International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 9 April: Biometrics and e-Prescribing

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International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webconference on 11 March: Comparative Biometric Testing Round 7

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International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webconference on 19 February 2009: EU Travel Documents and Systems

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International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 15 January 2009: 2008: The Year in Biometrics

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International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 11 December 2008: Planning Considerations for Border Control Systems

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International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 13 November 2008: The Biometric Market and Industry Report, 2009-2014

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International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 9 October 2008: Mobile Biometrics for Law Enforcement.

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International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 18 September 2008: DNA-Based Identification.

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International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 28 August 2008: Quantitative Research on Fingerprint Friction Ridge Patterns.

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International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 31 July 2008: Palmprint Biometrics in the Criminal Justice Community (reprise).

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International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 26 June 2008: Palmprint Biometrics in the Criminal Justice Community.

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International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 22 May 2008: Biometrics in Correctional Facilities.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 24 April 2008: European Union Considerations for e-Passports, Biometrics, and Border Control Programs.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 27 March 2008: Image Quality and its Effect on Biometrics.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 21 February 2008: Sensors, Surveillance and Biometric Technologies Center of Excellence.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 24 January 2008: The Intersection of Identity Fraud and Biometrics.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 29 November 2007: Evolving Federal Landscape for Biometrics.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 18 October 2007: Opportunities for Biometrics in Underdeveloped Regions.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 20 September 2007: The State of Biometrics: Reflections on the 2007 Biometrics Consortium Conference and Technology Expo.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 16 August 2007: Case for Biometrics in Your Corporation - What Every CIO, CSO, CISO, and IT Manager Should Know.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 12 July 2007: Challenges for Biometric Surveillance Systems.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 14 June 2007: Challenges in Integrating Multimodal Biometrics.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 10 May 2007: Trade Studies in Large-Scale Biometric Deployments.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 12 April 2007 discussing Identity Management in Healthcare.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 8 March 2007 discussing Biometrics and Transportation Security.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 8 February 2007 discussing Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Qualified Product List (QPL) Testing.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 11 January 2007 discussing IBG's Biometrics Market and Industry Report 2007-2012.

IBG's Biometrics Market and Industry Report 2007-2012 is the most in-depth and authoritative report on global biometric market opportunities, trends, and growth drivers. The Report helps investors, strategic planners, systems integrators, technology developers, and government organizations understand and capitalize on opportunities in the biometric industry.

The Report forecasts that fingerprint will gain 38.1% of the non-AFIS biometrics market in 2012, followed by face recognition at 19.0% and iris recognition at 7.7%. Vein recognition is expected to play a larger role in access control applications, eventually comprising over 10% of this market.

In this IBG webcast, Consultant Oren Shur introduced the new Report and discussed the following:

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 14 December 2006 discussing Biometrics and Spoofing and introducing IBG's SPOOF 2007 Program.

As the use of biometrics in commercial and government applications expands, the technology faces increased scrutiny. One area of particular concern among deployers and end users is spoofing, or the use of artifacts such as fake fingerprints to defeat biometric systems.

In this IBG webcast, Consultant Ross Mitchell introduced SPOOF 2007, the industry's first structured evaluation of biometric technologies' susceptibility to spoof attacks. In addition to discussing SPOOF 2007 goals and timeframes, Mr. Mitchell discussed the following:

• modality-specific spoofing issues;
• potential anti-spoofing techniques; and
• examples of "real-world" risks and risk mitigation techniques.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 9 November 2006 to discuss Biometrics and the REAL ID Program.

Signed into US public law on 8 May 2005, the REAL ID Act calls for the establishment of national standards for state-issued driver licenses and identification cards. Starting May 2008, federal agencies will only accept, as proof of identification, licenses that meet REAL ID criteria.

While digital face images are required to comply with REAL ID, the role of other biometrics such as fingerprint is indeterminate. Because many REAL ID requirements are subject to interpretation, agencies are seeking guidance on compliance issues.

