The report explores biometric applications across many industry use cases

Featuring thought leadership from 30 of our supplier members, this report offers real-world insights and tested solutions. Submissions explore the ethical and responsible use of biometrics, both present and future, offering practical approaches to navigating the complexities of this rapidly advancing technology.

The report also highlights the importance of rigorous testing and showcases real-world use cases that provide valuable perspectives on ensuring biometric technologies respect privacy and build public trust in the technology. It addresses the growing demand for transparency and accountability in biometric systems, demonstrating how responsible development and deployment can achieve this.

Themes across the report include:

• AI
• Digital identity
• Demographic differentials and inclusion
• Data protection, ethics and privacy
• Standards and testing
• Education and training
• Remote identity and liveness
• Biometric capture
• Deepfakes and vulnerabilities
• Seamless travel and borders
• Finance
• Multimodal biometrics
• Governance and legislation

The Biometrics Institute does not endorse any of the submissions in the report but is sharing them for information purposes and to help generate discussion.

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Mitigating Biometric Vulnerabilities in Digital Identity – Executive Briefing provides a clear and high-level overview of biometric vulnerability risks associated with digital identity and how adversaries might exploit these vulnerabilities in your biometric systems. To address these challenges, the briefing also includes actions stakeholders can consider.

The key considerations referenced in the briefing are also available as additional slides that are perfect for quickly conveying the most important information in a visually engaging format.

How do members benefit?

The paper is designed to help equip executives and stakeholders with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions about securing their digital identity systems.

Who updates it?

The Institute’s Digital Identity Group (DIG) updates the paper as required. It was first released in 2024.

How to access the document and slides

Members: Click here.
Non-members: Find out about becoming a member here.

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This executive briefing offers a clear and high-level overview of biometric vulnerability risks associated with digital identity and how adversaries might exploit these vulnerabilities in your biometric systems, including:

• The challenges surrounding digital identity and potential vulnerabilities in biometric systems
• Attack points and how to guard against them
• The types of attack points and where systems can be attacked
• Key considerations and practical actions stakeholders can take to address these challenges

Provided in an easy-to-follow PowerPoint format, the briefing also includes speaker notes with additional detail to support presentation delivery.

Please note: These documents are strictly for Biometrics Institute member use only. Reproduction is limited to a single hard copy for internal use. Electronic access is restricted to one system at a time, and the document must not be transferred, shared, or uploaded to any network, either internally or externally.

To further enhance your own presentations, we’ve also produced slides summarising the key considerations from the briefing. These slides are perfect for quickly conveying the most important information.

PowerPoint format versions of these slides are available on request.

To effectively manage risk within digital identity frameworks, we recommend members utilise the comprehensive and complementary resources available. These include the Digital Identity and Biometric Authentication and Digital Onboarding and Biometrics papers, amongst others.

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The paper outlines the key considerations when introducing biometrics for digital identity authentication. These include focusing on business benefits, assessing the impact on other authentication mechanisms, differentiating between biometric and non-biometric mechanisms, and using biometrics to minimise uncommon negative events. It also highlights the importance of making ethical and responsible decisions in biometric authentication applications and provides references to the Biometrics Institute’s Good Practice Framework for guidance. And it covers the reuse of digital identities provided by another party and on-device biometrics to support self-sovereignty of identity and digital wallet usage.

Please note: These documents are strictly for Biometrics Institute member use only. Reproduction is limited to a single hard copy for internal use. Electronic access is restricted to one system at a time, and the document must not be transferred, shared, or uploaded to any network, either internally or externally.

Key messages taken from the paper are also available as presentation slides to complement your own communications when discussing digital identity and biometric authentication.

PowerPoint format versions of these slides are available on request.

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The submissions to the report include insight into deploying biometrics ethically and responsibly, protecting data, mitigating the risks of attack and identity theft, and using biometrics and digital identity to facilitate border crossings and access solutions.

Sixteen member organisations submitted papers outlining concepts and solutions ranging from digital identity authentication and fraud prevention, to recognising morphing attacks and liveness detection.  

The Biometrics Institute does not endorse any of the submissions in the report but is sharing them for information purposes and to help generate discussion.

You may also be interested in our Digital Onboarding and Biometrics paper. Find out more here.

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The pandemic has been a driving impetus for digital transformation. We have seen increasing interest and usage of digital identity across government, private sector organisations, and citizens, particularly in attaching health credentials as part of a so-called vaccination passport.

This chapter of the State of Biometrics Report covers national identity frameworks, interoperability and re-use, self sovereign digital identities, and ramifications in the real world.

To read the full report, become a member. Details on membership benefits and how to apply can be found here.

COVID-19 recovery | Governance | Commercial use of biometrics | Future directions | In the news

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Collins Aerospace: Biometrics: Changing the way we travel… and it’s all for the better

The travel industry, like all others, has experienced dramatic changes resulting from the influx and adoption of new technologies. As has happened so many times before, today we are poised on the cusp of another massive change in the way we travel, thanks to another innovative solution:  biometrics. Biometric technology gives us the ability to accurately identify individuals and to empower them based on that positive ID.

To some, the word “biometrics” conjures fear and skepticism. Chief among the concerns are fears about privacy of personal information — if individuals allow their biometrics to be used for one purpose, that information could then be used for some other purpose without their consent. Others fear a “Big Brother” plot, where the government uses a large biometric database to track and control people.

