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National Defense
November 2007
Stew Magnuson |
Military Identity Technology Leaps Ahead of Policies To help fight the Iraqi insurgency, the Defense Department has pushed biometric collection technologies into the field. But policies on how best to use them are not fully developed.   |
National Defense
January 2009
Myra S. Gray |
Defense Dept. 'Institutionalizing' Use of Biometrics Biometrics use crosses all services. The Army is using biometrics to assist in identifying detainees in war zones |
National Defense
April 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Face, Iris and Fingerprint Biometrics Good Enough for Now, Says White House Staffer Federal agencies that collect biometric data to screen individuals should concentrate their efforts on fingerprints, faces and irises, and perfect the collection of those technologies first. |
National Defense
November 2007
Stew Magnuson |
U.S. Government Driving The Advance of Biometric Technologies Technology companies are rapidly developing biometric devices. But privacy policies, the tech backbone to effectively connect the scanners, and a market beyond the U.S. government, are lagging. |
Popular Mechanics
June 30, 2008
Erik Sofge |
FBI's Next-Gen ID Databank to Store Face Scans--A Good Idea? Lockheed Martin is building a massive digital warehouse of criminal information, set to bring facial recognition and eye scans to local law enforcement. Privacy advocates say there's reason for law-abiding citizens to worry. |
National Defense
January 2009
Kimberly Johnson |
Navy Seeks to Miniaturize Biometric Gear The Navy plans to issue biometric-capable handheld computers that can help sailors quickly identify a terrorist suspect when they are searching enemy ships. |
Parameters
Autumn 2007
Christopher M. Schnaubelt |
Whither the RMA? The present Department of Defense (DOD) focus on technological solutions to increase capabilities may be misguided by a vision of a high-tech Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA). |
National Defense
January 2010
Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense, Industry Upheaval Defined By 10 Key Moments Here's a look back at 10 key moments that defined the decade for the military and the defense industry. |
National Defense
October 2005
Sandra I. Erwin |
Army to Deploy Web-Based Intelligence Network The Army will soon begin deploying a "joint intelligence operations capability" in Iraq -- a web-based catalog of information that soldiers at the battalion level can access from high-speed workstations. |
CIO
September 1, 2005
Allan Holmes |
Cheap, Fast or Secure--Pick Two Four years after 9/11, the United States has a biometrics screening system for foreign visitors called US-Visit. The program came in on time and within budget, but proper programming procedures were not followed due to the tight deadline. |
U.S. Banker
January 2004
Karen Krebsbach |
Biometrics Takes Hold Overseas, But Not in U.S. U.S. banks, tied to legacy systems, are reluctant to start over with what many consider untested technology. Then there's the real bugaboo: privacy. |
National Defense
November 2013
Sandra I. Erwin |
Changing World Blazes New Trails For Military Technology A striking array of challenges is reshaping the course of defense technology. The United States is entering an era characterized by fiscal austerity and the rise of "non-state" actors as enemies of nation states. |
Parameters
Autumn 2006
Michael R. Melillo |
Outfitting a Big-War Military with Small-War Capabilities Unfortunately, it took the tragedy of 9/11 and the challenges posed by an adaptive enemy for the U.S. to realize it was not prepared to fight war on terms other than its own choosing. |
U.S. Banker
December 2001
Mark Bruno |
Biometrics' Day Has Come Demand for biometrics security technology appears to be rising as a result of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. If production actually does pick up, prices could decline and banks could become major buyers... |
Mother Jones
Jan/Feb 2002
Brendan I. Koerner |
Up Close and Personal High-tech identification devices could produce reams of data on law-abiding citizens -- but may be useless in fighting terrorists... |
Parameters
Autumn 2008
William Mcdonough |
Time for a New Strategy The Surge Strategy proposed by George W. Bush in 2007 has accomplished the majority of its goals and now is the time to significantly reduce the US presence in Iraq. |
Entrepreneur
April 2005
Mark Henricks |
Thumbs Up Biometrics can keep your employees honest and save you money by eliminating time-and-attendance scams where buddies punch each other in. |
National Defense
March 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
U.S.-Canadian Border Crossings to Tighten Security The bridges and border control stations on the U.S.-Canada border are undergoing strategic overhauls, not only to increase security but also to ensure rapid throughput of commercial traffic, leaders from both nations recently announced. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2004 |
Lockheed Martin to Build Fingerprint I.D. System for DOD This new system will be patterned after the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). The contract was awarded as a task order under the U.S. Army's Information Technology Enterprise Solutions (ITES) contracting vehicle. |
Searcher
June 2003
Miriam Drake |
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet: Patriot II on the Way This article focuses on the government's data mining, information gathering, database building programs, and Radio Frequency Identification Chips. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2011
Joshua J. Romero |
Fast Start for World's Biggest Biometrics ID Project In India, a few million people have been registered for a biometric database so far - only a billion left to go. |
National Defense
December 2007
Stew Magnuson |
Port Worker ID Card Criticized as Wasteful and Ineffective The Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard in October began enrolling port workers in a long delayed identity card program even though the technology to read the cards may be years away. |
Parameters
Autumn 2004
Michael O'Hanlon |
The Need to Increase the Size of the Deployable Army The possibility exists that large numbers of active-duty troops and reservists may soon leave the service rather than subjecting themselves to a life continually on the road. The seriousness of the worry cannot be easily established. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2006
Erico Guizzo |
Loser: Britain's Identity Crisis Proposed biometric ID cards won't prevent fraud or terrorism |
Wall Street & Technology
April 18, 2008
Melanie Rodier |
Financial Institutions Evaluate Biometrics While financial institutions aren't yet ready for consumer-facing biometrics deployments, these technologies are gaining popularity for behind-the-scenes authentication. |
