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Defence has opened the door to industry to build an identity management system that will support its network-centric warfare capabilities.
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By 2015, biometric technology will make getting on a plane almost as easy as getting on the bus or train today, according to a leading border security expert.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released a standard for the use of biometric authentication at financial institutions but banks are unlikely to invest in the technology.
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Australia is keeping pace with other governments in biometric usage but are we operating in a policy vacuum with technology that is far from perfect?
A few years ago, the uptake of biometric technology was considered a sure thing. But fast forward to present day and ZDNet Australia can reveal that companies are reluctant to use biometrics due to their negative stigma.
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In the last few years, most of the innovation in security has involved finding clever new ways to do things with existing technologies. Are there revolutionary changes in the wings?
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Thanks to the movies, we're quite comfortable with biometric scanning, but are fingerprint scanners ready for the office? And are they as easy to defeat as we've seen at the cinema?
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ZDNet Australia looks at some of the biometrics technologies currently available and examines how they can protect your valuable network.
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