These worries stem from a lack of understanding of biometric solutions, how they are used, and what kinds of controls are in place to manage the data they gather. Further, the value of biometrics — and how they can dramatically improve both aviation/airport operations as well as the travel experience for the passenger — is underappreciated.

Biometrics simply means to measure (“metrics”) the body (“bio”). Every individual has a unique set of measurements — whether it’s the distance between their irises, the width of the space between their eyebrows or the length from their hairline to their chin — that can be used for identification.

This idea is not new — it actually dates back to the 19th Century. A young records clerk with the Paris Police Department named Alphonse Bertillon determined that a system based on precise measurement of certain body parts — circumference of the head, length of the middle finger, size of the ears, etc., in addition to standardized photographs of the individual — would provide a way to identify people that relied on fixed, unchanging attributes or characteristics, regardless of whether they changed their appearance.

Fast forward to the Digital Age, where we have morphed from the physical measurement of body parts to the digital measurement of body parts, which is transforming industries that require accurate identification of individuals.

A game-changer for air travel

Chief among those industries is air travel. Airports and airlines must be able to accurately identify who’s traveling where, ensure the right passengers are on the right plane, verify passports and visas for international transfers, and match baggage to the right individuals. Essentially, every part of the commercial aviation infrastructure depends on the proper identification of people.

And it’s the human-to-human exchange of identification documents and personal interactions that add friction to the flow of people through airport and airline travel procedures. The back-ups and queues that form because of these interactions also detract from a positive passenger experience.

Removing friction from the process

Biometric ID technology removes that friction. It makes the identification process faster, easier and far more accurate. With one facial scan upon entering the airport, for instance, your face becomes your ID throughout your journey.

You can check your bags, move through security operations and enter the jetway—all with minimal stopping, showing documents and waiting for verification. Your face provides all of the information required.

The technology also enables passengers to make their way through their journey with less support. Fewer security personnel are needed to ask questions and check documents. Airline personnel are no longer required at key stations — such as baggage areas and airline gate entrances — and can be deployed elsewhere.

In a post-pandemic world, biometrics will also reduce a major concern associated with air travel: the fear of contracting disease by touching public surfaces or interacting with people who are ill. We already have “curb-to-curb” biometric solutions that enable a passenger to move from the point of origin to the destination airport without touching anything other than his or her own items. A face and a smart phone are all that’s required.

Biometric systems can also be equipped with health diagnostics that can help identify individuals who have a high temperature or other symptoms so they can be evaluated by medical personnel. In combination with virus testing, this system could mean moving closer to disease-free flights and enable the reopening of borders now under COVID-19 restrictions.

Biometric technologies make air travel safer in other ways, too. Think about how much more secure your smart phone or laptop or bank account is when your face or fingerprint is required to unlock it rather than a password. Now think about how much more secure air travel will be when that same technology is fully embedded into commercial flights. With the added accuracy of biometric identification, airlines will know exactly who is on each flight.

By reducing passenger concerns about illness and safety, we can increase the number of people willing to fly as well as the frequency of trips. Less fear leads to increased passenger volume.

All of these improvements amount to a vastly more efficient air travel ecosystem that can accommodate significant increases in capacity.

The Biometrics Boon Is Building

Biometric identification technologies have been in use in airports throughout the world for several years, primarily for immigration and border control. But momentum is building for wider application of the technology throughout commercial aviation as airlines, airports, passengers and other stakeholders begin to see the enormous value this technology can offer.

Biometric IDs will make quick work of matching facial images to ensure people are who they say they are—and give them the freedom of movement that comes with that identification. It’s a simple, efficient, low-risk solution that will bring countless improvements to the way we travel.

Without question, the biometrics boon is coming. And it will transform, refresh and enhance the travel landscape for decades to come.

Collins Aerospace                                                                                                             
airports@collins.com

Applications and use cases | Privacy and policy | Research and development | Technology innovation

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We are a society that increasingly demands instant gratification and minimum waiting time for many processes that are part of our everyday lives. Now with the need for remote interaction foisted on much of the global population by COVID-19, organisations are under increased pressure to facilitate secure digital onboarding of customers to services. Business functions which rely on in-person implementation have been impaired by the pandemic, while remote onboarding and service delivery have experienced dramatic growth in many areas.

This paper provides a high-level overview of how biometrics intersects with digital identity onboarding to guide decision-makers considering, or already implementing, the use of biometrics in online sign-ups. It is aimed at bodies considering the attachment of a digital identity to a human identity using biometric technology.

The paper covers:

• The re-use of an existing digital identity
• Considerations in the process of attaching a digital identity to a person
• De-duplication – the process of ensuring a unique representation of a person
• Guidance in formulating strategies
• Making ethical and responsible decisions in biometric applications, with reference to specific sections of the Biometrics Institute’s Good Practice Framework ^[1]

Please note: These documents are strictly for Biometrics Institute member use only. Reproduction is limited to a single hard copy for internal use. Electronic access is restricted to one system at a time, and the document must not be transferred, shared, or uploaded to any network, either internally or externally.

Nine key messages taken from the paper are also available as presentation slides to complement your own communications when discussing biometrics for digital onboarding.

PowerPoint format versions of these slides are available on request.

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