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UKPS reveals nine-step ID card plan The biometric enrolment trial about to be run by the UK Passport Service forms just one pilot in a host of other projects designed to pave the way towards the introduction of electronic identity cards in the UK by 2008, it has been revealed. Btt has gained access to a report which highlights nine key projects, all of which will help to improve identity verification and prevent identity fraud. Of these nine projects (see table on p2), five are directly related to the biometric industry including: • •
• • •
the integration of a biometric chip into a passport; a facial recognition trial for comparing applicant images against stored passport records or watch lists; the biometric enrolment trial; a study into the feasibility of issuing a biometric passport card; a feasibility study into reducing the validity of a passport from 10 years to five years.
Of these projects, the six-month biometric enrolment trial is about to get underway, while the internal facial recognition pilot will commence by the end
of 2004. Technical investigations looking at implementing a chip in a passport are currently at the prototype stage, with roll out planned for mid 2005. The passport card study will be ready by mid 2004, while the feasibility study into whether passport validity can be reduced is expected within a matter of weeks.
News update A number of interesting announcements have just been made surrounding the issuance of biometric passports and their suitability for use in the US Visa Waiver Scheme. Btt has learned that the UK Passport Service in cooperation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (which issues passports to British citizens abroad) were among a delegation sent to the US within the last month to meet officials in Washington. The outcome of the meetings is not yet clear, but the UK’s biometric plans and proposed timetable were discussed with the intention of ensuring that British travellers experience the
minimum inconvenience from the switch over to biometric passports. Meanwhile in separate developments, slightly more information about the biometric enrolment pilot, which is about to get underway, has been divulged. Of the 10,000 volunteers, some 2000 will reportedly be selected to provide a representative sample of the UK population, while 1000 will be selected from groups with disabilities. The remaining 7,000 will be selected from people near the four test sites. The test sites themselves will be at Newcastle town hall, a DVLA site, a post office and London’s passport office. Continued on page 2...
Contents Application news Product news Company news In brief
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Feature: With a flick of an eye – eye movement as biometric ID
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Survey: Speaker recognition part 2
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market forecasts
Iris recognition set for sustained growth The market for iris recognition technology looks set for period of sustained growth according to predictions from some of the industry’s leading market forecasters. Frost & Sullivan and the International Biometric Group (IBG) have both made buoyant predictions in recently released
reports. Frost & Sullivan believes that global revenues for the technology could reach just over half a billion dollars by 2009 (see Figure 1). Meanwhile IBG predicts revenues to hit US$366 million by 2008 (see Figure 2).
Regulars Events Business Watch Comment
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To provide UKPS with the capability to require passport applicants to attend in person and interview them as part of the application process. The objective is to reduce fraud and deter illegal entry. The project underpins UKPS’ central role in implementing the ID card scheme by providing a likely minimum standard for establishing ID and providing links with biometric enrolment proposals
On-line Registration records
To provide on-line access to ONS Birth, Marriage and Death registers. UKPS and ONS have had some notable success in data sharing to prevent, (and prosecute), the hijacking of dead children’s identities.
Service planned to come on line from 2006/7.
Personal Identity Project (PIP)
To provide UKPS with the capability to verify the identity of passport applicants and holders by accessing commercial databases and other Government Department databases.
Full office trial from October 2003 to October 2004. Potential for full rollout during 2005 and 2006
Lost, Stolen and Recovered Passports
To provide UKPS with the capability to capture, store, process and disseminate information relating to lost, stolen and recovered (LSR) passports.
Went live in December 2003 and rolling out in 2004/5, when also seeking to provide international access to Interpol.
To provide UKPS with the capability to issue customers with a passport book that stores biometric information about the holder. This is intended to provide greater assurance about the authenticity of the passport holder on presentation of the passport. Inserting a microchip containing facial image data into the passport book will improve the security and integrity of the passport by more tightly linking the passport holder to the passport book via the biometric.
Currently in prototype with a six month rollout to begin in mid 2005 (including overseas posts).
Facial recognition
To provide UKPS with the capability to electronically match facial images stored or presented to UKPS systems with the stored passport records of individuals or watch lists. Improving counter fraud capabilities by recognising fraudsters and high-risk individuals previously identified and photographed when they access UKPS services.
