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  • Biometrics in Government eBook

Biometrics in government: Enhanced security and convenience for citizens

A brief history of biometrics Fingerprint-based identification began in law enforcement. An Argentine detective first solved a crime using a latent print (left behind by the perpetrator) in 1892. In 1901, detectives in England and Wales officially began using fingerprints in criminal identification. Their use snowballed from there. By 1946, the FBI managed a library of 100 million fingerprints, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. The agency developed the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) in the 1970s to manage the massive and still-growing collection more effectively. AFIS became “Integrated AFIS” (IAFIS) in 1999 to help law enforcement agencies share [...]

  • Enterprise Security eBook

Using biometric authentication to elevate enterprise security

Biometric authentication in the enterprise? It’s just a matter of time Mobile biometric authentication is officially here to stay. Most of today’s leading devices come with native biometric sensors, and virtually all have cameras, microphones and touchscreens that can be used for biometric authentication. Consumers have embraced this transformation; 86 percent have shown interest in biometric authentication according to research by Visa. Passwords, PINs, and knowledge-based authentication are steadily losing ground to biometrics as a primary means of authentication among personal users. Biometric adoption among enterprise users has moved more slowly, in large part because the biometric functionality and [...]

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