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…and secures UIDAI deal
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Editorial Office: Elsevier Ltd The Boulevard Langford Lane Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB, UK Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843973 Email: [email protected] Website: www.biometrics-today.com Publisher: Laurence Zipson E-mail: [email protected] Editor: Steve Mansfield-Devine Tel: +44 (0) 20 3286 7828 Production Support Manager: Lin Lucas Email: [email protected] Subscription Information An annual subscription to Biometric Technology Today includes 10 printed issues and online access for up to 5 users. Prices: 998 for all European countries & Iran US$1080 for all countries except Europe and Japan ¥132 700 for Japan (Prices valid until 31 December 2010) To subscribe send payment to the address above. Tel: +44 (0)1865 843687/Fax: +44 (0)1865 834971 Email: [email protected], or via www.biometrics-today.com. Subscriptions run for 12 months, from the date payment is received. Periodicals postage is paid at Rahway, NJ 07065, USA. Postmaster send all USA address corrections to: Biometric Technology Today, 365 Blair Road, Avenel, NJ 07001, USA This newsletter and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by Elsevier Ltd, and the following terms and conditions apply to their use: Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier Global Rights Department, PO Box 800, Oxford OX5 1DX, UK; phone: +44 1865 843830, fax: +44 1865 853333, email: [email protected]. You may also contact Global Rights directly through Elsevier’s home page (www.elsevier.com), selecting first ‘Support & contact’, then ‘Copyright & permission’. In the USA, users may clear permissions and make payments through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA; phone: +1 978 750 8400, fax: +1 978 750 4744, and in the UK through the Copyright Licensing Agency Rapid Clearance Service (CLARCS), 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP, UK; phone: +44 (0)20 7631 5555; fax: +44 (0)20 7631 5500. Other countries may have a local reprographic rights agency for payments. Derivative Works Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution. Permission of the Publisher is required for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. Electronic Storage or Usage Permission of the Publisher is required to store or use electronically any material contained in this journal, including any article or part of an article. Except as outlined above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the Publisher. Address permissions requests to: Elsevier Science Global Rights Department, at the mail, fax and email addresses noted above. Notice No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/ or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made. Although all advertising material is expected to conform to ethical (medical) standards, inclusion in this publication does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement of the quality or value of such product or of the claims made of it by its manufacturer.
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...Continued from page 1 communities, helping to fight crime, bringing more offenders to justice and better protecting the public.”
welfare
4G wins UN food programme contract…
4
G Identity Solutions has won a contract with the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) to expand a critical food distribution program with the objective of eliminating fraud and ensuring that all qualified citizens receive their proper share of assistance. The contract will see an expansion of the WFP’s Public Distribution System (PDS) project in the state of Orissa, India by completing the enrollment of the entire population of the Rayagada district and providing an end-toend solution for Point of Sale distribution that works effectively in remote areas. An earlier project resulted in the elimination of duplicate and bogus identities; this new project will ensure that the cardholders are empowered to exercise their rights at Fair Price Shops (FPS) through better systems, infrastructure and data transparency. The UN WFP undertook the PDS project on behalf of the Government of Orissa to reissue ration cards and institute new processes to better manage and monitor the distribution of food grains. The intent was to use the new technology and processes to eliminate fraud, so that aid gets to as many eligible recipients as possible. The first phase of the project, which was also implemented by 4G ID, was the multi-biometric solution for approximately one million citizens in the Rayagada district. The solution captured three biometrics – a face picture, two irises and ten fingerprints, and demographic details of citizen. In addition, 4G ID provided a de-duplication solution to eliminate fraud. The current project has two objectives. First, 4G ID will setup and run biometric enrolment stations to enrol citizens in order to create a unique ID for all eligible beneficiaries in Rayagada. The second objective is to design, test and deploy an end-to-end biometric Point of Sale solution, robust enough to handle food distribution in hundreds of rural locations. Such a system will ensure that the commodities are issued to beneficiaries only when one of the family member’s credentials are verified at the assigned Fair Price Shop. 4G ID is tasked with providing a number of technologies (biometric, barcode, smart card
and wireless technologies) in the POS solution. In addition 4G ID will provide a centralized management information system (MIS) to track and monitor the PDS system. The project is expected to result in substantial savings for the PDS Programme making it possible for the government to expand the food subsidy scheme to excluded but eligible beneficiaries.
