Given the current governmental interest in the wide deployment of biometric techniques in relation to national identity cards, passports, social security and other areas, the concept of Biometric Identity Verification remains very topical.

Containing a wealth of real world advice and written from an operational rather than purely academic perspective, "Practical Biometrics" examines the many issues raised by the application of biometric technologies to practical situations.

Features & Benefits

* Highlights non device-specific issues such as human factors, environment, privacy and data protection,

* Focuses on the practical aspects of managing large-scale systems,

* Provides an invaluable resource to program

Key Topics 

This book concentrates on the practical implementation of biometric verification techniques, with specific regard to wide scale public applications. It acts as a practical guide to implementation, identifying the associated issues around:

* Scalability in applications featuring biometric verification techniques

* Interoperability, both from a technical and operaitonal perspective

* Ethnicity and the associated implications for biometric verification checks

* Failure to enrol and other error conditions

* User psychology - the less obvious, but vitally important aspects of operational performance

Content - 1. Introduction, 2. Technical Factors, 3. Human Factors, 4. Implementation Factors, 5. Using Pentakis, 6. Using the BANTAM Program Manager, 7. Where to Next, Index