CIO
May 15, 2003
Scott Berinato |
What's In a Face? Part of the reason biometrics remains a niche field is because the still-improving technology has been oversold. |
Parameters
Winter 2006/2007
Gary Felicetti |
The Limits of Training in Iraqi Force Development The National Strategy for Victory in Iraq and much of the public debate surrounding it leaves the impression that additional training will go a long way toward solving the security problem and bringing our troops home. |
National Defense
October 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
U.S. Moves to Rearm Iraq The U.S. government--following an extended delay--is aggressively moving to train and equip Iraqi security forces to provide for the internal and external defense of that war torn nation. |
CFO
October 15, 2002
Russ Banham |
The Eyes Have It Concerned about security, companies may soon rely on a wide range of biometrics. Turns out you're even more special than you thought. |
Entrepreneur
November 2006
Amanda C. Kooser |
Identify Yourself How will increasingly sophisticated biometric technologies affect you? |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2005
Ben Ames |
Navy looks to Identix to push research in facial recognition Company researchers seek to further the state-of-the-art in facial- and image-recognition technologies for human identification, justify new facial-recognition applications for antiterrorism, and develop a human-identity system for the U.S. military. |
PC Magazine
June 25, 2003
Sebastian Rupley |
It's You Identifying people through biometrics -- from fingerprints to iris scans -- is a hot topic in a security-conscious world. Datastrip has a new spin on simplifying the process, with the Datastrip DSVerify2D portable scanner. |
National Defense
November 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Fear of Terror Weapons Drives Tech Funding With the nation in the throes of the so-called "long war," it is no surprise that the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security's research dollars is going toward technologies designed to prevent terrorist attacks. |
National Defense
January 2006
Sandra I. Erwin |
Complex Realities Lie Behind U.S. Rush to Train Iraqi Army It has become crystal clear that fielding a competent Iraqi Army is a tenet of the U.S. exit strategy. What is far less apparent is what exactly constitutes a competent Iraqi fighting force, and how long it will be before it can relieve American troops. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2004
John Keller |
Military Research in Crisis The United States is in the midst of a military research, development, and preparedness crisis. Few people realize it; of those who do, most underestimate its dimensions. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2004
J.R. Wilson |
Optical Technologies Are Key to Securing U.S. Military Facilities A wide variety of optical technologies are being brought to bear on safeguarding U.S. military facilities, which for the first time have become potential targets for foreign terrorists. |
PC World
January 2002
Anne Kandra |
National Security vs. Online Privacy The new antiterrorism law steps up electronic surveillance of the Internet... |
Registered Rep.
October 31, 2013
Lauren Barack |
Guided by Voices Vanguard, Barclays and Schwab are just three financial services firms confirmed to be using biometrics today -- at least in the early stages. |
National Defense
July 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Office Seeks to Quickly Field Counter-Terrorism Technologies Ben Riley, director of the Defense Department's rapid reaction technology office, wants to tell vendors, laboratories or anyone else who has a gadget that can help defeat terrorists, insurgents or other bad guys, that he's here to help. |
BusinessWeek
August 8, 2005 |
Big Brother Britain? The Blair Administration's proposal for biometric ID cards looked like a goner - until the July 7 attacks in London. But critics still worry about their intrusiveness. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2005 |
Homeland Security Briefs Biometric system helps secure Iraq bases... ANSI launches Homeland Security Standards Database... Smiths Detection partners with Paladin Capital Group... International Biometric Group delivers iris- recognition test report... TSA to deploy new technology to additional airports... |
National Defense
July 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
Security Beat Airport Security Programs A Summer Priority... Data Mining Not Yet Ready To Take on Terror Cells... Maritime Test Center Off to Rolling Start... U.S. and Europe Reach Data-Sharing Accord... etc. |
Wall Street & Technology
March 26, 2004
Jim Middlemiss |
Biometrics Add Security in Insecure Times Technologies like voice-recognition and fingerprint authentication can add a layer of security while improving customer service and cutting costs. |
National Defense
July 2006
Harold Kennedy |
Biometric Check on U.S. Visitors Drawing Criticism A controversial effort by the Department of Homeland security to create a biometric computer system to keep tabs on all foreigners entering and leaving the country is drawing increasing flak at home and abroad. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 1, 2009
John K. Waters |
Reading Between the Lines While Microsoft's Kim Cameron, BanTheScan.com, and others debate the pros and cons of biometric scanning in American schools, a school in Scotland has been testdriving a new system that could mitigate many of the concerns that surround the technology. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2012
Joshua J. Romero |
India's Big Bet on Identity The world's largest biometric authentication system reaches its first major milestone, but lots of challenges remain |
InternetNews
February 28, 2005
Roy Mark |
Feds Approve New Smart Card Standards Federal employees and government contractors will eventually be given cards with digital photos and fingerprints. |
National Defense
March 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Airlines Collecting Exit Data from Travelers Still Possible, DHS Official Says A controversial plan to have airlines collect biometric data from foreign passengers leaving the United States is still a possibility, a Department of Homeland Security official said. |
National Defense
January 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Biometrics Program Expands A Coast Guard effort to collect and analyze biometric data gathered at sea has expanded and will be made into an official program next year, said a senior technologist from the service. |
BusinessWeek
March 29, 2004
Paul Magnusson |
The Hard Lesson Of Madrid There are too many holes in the safety net. Here's what the U.S. still needs to do |