In this webcast, IBG Consultant Bridget Driscoll addressed:

• the background of the REAL ID program and recent developments;
• privacy considerations;
• challenges and risks facing Departments of Motor Vehicles; and
• organizational readiness requirements.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 12 October 2006 to discuss its Biometric Performance Certification program.

IBG recently certified the performance of biometric products from Hitachi, Fujitsu, and IrisGuard. Certification was based on results from Round 6 of IBG's Comparative Biometric Testing.

Biometric Performance Certification is the only program that certifies the performance of end-to-end biometric systems, including capture hardware and matching software.

IBG Director of Special Projects Michael Thieme discussed the following aspects of IBG's certification program:

• Relevance of certification to federal and commercial applications;
• Details of certification levels achieved; and
• Upcoming test efforts.

To date, IBG's Biometric Performance Certification program has certified five biometric products for applications such as access control, border management, network security, and point of sale. Thousands of commercial and government organizations use IBG test results when making deployment and partnership decisions.

International Biometric Group (IBG) hosted a webcast on 14 September 2006 to discuss results from its recently-completed Comparative Biometric Testing (CBT) Round 6. In CBT Round 6, IBG tested vein recognition and iris recognition systems from Hitachi, Fujitsu, and IrisGuard. These cutting-edge technologies are widely used in access control, consumer ID, and border management programs.

Comparative Biometric Testing is the leading full-system performance testing program in the biometric industry. CBT evaluates the accuracy and usability of end-to-end biometric systems, including sensors, software, and algorithms.

IBG collected approximately 70,000 samples and performed nearly 120,000,000 comparisons in generating CBT Round 6 results.

IBG Director of Special Projects Michael Thieme discussed CBT Round 6 results and findings, including the following:

• Enrollment and capture rates;

• Matching accuracy and imposter error rates at various security thresholds; and
• Transaction times and levels of effort.

CBT results help systems integrators, government agencies, and private-sector firms make decisions on technology deployments, partnerships, and investments.

CBT Round 6 results are available at http://biometricgroup.com/reports/public/comparative_biometric_testing.html.

International Biometric Group (IBG) presented a webcast on Biometrics and Federal Government Agencies on 10 August 2006 at 1:00 PM EDT (10:00 AM PDT; 1700 UTC). IBG discussed federal agencies' existing and future needs for security and identity management.

Biometric systems can play an important role in addressing these problems. In this webcast, IBG Consultant Dana Marohn provided an overview and current status of various U.S. Federal Government initiatives including:

• HSPD 12;
  

• Next Generation Identification (NGI);
  

• Real ID;
  

• Registered Traveler;
  

• Transportation Worker Identification Credential;
  

• US-VISIT; and
  

• Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.

Numerous large-scale biometric programs at U.S. Federal agencies including FBI, TSA, DHS and DOD support homeland security and law enforcement endeavors.  Many of the commonalities among these programs and the benefits of collaboration, from an operational and data use perspective, are finally being understood. 

As a result, lessons learned are being incorporated in current and future U.S. and international initiatives.  Join us as we share some of these lessons learned.  We will also discuss parallel perspectives between future U.S. and international initiatives. 

International Biometric Group presented a webcast on Biometrics in Health Care on 13 July 2006 at 1:00 PM EDT (10:00 AM PDT; 1700 UTC).

IBG discussed health care industry problems including provider and client fraud, patient misidentification, and medical treatment errors. Biometric systems can play an important role in addressing these
problems.

In this webcast, IBG Senior Consultant Victor Lee discussed:

• market viability of biometrics in health care applications;
  
• device and system access innovations controlling dispensation of medication, including the Australian MethaDose Program;
• the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's Medicaid Access Card Project;
• the Florida e-Life-Card Program;
• South Africa's health care system ID pilot;
  
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and privacy issues; and
  
• future opportunities for biometrics in health care applications.
  

International Biometric Group presented a webcast on Biometrics in Transactional Solutions on 8 June 2006 at 1:00 PM EDT (10:00 AM PDT; 1700 UTC).

