U.S. Army evaluating biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield
According to an article that appeared in NextGov, the U.S. Army is committed to evaluating several biometric systems that can function on the battlefield.
According to a Defense Department budget submission, the Army will design experiments for the “detection of insider threats based on biometric identification” in the 2017 fiscal year.
Officials at the Pentagon will examine testing tools such as voice and keystroke recognition.
Bob Fedorchak, a tactical public key infrastructure technical lead at the Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center told NextGov: “The whole concept of authentication is a necessary evil from the soldier’s standpoint.”
“If I could walk up to the computer and have the computer automatically recognize me, confirm my identity and provide me access without me even touching the keyboard, that’s an ideal situation,” Fedorchak told NextGov.
He noted that logging into a radio or other mobile computing device by hand can delay combat actions. The Army’s objective is for the technology evaluation to determine how biometric protections can be deployed in tactical environments that are loud and chaotic.
According to the NextGov article, the timeline for applying new biometric protections will be dictated by the acquisition cycle, how fast the Army can analyze effectiveness and the commercial availability of the chosen tools. Fedorchak expects that some devices might be modified to implement biometric protections by as early as 2018.
Working out privacy protections also could affect the timing of the deployment of biometric security enhancements, he said.
Article Topics
access control | biometric authentication | biometrics | cybersecurity | identity verification | keystroke biometrics | military | mobile device | U.S. Army | voice authentication
Comments
16 Replies to “U.S. Army evaluating biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield”
Leave a Reply
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
U.S. Army evaluating #biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield https://t.co/rqhLseyrqf https://t.co/a5z1SiN9gs
U.S. Army evaluating biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield https://t.co/Tb5sPqj7KS
RT @BiometricUpdate: U.S. Army evaluating #biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield https://t.co/rqhLseyrqf https://t.co/a5z1SiN9gs
U.S. Army evaluating biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield
https://t.co/rZKxJh5DxG
RT @powerFPC: U.S. Army evaluating biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield
https://t.co/rZKxJh5DxG
RT @powerFPC: U.S. Army evaluating biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield
https://t.co/rZKxJh5DxG
U.S. Army evaluating biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield https://t.co/6rhF0D7CeH
U.S. Army evaluating #biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield https://t.co/aLSXdB0jov via @BiometricUpdate by @rawlsonking2
RT @m2sys: U.S. Army evaluating #biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield https://t.co/aLSXdB0jov via @BiometricUpdate by @rawlsonk…
U.S. Army evaluating biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield | BiometricUpdate https://t.co/7ft9z2LChx #biometrics
RT @BiometricUpdate: U.S. Army evaluating #biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield https://t.co/HsYNc7XzWq https://t.co/UbXEBee1vh
RT @BiometricUpdate: U.S. Army evaluating #biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield https://t.co/e0zKZgxOJe https://t.co/uCV6x9NNkd
RT @BiometricUpdate: U.S. Army evaluating #biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield https://t.co/d0oVGBEVbx https://t.co/ZjDev1YoEr
RT @BiometricUpdate: U.S. Army evaluating #biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield https://t.co/ja6VjhrSxr https://t.co/21hy46EofD
U.S. Army evaluating #biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield https://t.co/mBLEQxa5OZ via @BiometricUpdate
.@USArmy evaluating #biometrics for mobile devices on the battlefield https://t.co/Y58yBMECWw