Biometrics and Strong Authentication

by Woodward, John D., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780072222272
• ISBN10: 0072222271
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-19
• Publisher: MCG (Manual)

Summary

Discover how to make biometrics -- the technology involving scanning and analyzing unique body characteristics and matching them against information stored in a database -- a part of your overall security plan with this hands-on guide. Includes deployment scenarios, cost analysis, privacy issues, and much more.

Author Biography

John Woodward is a senior policy analyst at RAND where he works on national security, intelligence, and technology policy issues. He is particularly interested in biometrics and surveillance technologies. He has testified about these technologies before Congress and the congressionally created Commission on Online Child Protection. Prior to joining RAND full-time in 2000, Mr. Woodward served as an Operations Officer for the Central Intelligence Agency for twelve years. His overseas assignments included tours in East Asia and East Africa. Mr. Woodward received his Juris Doctor degree magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He was a Thouron Scholar at the London School of Economics, University of London, where he received his M.S. in Economics. He received his B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He served as a law clerk to the Hon. Roderick R. McKelvie, a U.S. District Court Judge in Wilmington, Delaware.

Table of Contents

Part I: Authentication and Biometrics Overview

1: How Authentication Technologies Work

2: How Biometrics Work

Part II: Types of Biometrics

3: Fingerprint and Hand Geometry

4: Facial and Voice Recognition

5: Eye Biometrics: Iris and Retina Scanning

6: Signature Recognition and Keystroke Dynamics

7: Esoteric Biometrics

Part III: Issues Involving Biometrics

8: Biometric Liveness Testing

9: Biometrics in Large-Scale Systems

10: Biometric Standards

11: Biometric Testing and Evaluation

Part IV: Privacy, Policy, and Legal Concerns Raised by Biometrics

12: Biometrics and Privacy

13: Legal Considerations of Government Use of Biometrics

14: Case Study: Super Bowl Surveillance

15: The Law and Private-Sector Use of Biometrics

Part V: Review of Selected Biometrics Programs

16: Government and Military Programs

17: Searching the FBI’s Civil Files: Public Safety v. Civil Liberty

18: Private-Sector Programs

19: Biometrics and the Feasibility of a National ID Card

Part VI: Appendixes

A: Resources

B: Publicly Held Companies Offering Biometric Services