Scanning trials currently underway to determine solution options. Pilot by end 2004.
Biometric Trial and second biometric
To provide UKPS and partner organisations with information about the feasibility of adopting a second biometric to deter and detect duplicate applications, and strengthen the link between passport/ID cards and the individual holder. The six month trial will provide data on the enrolment and identity verification process using facial, iris pattern and fingerprint data from a representative 10,000 sample of the UK population.
The trial will begin enrolment in London (Globe House) in February and complete by July 2004.
To make available a passport in the form of a credit card size plastic card with a biometric which meets international travel document standards. The card supports the ID Card scheme both as a potential prototype from around 2006, and as the passport/ID card to be issued from 2007/8.
Study to determine technological solutions and business case by mid 2004.
Investigate the possibility of providing UKPS with the capability to move from a 10-year passport validity regime to 5 years. Would provide support for biometric-enabled passport books and subsequent book technology by reducing the required durability of the biometric-enabled passport books and reducing the opportunity for counterfeiters to “catchup” with embedded security measures.
Feasibility study to report back by February 2004. No decision yet taken.
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Passport Card
5 year validity
Feasibility study in 2004. Possible implementation in 2006
Biometric Technology Today • March 2004
March 2004
ISSN 0969-4765
id cards
UKPS reveals nine-step ID card plan The biometric enrolment trial about to be run by the UK Passport Service forms just one pilot in a host of other projects designed to pave the way towards the introduction of electronic identity cards in the UK by 2008, it has been revealed. Btt has gained access to a report which highlights nine key projects, all of which will help to improve identity verification and prevent identity fraud. Of these nine projects (see table on p2), five are directly related to the biometric industry including: • •
• • •
the integration of a biometric chip into a passport; a facial recognition trial for comparing applicant images against stored passport records or watch lists; the biometric enrolment trial; a study into the feasibility of issuing a biometric passport card; a feasibility study into reducing the validity of a passport from 10 years to five years.
Of these projects, the six-month biometric enrolment trial is about to get underway, while the internal facial recognition pilot will commence by the end
of 2004. Technical investigations looking at implementing a chip in a passport are currently at the prototype stage, with roll out planned for mid 2005. The passport card study will be ready by mid 2004, while the feasibility study into whether passport validity can be reduced is expected within a matter of weeks.
News update A number of interesting announcements have just been made surrounding the issuance of biometric passports and their suitability for use in the US Visa Waiver Scheme. Btt has learned that the UK Passport Service in cooperation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (which issues passports to British citizens abroad) were among a delegation sent to the US within the last month to meet officials in Washington. The outcome of the meetings is not yet clear, but the UK’s biometric plans and proposed timetable were discussed with the intention of ensuring that British travellers experience the
minimum inconvenience from the switch over to biometric passports. Meanwhile in separate developments, slightly more information about the biometric enrolment pilot, which is about to get underway, has been divulged. Of the 10,000 volunteers, some 2000 will reportedly be selected to provide a representative sample of the UK population, while 1000 will be selected from groups with disabilities. The remaining 7,000 will be selected from people near the four test sites. The test sites themselves will be at Newcastle town hall, a DVLA site, a post office and London’s passport office. Continued on page 2...
Contents Application news Product news Company news In brief
3 4 5 6
Feature: With a flick of an eye – eye movement as biometric ID
7
Survey: Speaker recognition part 2
9
market forecasts
Iris recognition set for sustained growth The market for iris recognition technology looks set for period of sustained growth according to predictions from some of the industry’s leading market forecasters. Frost & Sullivan and the International Biometric Group (IBG) have both made buoyant predictions in recently released
reports. Frost & Sullivan believes that global revenues for the technology could reach just over half a billion dollars by 2009 (see Figure 1). Meanwhile IBG predicts revenues to hit US$366 million by 2008 (see Figure 2).
Regulars Events Business Watch Comment
Continued on back page...