…and secures UIDAI deal
I
n a separate announcement 4G Identity Solutions said it has won two bids to provide both fingerprint and iris recognition devices to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) as it undertakes building the world’s largest national biometric registry. The devices will be used in the UIDAI Proof of Concept which is designed to establish a definitive baseline for biometric data quality under Indian conditions. Subsequent to those tests, the devices and the data collected in the PoC will be used in the UIDAI’s biometrics Centre of Competence. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has been set up by the Government of India with a mandate to issue a unique identification number to all 1.2 billion residents of India. A key requirement of the Unique ID system is to eliminate duplicate identities in order to improve the efficacy of service delivery under numerous federal and state programs. UIDAI has chosen to capture iris, fingerprint and facial biometric features as the primary mechanisms for ensuring uniqueness. Nineteen companies, including the largest Indian integrators and hardware producers, participated in the bidding process for this part of the project. Sreeni Tripuraneni, the CEO of 4G ID, said: “The size, diversity and nature of India’s population, and adverse field conditions each add unique challenges to achieving uniqueness through biometric features.” Tripuraneni added that India cannot leverage other countries’ experiences in designing the UIDAI’s biometrics systems and processes as those experiences simply do not exist in terms of scale, diversity, and environmental conditions. “It is necessary to test devices and enrolment processes in various Indian environments. The UIDAI will use the biometric devices to establish a definitive baseline and answer three questions: What practices will result in the optimum quality of captured biometric information? What level of accuracy can be expected
March 2010
NEWS by using fingerprints, iris, and a combination of fingerprints and iris? How does this accuracy vary across certain demographic traits such as gender, age and occupation?”
voter
Smartmatic chosen for UN project in Republic of Zambia
T
he United Nations, through its Development Programme (UNDP), has selected Smartmatic to provide new technologies for the improvement of the electoral register of the Republic of Zambia. Smartmatic, a leading provider of technological solutions for governments, was selected after the UN conducted a rigorous testing of numerous identity and registry technologies. “We are very excited to be selected by the UNDP for this important project and to have the opportunity to provide the Republic of Zambia with our advanced technology to enhance their electoral register,” said Antonio Mugica, Smartmatic’s CEO. For the first stage of the project, Smartmatic will supply the Republic of Zambia with 1,000 mobile electronic biometric registry units, known as PARkits. This includes all hardware and software components, with their respective protective cases, training services, technical assistance and a one-year warranty. The UNDP expects recruiting of operators to start on the second week of April and the electoral registration operations to begin in May 2010. The voter registration project in Zambia is part of the UNDP’s ongoing commitment to improve the performance of democratic governments. The UNDP invests 34% of its resources each year in projects in support of democratic governments and provides on-the-ground services in 166 countries.
id
US Senators push national biometric ID concept
T
he controversial idea of a biometric ID card has raised its head above the parapet in the USA as Senators Lindsey Graham and Charles Schumer discussed the role with President Obama that biometric verification could play in immigration.
March 2010
The Senators say they explored ideas on how to secure the country’s borders, pushing to moving it toward a biometric Social Security card to ensure illegal workers cannot get jobs, creation of a temporary worker programme and a plan to deal with illegal immigrants already in the US. “We had a productive meeting with the President and provided him with a status report on our work on this issue,” says Senator Graham. “Our framework remains a work in progress. The President welcomed the framework and indicated that he needs time to review the structure.” Their call for a biometric ID is part of what they believe is a necessary overhaul of immigration law, including additional border security. In an article for The Washington Post, the senators said: “Each card’s unique biometric identifier would be stored only on the card; no government database would house everyone’s information. The cards would not contain any private information, medical information or tracking devices.”