Biometrics must balance risks, costs, compliance and customer convenience in delivering acceptable solutions to financial and retail service providers and the consumers they serve.

Biometric technologies have introduced a variety of approaches to address these concerns. However, security and identification faces a wide variety of operating environments - institutions, retail, schools, communities - in implementing biometric solutions. Legislative and regulatory issues, including privacy concerns, add complexity to program and process implementation.

Credit card issuers, retail banks, wealth managers, institutional banks, retail brokerages and other financial institutions, federal and state regulatory agencies, privacy constituencies and vendors interested in these markets will particularly appreciate this webcast, which leverages IBG consulting expertise and experience.

In this webcast, IBG Senior Consultant Brian Wong discussed:

• the general landscape of biometrics payments solutions;
  
• increased challenges of mobility;
  
• point of sale deployments, self-checkout;
  
• vendors' use of biometrics;
  
• implications for customer loyalty programs;
  
• balancing between lower performance algorithms' convenience versus security; and
  
• the nature of those entities looking at biometric transactional solutions.

International Biometric Group presented a webcast on Biometrics in Health Care on 11 May 2006 at 1:00 PM EDT (10:00 AM PDT; 1700 UTC).

IBG discussed health care industry problems including provider and client fraud, patient misidentification, and medical treatment errors. Biometric systems can play an important role in addressing these
problems.

In this webcast, IBG Consultant Dana Marohn discussed:

• market viability of biometrics in health care applications;
  
• device and system access innovations controlling dispensation of medication, including the Australian MethaDose Program;
• the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's Medicaid Access Card Project;
• the Florida e-Life-Card Program;
• South Africa's health care system ID pilot;
  
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and privacy issues; and
  
• future opportunities for biometrics in health care applications.
  

International Biometric Group presented a webcast on Biometric Interoperability in Border Management on 13 April 2006 at 1:00 PM EDT (10:00 AM PDT; 1700 UTC).

The international community has begun to embrace e-passports, driven in part by International Civil Aviation Organization specifications for integration of biometric data into machine readable travel documents.

To support these developments and to advance biometrics' role in border control applications, standards bodies and industry experts are working to define interoperability criteria and tests for biometric technologies used in border management applications.

In this webcast, IBG Consultant Albert Hwa discussed representative border management programs utilizing biometrics; biometric standards relevant to border management; interoperability initiatives and standards; and interoperability testing efforts, including the results of the recently released MINEX Report.

International Biometric Group presented a webcast on Biometrics in System Access on 9 March 2006.

IBG estimates that over $100 million was generated in 2005 through the sale of biometric hardware and software used to secure access to mobile devices and laptops. This figure is expected to double by 2007.

Manufacturers including Lenovo, Sony, HP, Toshiba, Fujitsu and Acer either currently support or plan to deploy fingerprint sensors into mobile devices and/or laptops.

This webcast features representatives from two leaders in this market segment. AuthenTec, Inc. EVP of Marketing Larry Ciaccia and UPEK CEO Alan Kramer will provide their unique perspectives on opportunities and challenges in this market.

International Biometric Group presented a webcast on the United States Registered Traveler Program on 9 February 2006.

The Registered Traveler (RT) program is a nationwide private sector initiative being established by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that will permit pre-qualified participants to benefit from accelerated security screening. Federally funded RT pilots at five major airports and a private sector subpilot have tested how utilizing biometric technology and security assessments can contribute to enhanced security and increased customer service at U.S. airports. Following up on the pilots at Minneapolis-St.Paul, Los Angeles, Houston Bush Intercontinental, Boston, and Washington, D.C., the TSA has committed to begin operating a nationwide Registered Traveler program in June 2006.

IBG Consultant Dana Marohn addressed the following aspects of the RT program development:

• Differing opinions from airport, airline, privacy and technology organizations;
• Technology issues relating to the evolving approach to iris and fingerprint data;
• Interoperability across US airports and with international travel programs; and
• Business case analysis and financial models.

To learn more about RT, please visit www.biometricgroup.com/rt.html, a wealth of RT resources compiled and displayed within an original IBG framework.

