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Reston, VA 20195
United States
Captiva Inc.
Captiva is a USA-based HUBZone small business offering biometric solution development for civil and defense agencies. Our experience includes development of architectures for very large biometric systems.
Explaining Biometrics
Explainer: Retinal Scan Technology
Developed in the 1980s, retinal scanning is one of the most well-known biometric technologies, but it is also one of…
Explainer: Biometrics in Law Enforcement
Law enforcement is arguably the largest user of biometric technology and Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) is the police’s most…
Explainer: Fingerprint Matching
Biometrics Research Group, Inc. defines fingerprint identification as an automated method of verifying a match between two human fingerprints. Over…
Explainer: Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
Two-factor authentication, or 2FA, is a method of accessing computing and financial resources or physical facilities, with more than just…
Explainer: DNA and DNA Profiling
Among various possible biometric modalities, DNA provides the most reliable personal identification. It is intrinsically digital, and does not change…
Explainer: Mobile Biometrics
Mobile biometrics refers to the deployment of biometric authentication methods on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Use cases…