epassport
ePassport market adoption to reach 88% by 2014
N
ew research indicates that ePassports accounted for 57% of all passports issued and 28% of all passports in circulation in 2009. Acuity Market Intelligence projects that continued market adoption will drive ePassport penetration to 88% of all passports issued in 2014 accounting for nearly 80% of all passports in circulation by the beginning of 2015. “As adoption rates indicate, ePassport deployment will reach a sustainable level of maturity over the next few years”, says Acuity principal, Maxine Most. “With these documents in place, the focus shifts to developing a highly secure, truly interoperable international border infrastructure that incorporates fast and reliable ePassport authentication and biometric verification driving continued growth of the ePassport market ecosystem.” “In addition ePassports and associated enrolment, verification, and authentication equipment will be continually updated and upgraded,” added Rudie Lion, secure document and smart card expert and report co-author. Lion continues, “Given the speed of technology innovation, the need to engineer ahead of security breaches, and the wear and tear on
APPLICATION NEWS UÊ iÌÀVÊ V iµÕiÊ V>à }Ê V«>ÞÊ AllTrust Networks has announced that over six million consumers have now enrolled in AllTrust’s Paycheck Secure system. The six millionth consumer enrolled this month at Washington grocer Fiesta Foods. The company deployed the Paycheck Secure system at its four locations in 2009. Since using the Paycheck Secure system Fiesta has cashed more than US$56 million in payroll cheques for its nearly 25,000 customers who are enrolled in the system. UÊ Sagem Sécurité has been chosen to provide a key security solution for the Minas Gerais State Administrative Centre (Cidade `ÃÌÀ>ÌÛ>®Ê Ê Ì iÊ V>«Ì>Ê VÌÞÊ vÊ iÊ Horizonte, a new high-tech building. In partnership with Task Sistemas, Sagem Sécurité will supply a large-scale access control system comprising some 300 latest-generation MorphoAccess 120 biometric terminals. The MorphoAccess 120 will be used to ensure secure access to the key building entrances, using fingerprint recognition technology. UÊ St. Croix Regional Medical Center (SCRMC), one of the largest healthcare providers in Wisconsin, is using Imprivata OneSign to provide secure access to patient data. As part of the organization’s roll out of NextGen Healthcare’s EMR system, SCRMC needed to provide its physicians and clinicians with an easy and secure way to access patient data. Meanwhile, Imprivata has announced that Mahaska Health Partnership (MHP) has secured its virtual and traditional computing environments using Imprivata OneSign. With Imprivata OneSign, MHP streamlined clinician access to patient data, both within the facility and from remote locations, while addressing key mandates introduced in the Healthcare Information Portability and Privacy (HIPAA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Acts. UÊ Print Electronics, a SecuGen Value Added Reseller partner, working with a local integrator partner, has successfully delivered and implemented the SecuGen Hamster IV, a fully FIPS 201/PIV-compliant fingerprint reader, into the Tamil Nadu Health Insurance Scheme (TNHIS). TNHIS is one of many projects that comprise the Indian government’s eGovernance Initiative. The TNHIS is intended to make health care insurance available to India’s rural poor, while the biometric component and usage of the SecuGen Hamster IV fingerprint readers are to help prevent unauthorized access at the point of authentication.
Biometric Technology Today
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Editorial Office: Elsevier Ltd The Boulevard Langford Lane Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB, UK Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843973 Email: [email protected] Website: www.biometrics-today.com Publisher: Laurence Zipson E-mail: [email protected] Editor: Steve Mansfield-Devine Tel: +44 (0) 20 3286 7828 Production Support Manager: Lin Lucas Email: [email protected] Subscription Information An annual subscription to Biometric Technology Today includes 10 printed issues and online access for up to 5 users. Prices: 998 for all European countries & Iran US$1080 for all countries except Europe and Japan ¥132 700 for Japan (Prices valid until 31 December 2010) To subscribe send payment to the address above. Tel: +44 (0)1865 843687/Fax: +44 (0)1865 834971 Email: [email protected], or via www.biometrics-today.com. Subscriptions run for 12 months, from the date payment is received. Periodicals postage is paid at Rahway, NJ 07065, USA. Postmaster send all USA address corrections to: Biometric Technology Today, 365 Blair Road, Avenel, NJ 07001, USA This newsletter and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by Elsevier Ltd, and the following terms and conditions apply to their use: Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier Global Rights Department, PO Box 800, Oxford OX5 1DX, UK; phone: +44 1865 843830, fax: +44 1865 853333, email: [email protected]. You may also contact Global Rights directly through Elsevier’s home page (www.elsevier.com), selecting first ‘Support & contact’, then ‘Copyright & permission’. In the USA, users may clear permissions and make payments through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA; phone: +1 978 750 8400, fax: +1 978 750 4744, and in the UK through the Copyright Licensing Agency Rapid Clearance Service (CLARCS), 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP, UK; phone: +44 (0)20 7631 5555; fax: +44 (0)20 7631 5500. Other countries may have a local reprographic rights agency for payments. Derivative Works Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution. Permission of the Publisher is required for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. Electronic Storage or Usage Permission of the Publisher is required to store or use electronically any material contained in this journal, including any article or part of an article. Except as outlined above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the Publisher. Address permissions requests to: Elsevier Science Global Rights Department, at the mail, fax and email addresses noted above. Notice No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/ or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made. Although all advertising material is expected to conform to ethical (medical) standards, inclusion in this publication does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement of the quality or value of such product or of the claims made of it by its manufacturer.
