Biometric Essentials

This In Focus page looks at the Essentials of Biometrics. There is a Getting Started feature, backed up by numerous contributed articles from industry experts. Plus there are links to useful resources and a host of other useful items and further reading.

Getting Started

Survey: Biometrics Overview 26 April 2010

This Getting Started article takes a bird's eye look at the biometrics industry - from the technologies to the applications and more…

Further Reading

Biometric Basics - BTAM Vol 1 24 May 2010

Published here by kind permission of the National Biometric Security Project (NBSP), the Biometric Technology Application Manual (BTAM) is a comprehensive reference manual on biometric technology applications. The book has been compiled for biometric technology users and for those who are evaluating biometrics as an enabling technology within an integrated system or program for security and identification management.

Automated Personal Identification 06 May 2010

This book is a rare and exciting find in the US Library of Congress. It is one of the very earliest analyses of automated personal identity technology and was written at the birth of what we now know as the modern biometrics industry. Despite being written in 1974, the authors saw with impressive clarity many of the issues that remain today as some of the most difficult problems to solve.

Contributed Articles

Challenging biometric myths 28 September 2011

Sci-fi mystery and images of Tom Cruise have led to some bloated and fantastical misconceptions about how biometrics are used. Most notably, it has placed biometrics in a league where they are reviled and misunderstood more than most other technologies on the market today.

Argus Global explore some of those myths.

How to choose the right biometric technology for your organisation 04 January 2011

In today’s society biometric identification is integral to improved security and information management. But how can you choose the right biometric technology for your organisation?

How to buy a biometric system? 24 May 2010

This article reveals four key principles behind purchasing a biometric system.

Advice to buyers of biometrics 24 May 2010


This article provides advice to organizations that are about to enter the procurement phase.

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