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Chinese and Australian governments ramp up citizen biometric authentication
NEWS us to unite the security and experience needs of today’s employees.” The partners have deployed a solution at global production facility manufacturer ASMAG’s Austria headquarters, incorporating physical access control for employees and visitors based on any2any’s mobile platform and secured by BioID’s face recognition as part of ASMAG’s Industry 4.0 project. “To maintain a competitive edge, manufacturers must take steps to adopt an Industry 4.0 model by converting their facilities into smart factories, with advanced automation and intelligence. However, such technology comes with challenges in terms of both security and user experience,” says Johann Vielhaber, CEO of ASMAG Group. “With BioID’s authentication and the experience platform from any2any, we can now ensure the security of our operations to protect the secrecy of every design before it gets delivered to our customer.”
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Chinese and Australian governments ramp up citizen biometric authentication
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s the global government biometrics market is estimated to rise from $4,996.5m in 2017 to $8,605.2m by the end of 2022, according to Transparency Market Research (TMR), China and Australia in particular are seeing accelerated adoption of biometric programmes. TMR predicts that the government biometric market will expand at a CAGR of 11.5% during the period 2017–2022, driven by the need for reliable citizen authentication and the use of biometrics in long-term e-passport programmes. The rate of implementation of biometric technology across Australia is continuing to speed up, driving an increasingly inflamed privacy debate. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull appeared to add fuel to the fire, describing his request to add all stored drivers licence images to a national facial recognition database as the logical next step in the fight against terrorism. In addition, according to a report by The Register, Turnbull agreed that the solution might be able to monitor people in public places such as shopping malls, telling Australian broadcaster ABC ‘it absolutely could be’. Proposals for biometric scanning of people using public transport in Brisbane are also meeting resistance from privacy advocates. The
November/December 2017
Australian Privacy Foundation has ‘strongly condemned’ the move, arguing that that the collection and use of biometric identifiers scanning has neither been discussed nor approved by the state’s privacy regulator. Foundation spokesperson Monique Mann says in a press release: “Comprehensive scanning will not work. It is not necessary. It is contrary to the right to privacy expected by all Australians.” The Foundation is calling for the Queensland Government to launch a public consultation and conduct a privacy impact assessment about the collection and use of biometrics on the state’s public transport system. Meanwhile, China is reported to be working with Isvision, a security company based in Shanghai to build a facial recognition system with the power to identify any one of its 1.3bn citizens within three seconds. Isvision confirmed to the South China Morning Post that it had won the contract last year but declined to provide details. Separately, The Communications University of China has introduced facial recognition technology that identifies students when they arrive for lectures, checking for attendance, according to Beijing News.
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UN Migration Agency works with Biometrics Institute on migration management
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OM, the UN Migration Agency, and the Biometrics Institute have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that formalises closer collaboration on the responsible use of biometrics in migration management. IOM supports countries with their migration programmes and in building better border management, as well as offering direct assistance to all migrants. The MoU is intended to help the IOM and the Biometrics Institute address challenges such as how to use biometrics to better balance facilitation and security requirements, ensure better accessibility to safe transport modes for migrants and refugees, harness the benefits of biometrics to increase safe and regular international cross border mobility and address health challenges linked to international mobility. IOM also cooperates closely with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and its technical working groups. Continued on page 11...
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Counter Terror Expo
Security & Counter Terror Expo is the UK’s national security event. It is a showcase of capabilities, strategies and intelligence used to keep nations, infrastructure, business and people safe. It brings together more than 10,000 senior professionals from government, private sector, critical national infrastructure, military, law enforcement, transport security, border security, security services, major events and emergency services. Security & Counter Terror Expo is co-located with Forensics Europe Expo and Ambition – The EPRR Expo. More information: http://www.counterterrorexpo.com
13–15 March 2018 Singapore
Money20/20 Asia
Money20/20 Asia launches in March 2018. The focal point is payments. It brings together visionaries and innovators from across the spectrum who are inventing ways to spend, manage, save, borrow, share and protect money. More information: https://www.money2020.com/
20–21 March 2018
Mary Gates Learning Centre, Washington DC, US
Biometrics Institute US Conference 2018 The programme is under development but will follow the format of last year’s conference, involving discussion and interaction led by industry experts but with additional time for exploration of other topics and areas of interest. More information: https://www.biometricsinstitute.org/events/us-conference-2018
18–19 April 2018 Brussels, Belgium
ID@Borders 2018
This annual event will bring together the borders community. The programme focuses on the user perspective and key decision makers will provide updates to the industry on border management, travel facilitation and security, migration management and more. More information: [email protected]
30 April–2 May Washington DC,US
connect:ID 2018
connect:ID, run by Science Media Partners and the International Biometrics + Identity Association (IBIA), unites solutions adopters and stakeholders from around the world to explore the development and fusion of multiple advanced identity technologies. connect:ID 2018 will bring the identity community together to explore the identity revolution and chart a course for the future. More information: http://www.connectidexpo.com/