02265 Pre-press/Printed by Mayfield Press (Oxford) Ltd.
2
Biometric Technology Today
...Continued from page 1 communities, helping to fight crime, bringing more offenders to justice and better protecting the public.”
welfare
4G wins UN food programme contract…
4
G Identity Solutions has won a contract with the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) to expand a critical food distribution program with the objective of eliminating fraud and ensuring that all qualified citizens receive their proper share of assistance. The contract will see an expansion of the WFP’s Public Distribution System (PDS) project in the state of Orissa, India by completing the enrollment of the entire population of the Rayagada district and providing an end-toend solution for Point of Sale distribution that works effectively in remote areas. An earlier project resulted in the elimination of duplicate and bogus identities; this new project will ensure that the cardholders are empowered to exercise their rights at Fair Price Shops (FPS) through better systems, infrastructure and data transparency. The UN WFP undertook the PDS project on behalf of the Government of Orissa to reissue ration cards and institute new processes to better manage and monitor the distribution of food grains. The intent was to use the new technology and processes to eliminate fraud, so that aid gets to as many eligible recipients as possible. The first phase of the project, which was also implemented by 4G ID, was the multi-biometric solution for approximately one million citizens in the Rayagada district. The solution captured three biometrics – a face picture, two irises and ten fingerprints, and demographic details of citizen. In addition, 4G ID provided a de-duplication solution to eliminate fraud. The current project has two objectives. First, 4G ID will setup and run biometric enrolment stations to enrol citizens in order to create a unique ID for all eligible beneficiaries in Rayagada. The second objective is to design, test and deploy an end-to-end biometric Point of Sale solution, robust enough to handle food distribution in hundreds of rural locations. Such a system will ensure that the commodities are issued to beneficiaries only when one of the family member’s credentials are verified at the assigned Fair Price Shop. 4G ID is tasked with providing a number of technologies (biometric, barcode, smart card
and wireless technologies) in the POS solution. In addition 4G ID will provide a centralized management information system (MIS) to track and monitor the PDS system. The project is expected to result in substantial savings for the PDS Programme making it possible for the government to expand the food subsidy scheme to excluded but eligible beneficiaries.
…and secures UIDAI deal
I
n a separate announcement 4G Identity Solutions said it has won two bids to provide both fingerprint and iris recognition devices to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) as it undertakes building the world’s largest national biometric registry. The devices will be used in the UIDAI Proof of Concept which is designed to establish a definitive baseline for biometric data quality under Indian conditions. Subsequent to those tests, the devices and the data collected in the PoC will be used in the UIDAI’s biometrics Centre of Competence. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has been set up by the Government of India with a mandate to issue a unique identification number to all 1.2 billion residents of India. A key requirement of the Unique ID system is to eliminate duplicate identities in order to improve the efficacy of service delivery under numerous federal and state programs. UIDAI has chosen to capture iris, fingerprint and facial biometric features as the primary mechanisms for ensuring uniqueness. Nineteen companies, including the largest Indian integrators and hardware producers, participated in the bidding process for this part of the project. Sreeni Tripuraneni, the CEO of 4G ID, said: “The size, diversity and nature of India’s population, and adverse field conditions each add unique challenges to achieving uniqueness through biometric features.” Tripuraneni added that India cannot leverage other countries’ experiences in designing the UIDAI’s biometrics systems and processes as those experiences simply do not exist in terms of scale, diversity, and environmental conditions. “It is necessary to test devices and enrolment processes in various Indian environments. The UIDAI will use the biometric devices to establish a definitive baseline and answer three questions: What practices will result in the optimum quality of captured biometric information? What level of accuracy can be expected
March 2010
NEWS by using fingerprints, iris, and a combination of fingerprints and iris? How does this accuracy vary across certain demographic traits such as gender, age and occupation?”
voter
Smartmatic chosen for UN project in Republic of Zambia
T
he United Nations, through its Development Programme (UNDP), has selected Smartmatic to provide new technologies for the improvement of the electoral register of the Republic of Zambia. Smartmatic, a leading provider of technological solutions for governments, was selected after the UN conducted a rigorous testing of numerous identity and registry technologies. “We are very excited to be selected by the UNDP for this important project and to have the opportunity to provide the Republic of Zambia with our advanced technology to enhance their electoral register,” said Antonio Mugica, Smartmatic’s CEO. For the first stage of the project, Smartmatic will supply the Republic of Zambia with 1,000 mobile electronic biometric registry units, known as PARkits. This includes all hardware and software components, with their respective protective cases, training services, technical assistance and a one-year warranty. The UNDP expects recruiting of operators to start on the second week of April and the electoral registration operations to begin in May 2010. The voter registration project in Zambia is part of the UNDP’s ongoing commitment to improve the performance of democratic governments. The UNDP invests 34% of its resources each year in projects in support of democratic governments and provides on-the-ground services in 166 countries.
id
US Senators push national biometric ID concept
T
he controversial idea of a biometric ID card has raised its head above the parapet in the USA as Senators Lindsey Graham and Charles Schumer discussed the role with President Obama that biometric verification could play in immigration.
