January 19, 2014 – by Peter B. Counter
This week saw the launch of the findBIOMETRICS 11th annual Year in Review. The document is a survey of identity experts from around the globe, with statistical analysis and short interviews with the participants. Traditionally, findBIOMETRICS has distributed the PDF file to members of our weekly newsletter, but after having this headline making year for strong authentication, we have decided to celebrate with feature items to be published through to the end of January.
This week we take a look at the year that was. Namely: the year biometrics became real to the public at large. We asked our massive panel of experts to weigh in on exactly what they thought were the biggest news items of all of 2013. In a feature article our team expands on the results that go far beyond iPhone biometrics. We have also checked in with representatives from BIO-key, Lumidigm, MorphoTrak (Safran) and Iris ID to get the specifics about how the increased media attention affected their companies.
Of course, the news doesn’t stop with the retroactive analysis. This week NSTIC published an article that stands to help further interoperability in the world of trust frameworks. The organization Internet2, working under and NSTIC pilot, has proposed a new way of thinking and talking about trust: through a language based on the periodic table of elements. The implications that can be extrapolated from this new basic language which can be used to commonly describe aspects of the identity ecosystem are gone over in detail by NSTIC and paint a very accessible future via trustmark compounds.
MorphoTrust USA (Safran) announced this week that it has been contracted to provide enrollment services as part of the TSA’s Pre✓ application process. The service will be available through IdentoGO Centers by MorphoTrust, found in airports and at public locations all around America. This is the sort of news that similar to the item above, indicates that accessibility is on the minds of those concerned with identity management, only in this case it is serving to make air travel less of a hassle.
Finally, in similar news from SRI International: the organization has also taken steps in breaking down barriers in adoption, taking a very pro-accessibility stance with its IOM PassPort SL physical access control solution. Using SRI’s multibiometric technology (which includes the low friction Iris on the Move (IOM) solution), the company is now able to offer strong authentication physical access control for buildings that have large populations to manage.
In the end, this week at findBIOMETRICS has been a busy one. Stay tuned for more Year in Review 2013 as January progresses and as always: the most important up to date biomertics industry news.
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