2–3 May 2018
Crystal City, VA, US
2018 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security The 18th annual IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST ’18) brings together innovators from academic, industry, businesses, Homeland Security centres of excellence, and government agencies to provide a forum to discuss ideas, concepts and experimental results. More information: http://ieee-hst.org/
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Chinese and Australian governments ramp up citizen biometric authentication
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s the global government biometrics market is estimated to rise from $4,996.5m in 2017 to $8,605.2m by the end of 2022, according to Transparency Market Research (TMR), China and Australia in particular are seeing accelerated adoption of biometric programmes. TMR predicts that the government biometric market will expand at a CAGR of 11.5% during the period 2017–2022, driven by the need for reliable citizen authentication and the use of biometrics in long-term e-passport programmes. The rate of implementation of biometric technology across Australia is continuing to speed up, driving an increasingly inflamed privacy debate. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull appeared to add fuel to the fire, describing his request to add all stored drivers licence images to a national facial recognition database as the logical next step in the fight against terrorism. In addition, according to a report by The Register, Turnbull agreed that the solution might be able to monitor people in public places such as shopping malls, telling Australian broadcaster ABC ‘it absolutely could be’. Proposals for biometric scanning of people using public transport in Brisbane are also meeting resistance from privacy advocates. The
November/December 2017
Australian Privacy Foundation has ‘strongly condemned’ the move, arguing that that the collection and use of biometric identifiers scanning has neither been discussed nor approved by the state’s privacy regulator. Foundation spokesperson Monique Mann says in a press release: “Comprehensive scanning will not work. It is not necessary. It is contrary to the right to privacy expected by all Australians.” The Foundation is calling for the Queensland Government to launch a public consultation and conduct a privacy impact assessment about the collection and use of biometrics on the state’s public transport system. Meanwhile, China is reported to be working with Isvision, a security company based in Shanghai to build a facial recognition system with the power to identify any one of its 1.3bn citizens within three seconds. Isvision confirmed to the South China Morning Post that it had won the contract last year but declined to provide details. Separately, The Communications University of China has introduced facial recognition technology that identifies students when they arrive for lectures, checking for attendance, according to Beijing News.
borders
UN Migration Agency works with Biometrics Institute on migration management
I
OM, the UN Migration Agency, and the Biometrics Institute have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that formalises closer collaboration on the responsible use of biometrics in migration management. IOM supports countries with their migration programmes and in building better border management, as well as offering direct assistance to all migrants. The MoU is intended to help the IOM and the Biometrics Institute address challenges such as how to use biometrics to better balance facilitation and security requirements, ensure better accessibility to safe transport modes for migrants and refugees, harness the benefits of biometrics to increase safe and regular international cross border mobility and address health challenges linked to international mobility. IOM also cooperates closely with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and its technical working groups. Continued on page 11...
EVENTS CALENDAR 6–7 March 2018 Olympia, London
Counter Terror Expo
Security & Counter Terror Expo is the UK’s national security event. It is a showcase of capabilities, strategies and intelligence used to keep nations, infrastructure, business and people safe. It brings together more than 10,000 senior professionals from government, private sector, critical national infrastructure, military, law enforcement, transport security, border security, security services, major events and emergency services. Security & Counter Terror Expo is co-located with Forensics Europe Expo and Ambition – The EPRR Expo. More information: http://www.counterterrorexpo.com
13–15 March 2018 Singapore
Money20/20 Asia
Money20/20 Asia launches in March 2018. The focal point is payments. It brings together visionaries and innovators from across the spectrum who are inventing ways to spend, manage, save, borrow, share and protect money. More information: https://www.money2020.com/
20–21 March 2018
Mary Gates Learning Centre, Washington DC, US
Biometrics Institute US Conference 2018 The programme is under development but will follow the format of last year’s conference, involving discussion and interaction led by industry experts but with additional time for exploration of other topics and areas of interest. More information: https://www.biometricsinstitute.org/events/us-conference-2018
18–19 April 2018 Brussels, Belgium
ID@Borders 2018
This annual event will bring together the borders community. The programme focuses on the user perspective and key decision makers will provide updates to the industry on border management, travel facilitation and security, migration management and more. More information: [email protected]
30 April–2 May Washington DC,US
connect:ID 2018
connect:ID, run by Science Media Partners and the International Biometrics + Identity Association (IBIA), unites solutions adopters and stakeholders from around the world to explore the development and fusion of multiple advanced identity technologies. connect:ID 2018 will bring the identity community together to explore the identity revolution and chart a course for the future. More information: http://www.connectidexpo.com/
2–3 May 2018
Crystal City, VA, US
2018 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security The 18th annual IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST ’18) brings together innovators from academic, industry, businesses, Homeland Security centres of excellence, and government agencies to provide a forum to discuss ideas, concepts and experimental results. More information: http://ieee-hst.org/
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