ISSN 0969-4765/04 © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This journal and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by Elsevier Ltd, and the following terms and conditions apply to their use: Photocopying Single photocopies of single articles may be made for personal use as allowed by national copyright laws. Permission of the publisher and payment of a fee is required for all other photocopying, including multiple or systematic copying, copying for advertising or promotional purposes, resale, and all forms of document delivery. Special rates are available for educational institutions that wish to make photocopies for non-profit educational classroom use.
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Copyright Notice
Project Name
Description
Timetable
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:
Interviews for first time applicants
Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier Rights & Permissions Department, PO Box 800, Oxford OX5 1DX, UK; tel: +44 (0)1865 843830, fax: +44 (0)1865 853333, e-mail: [email protected]. You may also contact Rights & Permissions directly through Elsevier’s home page (http://www.elsevier.com), selecting first ‘Customer Support’, then ‘General Information’, then ‘Permissions Query Form’.
To provide UKPS with the capability to require passport applicants to attend in person and interview them as part of the application process. The objective is to reduce fraud and deter illegal entry. The project underpins UKPS’ central role in implementing the ID card scheme by providing a likely minimum standard for establishing ID and providing links with biometric enrolment proposals
On-line Registration records
To provide on-line access to ONS Birth, Marriage and Death registers. UKPS and ONS have had some notable success in data sharing to prevent, (and prosecute), the hijacking of dead children’s identities.
Service planned to come on line from 2006/7.
Personal Identity Project (PIP)
To provide UKPS with the capability to verify the identity of passport applicants and holders by accessing commercial databases and other Government Department databases.
Full office trial from October 2003 to October 2004. Potential for full rollout during 2005 and 2006
Lost, Stolen and Recovered Passports
To provide UKPS with the capability to capture, store, process and disseminate information relating to lost, stolen and recovered (LSR) passports.
Went live in December 2003 and rolling out in 2004/5, when also seeking to provide international access to Interpol.
To provide UKPS with the capability to issue customers with a passport book that stores biometric information about the holder. This is intended to provide greater assurance about the authenticity of the passport holder on presentation of the passport. Inserting a microchip containing facial image data into the passport book will improve the security and integrity of the passport by more tightly linking the passport holder to the passport book via the biometric.
Currently in prototype with a six month rollout to begin in mid 2005 (including overseas posts).
Facial recognition
To provide UKPS with the capability to electronically match facial images stored or presented to UKPS systems with the stored passport records of individuals or watch lists. Improving counter fraud capabilities by recognising fraudsters and high-risk individuals previously identified and photographed when they access UKPS services.
Scanning trials currently underway to determine solution options. Pilot by end 2004.
Biometric Trial and second biometric
To provide UKPS and partner organisations with information about the feasibility of adopting a second biometric to deter and detect duplicate applications, and strengthen the link between passport/ID cards and the individual holder. The six month trial will provide data on the enrolment and identity verification process using facial, iris pattern and fingerprint data from a representative 10,000 sample of the UK population.
The trial will begin enrolment in London (Globe House) in February and complete by July 2004.
To make available a passport in the form of a credit card size plastic card with a biometric which meets international travel document standards. The card supports the ID Card scheme both as a potential prototype from around 2006, and as the passport/ID card to be issued from 2007/8.
Study to determine technological solutions and business case by mid 2004.
Investigate the possibility of providing UKPS with the capability to move from a 10-year passport validity regime to 5 years. Would provide support for biometric-enabled passport books and subsequent book technology by reducing the required durability of the biometric-enabled passport books and reducing the opportunity for counterfeiters to “catchup” with embedded security measures.
Feasibility study to report back by February 2004. No decision yet taken.
In the USA, users may clear permissions and make payments through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA; tel: 978 7508400, fax: +1 978 7504744, and in the UK through the Copyright Licensing Agency Rapid Clearance Service (CLARCS), 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP, UK; tel: +44 (0) 207 436 5931; fax: +44 (0) 207 436 3986. 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.
Biometric Chip in passport
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. Contact the publisher at the address indicated. 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 Rights & Permissions Department, at the mail, fax and e-mail 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 Printed by Mayfield Press (Oxford) Ltd.
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Passport Card
5 year validity
Feasibility study in 2004. Possible implementation in 2006
Biometric Technology Today • March 2004