ARMY AL&T


In the past, stolen or counterfeited badges posed a threat, but using biomet- ric information provides instant access to an indisputable identification. Guards at U.S. installations watch as individual workers insert their badge into a reader and simultaneously place their finger on a scanner. The badge, issued by the Biometric Identification System for Access (BISA), ensures that the person is the authorized worker. His/her identity is verified by comparing the fingerprint to one saved on the badge.


BISA is just one of many lifesaving bio- metric systems developed and deployed by Project Manager (PM) DOD Bio- metrics, part of Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems, an Army acquisition organization that


contributes technology tools for a wide range of defense warfighting, commu- nications, and business missions.


Biometrics Systems The DOD-Automated Biometric Identification System Version 1.0 (ABIS v1.0) database supports Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom by providing a central, authoritative repository for biometric records. It catalogues biometric data taken from detainees, enemy combatants, and other non-U.S. persons of interest. The prototype system was put into operation at the end of 2004, with the current ABIS v1.0 deployed in early 2009. ABIS v1.0 far surpasses the original prototype ABIS in both reaction time and capability. While


the original database stored and matched fingerprints only, v1.0 adds capabilities for facial images, palm prints, and iris patterns, as well as fingerprints for adversary and neutral, unknown, or non-aligned population groups.


The new ABIS uses an advanced algorithm that combines partial matches of multiple biometric modalities and increases the ability of the system to supply a match without requiring human intervention, up to 28 times faster than the prototype. ABIS v1.0 accepts data from multiple collection devices and shares the information with other key U.S. military and intelligence systems.


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