Biometrics is the science and technology of measuring and statistically analyzing biological data. In information technology, biometrics usually refers to technologies for measuring and analyzing human body characteristics such as fingerprints, eye retinas and irises, voice patterns, facial patterns, and hand measurements, especially for authentication purposes. The use of biometrics have tremendously increased in the criminal justice field in the past five years due to the ability to communicate with other law enforcement agencies and to obtain fast accurate results. In addition to the criminal justice system, the private sector has also incorporated some of these security measures to their systems. When it comes to biometric security features, everything from your face, to your DNA can be use to identify you or match you with the current database. Biometric is not just a super high technology data base use by the federal government. Biometrics has the potential to be used everywhere, from big corporations to keep their building secured to small business or even private parties looking to secure the safety and protection of their intellectual property. There even phone applications to match fingerprints.
The main advantage of biometric technology over any other traditional security system is the unique sharing system. Biometric quickly and accurately communicate with a sharing network database providing better results. Biometric technology continue evolving and enhancing the security of the system providing the ability to work cohesively. Biometric is now wireless power through resonant induction, giving the ability to utilize a biometric sensor (aka bio-stamp). Despite the Hollywood special effects in movies, in real life biometric scanners detect capillary flow behind the eye or the finger, they detect unique living human features. Biometric devices are very user-friendly and space-effective. They consist of a scanner device use to obtain fingerprints or facial data. Once the data is gathered the system will converted into digital form and compared to match points. The database will store that information for further comparison. To prevent identity theft, the data will be encrypted.
Once the data is gathered, a software application is use to identity specific match points, these match points will be compared to specific stored data such a fingerprints or facial recognition analysis. The system will process this comparison using an algorithm that translates that information into a numeric value. The numeric value will result in approved or denied data.The Biometric Consortium exists to facilitate scientific and technical (S&T) interchanges between the U.S. federal government and the private sector to support Homeland Security, Identity management, Border crossing and Electronic Commerce.
