Biometric authentication is the science of verifying a person's identity based on personal characteristics, such as voice, facial characteristics and fingerprints.
Biometrics are used to create security solutions for multiple markets, including network, data, telephony, Internet and physical access.
Biomet.org brings together a diverse and comprehensive selection of biometric information. It provides an extensive web resource for biometric news, products, companies and analysis. www.biomet.org
"Fingers, hands, eyes, face, voice, all are in use and could relegate PIN-based security to history" (Orla O'Sullivan, senior editor/technology - ABA Banking Journal). www.banking.com/aba/cover_0197.htm
For the Hearing of the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives One Hundred Fifth Congress On Biometrics and the Future of Money www.dss.state.ct.us/digital/legal1.htm
A US-government sponsored database of information about biometric technologies including research and evaluation reports, news articles, vendors and consultants, government documents and legislative text. www.biometricscatalog.org
M1's members are engaged in the rapid development and approval of formal national and international generic biometric standards. Membership is open to all interested parties www.incits.org/tc_home/m1.htm
Glossary compiled by the International Association for Biometrics (iAfB) and International Computer Security Association (ICSA) www.afb.org.uk/docs/glossary.htm