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Military Applications

Militaries around the world use biometrics for secure access control to facilities, equipment, and IT systems, and to identify adversaries in the field.

 

Middle East Homeland Security Summit to be held in Jordan

The Directorate of Gendarmerie – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan will host Fleming Gulf’s fourth annual Middle East Homeland Security Summit…

 

Homeland Security requests information about biometric matching system technologies

The Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) of the Department of Homeland Security has posted a request for information (RFI)…

 

Inaugural INTERPOL World 2015 met with success

The inaugural INTERPOL World 2015, held April 14 to 16, was hugely successful, drawing 7,807 government leaders as well as…

 

CBP to discuss biometric entry and exit program at Identity Management Symposium

Defense Strategies Institute announced that Michael Hardin, deputy director of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Biometric Entry and Exit…

 

Defence Department continues improving ABIS biometric database

The Defense Department continues to improve the Automated Biometric Identification System as part of its global intelligence-gathering efforts, according to…

 

FBI’s CJIS used the NGI biometric system to identify Islamic State masked terrorist

The FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJIS), which houses the Biometric Center of Excellence, played a large role in…

 

Obama’s new national security strategy makes a push for biometrics data sharing

President Barack Obama recently unveiled the new National Security Strategy, in which he emphasized that consolidation of information across intelligence…

 

Biometric database needed to fight Boko Haram: Nigerian government minister

A Nigerian government minister is seeking to enroll the entire country in a biometric database to curb the ongoing criminal…

 

US military developing identity verification system based on behavioral biometrics

The US military is developing a new “cognitive” identity verification system at West Point that could ultimately replace passwords, fingerprints…

 

Precise Biometrics to provide mobile smart card readers for US Department of Defense

Precise Biometrics announced it has received an order of 1,100 Tactivo mobile smart card readers from the Defense Logistics Agency…

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