Biometrics

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-07-222227-2
Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 919 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woodward, John

Orlans, Nicholas

Higgins, Peter

Weitere Mitwirkende

Woodward, John D. Jr.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Woodward, John
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.