in Iraq to identify terrorists' fingerprints via a satellite link back to computers at home.

Data is wrong

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:57:40 -0400

I was at Trautman's brief. The regular Army and Marines have submitted almost two million sets of biometric data over the last five years compared to the 28K submitted by SOCOM. The 1722 positive matches (capture/kills) were actually 97% made from those other 2M submissions. SOCOM is good but don't give them all the credit for the work of a lot of conventional Soldiers and Marines with other tools like the BAT and HIIDE.

DARPA looking for wicked cool researchers for advanced study group

Layer 8 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:03:39 -0400

If you are looking to develop some far out advanced science project -- and the folks at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have a ton from airplanes that can fly for years without landing to skeletal putty for fractured bones – then DARPA wants you.

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Fingerprint biometrics go wireless, get faster and offer more security

Layer 8 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:03:59 -0400

Two new fingerprint identification technologies that promise faster, more secure transmission of fingerprint biometric information are being tested by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

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Putting biometrics labs to the test

Alpha Doggs — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:10:53 -0400

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants your thoughts on a plan to accredit labs that test biometric systems for facial, fingerprint and other ID systems. The Department of Homeland Security has requested such a National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program .

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RE: Lockheed wins 10-year FBI biometric contract

Tom.Olzak — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:48:23 -0500

My problem with this is not that the FBI is collecting more biometrics data. They already have more information about people of interest, former military, former government employees, etc. than you can probably imagine. No, the problem I have with this is that a government agency is going to collect additional information about individual identities when no government agency has proved to my satisfaction that it is capable of adequately protecting sensitive data. Sometimes I feel like giving my personal information to the goverment is like posting it on the Internet. Let's see... how many times has the VA lost my information? I've lost count.

FBI awards Lockheed Martin $1B biometrics contract

Layer 8 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:01:16 -0500

The FBI today awarded Lockheed Martin’s Transportation and Security Solutions the contract for the design, development, documentation, integration, testing, and deployment of its Next Generation Identification (NGI) System.

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RE: IBM dives into massive encryption deployment

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:06:35 -0500

All Companies should take note of what IBM are doing as the time is fast approaching when JAIL and significant financial penalties will be the order of the day for data loss for senior directors of organisations. What would be even better if IBM would go the full 9 yards and utilise a Biometric Access Control encrypted Storage device with Digital ID on board such as the MXI Security - MXP Stealth Well done IBM

Forget your password? Use your eyes to open your computer, car or front door

Layer 8 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:06:29 -0500

An Australian researcher is developing technology that would let you use your eyes – or more specifically your iris – to unlock your PC, access secure buildings or open your front door.

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Dirty truth about biometrics

Alpha Doggs — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:51:51 -0400

If the fingerprint-smudged glass plates on biometric devices skeeve you out, Purdue University researchers have some good news for you: the devices aren’t any germier than typical doorknobs.

Christine Blomeke, a researcher and doctoral student in Purdue's Biometric Standards, Performance and Assurance Laboratory , says the lab performed a study on this issue in light of concerns by those involved in fingerprint and hand-geometry studies at the lab. The study involved testing for two kinds of bacteria, staphylococcus aureus and E.coli.

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Fingerprint scanners: Yuck

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:13:37 -0400

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Time to separate identification and authentication

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:42:28 -0400

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Biometrics

Inbox — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:38:10 -0400

Biometrics uses personal characteristics to identify users. When it comes to security, mapping unique patterns and traits in fingerprints, irises or voices is considered light years ahead of forcing employees to memorize combinations of letters and numbers - which are easily compromised and easily forgotten.

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The biometric lunch line

Layer 8 — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:33:59 -0400

A Georgia school system must be the first, if not one of the first, to institute a biometric system in their cafeteria. Children in Rome, Ga., schools now provide a fingerprint scan to buy their mystery meat casserole or tuna noodle surprise at lunchtime. School officials say it's a way to speed lunch lines, and we would also guess it grinds the Lunch-Money-Stealing Bully Trade to a dead halt. Via My Way News

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Sexy networking headlines, Part 1

Layer 8 — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:00:47 -0400

Traditionally we couldn't give a fig about finance stories, but if it's titled Bankers giving the finger to network security we're there. (Ed. - It's about biometrics.) Well, damn. Now we don't care again.

Company ships biometric doorknob

Keith Shaw — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:26:21 -0500

Forget your keys? Don't worry, soon you'll be able to get into your office or house by using your finger. Tychi Systems today announced it is shipping its BioKnob, a doorknob that includes fingerprint recognition technology. The BioKnob includes a tiny sensor that reads a user's fingerprint pattern when a finger is brushed across it, and can store up to 100 sets of fingerprints.

The company says the fingerprint scan is converted into a pattern and recorded – no actual photos of fingerprints are stored. The system also includes an audit feature that records the last 1000 entries by individuals, date or time of entry. An individually assigned passcode can also be added to the system.

More details on the system are available at the Tychi Systems Web site.

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You're so vein, I bet you think this scanner's about you

Adam Gaffin — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 10:09:43 -0400

Matthew Brodsky notes a Fujitsu biometrics scanner that looks at the veins in your palm rather than messy stuff such as your eyeball (too easy to mess up when you're gouging out somebody's eyeball, as we learned earlier this year on Alias) or your fingerprints (too easy to smudge, although probably easier to lop off):

... Palm-vein scanning cuts the risk of security breaches because the veins are deep in your hand and arranged in very complicated, hard-to-reproduce patterns.

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