March 2010
The Senators say they explored ideas on how to secure the country’s borders, pushing to moving it toward a biometric Social Security card to ensure illegal workers cannot get jobs, creation of a temporary worker programme and a plan to deal with illegal immigrants already in the US. “We had a productive meeting with the President and provided him with a status report on our work on this issue,” says Senator Graham. “Our framework remains a work in progress. The President welcomed the framework and indicated that he needs time to review the structure.” Their call for a biometric ID is part of what they believe is a necessary overhaul of immigration law, including additional border security. In an article for The Washington Post, the senators said: “Each card’s unique biometric identifier would be stored only on the card; no government database would house everyone’s information. The cards would not contain any private information, medical information or tracking devices.”
epassport
ePassport market adoption to reach 88% by 2014
N
ew research indicates that ePassports accounted for 57% of all passports issued and 28% of all passports in circulation in 2009. Acuity Market Intelligence projects that continued market adoption will drive ePassport penetration to 88% of all passports issued in 2014 accounting for nearly 80% of all passports in circulation by the beginning of 2015. “As adoption rates indicate, ePassport deployment will reach a sustainable level of maturity over the next few years”, says Acuity principal, Maxine Most. “With these documents in place, the focus shifts to developing a highly secure, truly interoperable international border infrastructure that incorporates fast and reliable ePassport authentication and biometric verification driving continued growth of the ePassport market ecosystem.” “In addition ePassports and associated enrolment, verification, and authentication equipment will be continually updated and upgraded,” added Rudie Lion, secure document and smart card expert and report co-author. Lion continues, “Given the speed of technology innovation, the need to engineer ahead of security breaches, and the wear and tear on
APPLICATION NEWS UÊ iÌÀVÊ V iµÕiÊ V>à }Ê V«>ÞÊ AllTrust Networks has announced that over six million consumers have now enrolled in AllTrust’s Paycheck Secure system. The six millionth consumer enrolled this month at Washington grocer Fiesta Foods. The company deployed the Paycheck Secure system at its four locations in 2009. Since using the Paycheck Secure system Fiesta has cashed more than US$56 million in payroll cheques for its nearly 25,000 customers who are enrolled in the system. UÊ Sagem Sécurité has been chosen to provide a key security solution for the Minas Gerais State Administrative Centre (Cidade `ÃÌÀ>ÌÛ>®Ê Ê Ì iÊ V>«Ì>Ê VÌÞÊ vÊ iÊ Horizonte, a new high-tech building. In partnership with Task Sistemas, Sagem Sécurité will supply a large-scale access control system comprising some 300 latest-generation MorphoAccess 120 biometric terminals. The MorphoAccess 120 will be used to ensure secure access to the key building entrances, using fingerprint recognition technology. UÊ St. Croix Regional Medical Center (SCRMC), one of the largest healthcare providers in Wisconsin, is using Imprivata OneSign to provide secure access to patient data. As part of the organization’s roll out of NextGen Healthcare’s EMR system, SCRMC needed to provide its physicians and clinicians with an easy and secure way to access patient data. Meanwhile, Imprivata has announced that Mahaska Health Partnership (MHP) has secured its virtual and traditional computing environments using Imprivata OneSign. With Imprivata OneSign, MHP streamlined clinician access to patient data, both within the facility and from remote locations, while addressing key mandates introduced in the Healthcare Information Portability and Privacy (HIPAA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Acts. UÊ Print Electronics, a SecuGen Value Added Reseller partner, working with a local integrator partner, has successfully delivered and implemented the SecuGen Hamster IV, a fully FIPS 201/PIV-compliant fingerprint reader, into the Tamil Nadu Health Insurance Scheme (TNHIS). TNHIS is one of many projects that comprise the Indian government’s eGovernance Initiative. The TNHIS is intended to make health care insurance available to India’s rural poor, while the biometric component and usage of the SecuGen Hamster IV fingerprint readers are to help prevent unauthorized access at the point of authentication.
Biometric Technology Today
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