RegardingID Archive | Border control biometrics seeing large growth

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Despite the U.S. government’s initial reluctance in adopting biometrics in any federal programs, their eventual change of heart to implement and regulate different biometric systems is leading to a large growth in the market, according to research firm Frost & Sullivan.

Due to regulations such as the Visa Waiver, a program that requires certain travelers to have biometric based passports, more biometric developers are seeing growing interest in their products. Fingerprint technology is seeing the most of the growth as it is the cheapest and most readily available technology, however, researchers expect to see change in that trend.

As iris and face recognition biometrics have been moving ahead with new technological advances, they are also expected to drop in price. Current Iris recognition technologies are able to identify individuals that are moving and as far as twenty meters away.

Additionally, new three-dimensional face recognition has removed previous problems having to do with lighting, angles, and facial feature location. Both of these advances lends to great possibilities for security purposes as well as heavy growth in the market.

New airport e-gate supports multimodal biometrics

Vision-Box, a biometrics solutions provider, has come out with an automatic border control e-gate that supports multimodal biometric authentication.

This new e-gate is a thin system that contains vb i-match, a single sourced design that is modular and flexible and can be adapted to business requirements and infrastructure constraints that would otherwise disrupt passenger flow. It has the ability to cope with industry standards such as ICAO. The e-gate supports iris, fingerprint and facial biometrics.

Dubai rolling out automated border crossing

Travelers into Dubai International Airport will have the option of using an automated border crossing checkpoint, according to GulfNews.com.

Initially deployed in Terminal three, but expected to be rolled out throughout the airport, the system will read the passports and check the facial image and iris against a watch list. The entire process takes about 15 seconds.

Aware wins three large-scale biometrics border management contract

Massachusetts-based Aware Inc. has announced it’s won three contracts to provide biometrics software and services for three large-scale border management systems in Europe, the Middle East and North America.

Episode 95: Identity with high profile events

Large, high profile events, like the London 2012 Olympics, need to be secure while also enabling individuals to get where they need to go without too much of a security hassle. Mark Joynes, director of Product Management at Entrust, explains how security and identity plans for these events are created. He also discusses Entrust’s involvement with the Interpol employee credentials that is used for crossing borders as well as physical and logical access to Interpol facilities and networks.

New partnership plans on advanced biometric system deployment

Biometrics firms Morpho and AOptix have formed a partnership to deploy advanced biometric systems targeted to border management and aviation security industries.

Under the terms of the partnership, AOptix products will be integrated into Morpho’s border management product line. This includes InSight Duo, AOptix’s combined face capture and iris recognition system.

U.S., Australia explore expedited customs clearance swap

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Australia’s Attorney General and Ministry of Defense are exploring ways to grant reciprocation for fast-tracking each other’s citizens through customs checks in both countries, reports Australian Business Traveller.

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Border control biometrics seeing large growth