On 9 January 2006, International Biometric Group hosted a webcast that examined key biometric events from 2005 and highlighted critical areas for biometric attention in 2006.

Topics addressed included:

• TSA's Registered Traveler Program and Verified Identity Pass' "Clear" Program;
• US-VISIT;
• L1 Investment Partners' entrance into biometrics;
•  Pay By Touch's payment program and acquisition of BioPay;
• UK Home Office's e-passport efforts;
• New biometric technologies: remote iris recognition, vein pattern recognition;
• Schengen II;
• HSPD 12; and
• Cancelable biometrics.

International Biometric Group hosted a webcast on Biometric Performance Certification on 8 December 2005.

IBG's recently-announced Biometric Performance Certification program certifies biometric product accuracy and usability for applications such as border management, visa and passport issuance, access control, network security, and point-of-sale.

Independent certification of biometric product accuracy and usability is a critical factor in biometric deployment, investment, and partnership decisions. Biometric Performance Certification simplifies biometric technology decisions and mitigates risks for government agencies, systems integrators, and commercial deployers.

Biometric products and systems that meet accuracy and usability criteria will be published on the publicly-available Biometric Performance Certification List. Certification is based on performance in rigorous, independent testing such as IBG's Comparative Biometric Testing.

Michael Thieme, IBG's Director of Special Projects, discussed details of IBG's new Biometric Performance Certification program in the  December webcast. Mr. Thieme addressed the following topics:

• Benefits of Biometric Performance Certification to government and industry;
• Accuracy and usability certification criteria; and
• Certification processes and timetable.

IBG presented a special webcast on Comparative Biometric Testing: Round 6 on 10 November 2005.

Since 1998, IBG's Comparative Biometric Testing (CBT) has evaluated the accuracy and usability of biometric systems in controlled test environments. Each CBT Round evaluates 10-12 systems from leading fingerprint, face recognition, iris recognition, voice recognition, and emerging biometrics vendors. Results are used by government and commercial organizations to select appropriate vendors and technologies for applications such as border management, enterprise security, and ID systems.

CBT Round 6, commencing in early 2006, represents the next generation of IBG's long-running test effort. The CBT methodology has been enhanced and expanded to generate substantially more independent performance data relevant to biometric vendors, technology partners, and deployers.

In the November 10 webcast, IBG Director of Special Projects Michael Thieme addressed the following:

• Opportunities for participation in CBT Round 6;
• Unique aspects of CBT relative to other test efforts;
• Range of performance data generated through CBT Round 6;
• How government and commercial organizations can put CBT results to use; and
• How the CBT methodology has been enhanced to meet industry needs.

IBG presented a special webcast on The Investment Landscape of the Biometrics Industry on 12 October 2005.

The biometric industry is rapidly maturing and gaining immense interest from the financial sector. There are several well-known publicly traded companies, including Identix, Cogent Systems, Viisage, and Bioscrypt, and many more companies are poised for a public offering.

Vendors across the spectrum of modalities - AFIS, iris, face, fingerprint, voice - are raising tens of millions of dollars, and new technologies, such as 3D face and vein, are emerging.   

This webcast presented IBG's overview of these trends and featured a distinguished panel of analysts from leading financial sector firms:   

• Jeffrey Kessler, Senior VP at Lehman Brothers;
• Julie Santoriello, VP, and Matthew Spiegelman of Morgan Stanley;
• Alper Cetingok, Managing Director of Morgan Keegan;
• Joel Fishbein, Senior Technology Analyst at Janney Montgomery Scott;  
• Amy Feng, Managing Director and Senior Analyst at JMP Securities; and  
• Jay Meier, Analyst at Miller Johnson Steichen Kinnard.  

This webcast also examined:  

• How can investors capitalize on the growth of the biometric industry?
• Which business models have been successful, and what future trends will emerge?
• How are privately held companies raising capital?
• What impact will US-VISIT, REAL ID, and ICAO have on investment opportunities in the biometric industry?