Homeland security applications, especially those used in our nation’s border control, provide an ideal example of how to implement biometrics in a way that builds and maintains the public’s support ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching impacts on all our daily lives. Travel, events and workplaces have all been significantly impacted by the virus, throwing many peoples’ lives out of balance, ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced the elimination of the $85 biometric services fee for all Form I-539 applications to extend/change nonimmigrant status, beginning ...

Editor, Security Systems News It's safe to say that over the past few years biometrics applications are gaining wider acceptance in the security market. In the past it seemed like biometric security ...

Iris recognition is catching up to other popular biometric applications, such as fingerprint and facial recognition, in worldwide usage. It’s a highly accurate technology because human iris patterns ...

USCIS expects to suspend biometrics requirements for H-4, L-2 and E-1, E-2, and E-3 Form I-539 applications beginning May 17, 2021, for at least 24 months. It will retain the discretion to require ...

The highly sensitive nature of biometric data and new regulations aimed to protect it are cause to rethink how it's used for authentication. Biometrics are among the most personal forms of information ...

This year might be a boon for biometric privacy legislation. The topic is heating up and lies at the intersection of four trends: increasing artificial intelligence (AI)-based threats, growing ...

The preceding chapter described many of the fundamental concepts that underlie biometric systems. Of equal importance is the engineering of these systems. Moreover, while design, engineering and ...