Biometrics: Advanced Identity Verification: The Complete Guide [Paperback]

Julian Ashbourn (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1852332433 | ISBN-13: 978-1852332433 | Publication Date: October 2, 2000 | Edition: 1

Biometric identity verification (BIV) offers a radical alternative to passports, PIN numbers, ID cards and driving licences. It uses physiological or behavioural characteristics such as fingerprints, hand geometry, and retinas to check a person's identity. It is therefore much less open to fraudulent use, which makes it ideal for use in voting systems, financial transactions, benefit payment administration, border control, and prison access.
This is the first book to provide business readers with an easy-to-read, non-technical introduction to BIV systems. It explains the background and then tells the reader how to get their system up and running quickly. It will be an invaluable read for practitioners, managers and IT personnel - in fact for anyone considering, or involved in, implementing a BIV system.
Julian Ashbourn was one of the pioneers in integrating biometric technology and has provided input into many prototype BIV systems around the world.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A must-read for anyone interested in biometrics. Julian's enthusiasm for the future of biometric technology will not only excite you, but also the most conservative thinkers...

--Dave Mintie, Project Director, CT-DSS, Connecticut, USA

Julian Ashboum has done an excellent job of presenting the complex aspects of biometric authentication implementation in a readable and engaging style.
--Dr. James Wayman, Director, US National Biometric Test Center, San Jose State University, USA

An authoritative introduction to the field of biometrics and a practical guide to understanding and working with this important technology
--William Saito, President, I/O Software Inc., California, USA

From the reviews:

"Biometrics (BM) bring a new dimension to individual identity verification. … The book deals with this interesting subject both in theory and practise. It provides an in depth grounding in the subject of BM for all those interested in identity verification. … The book is written in a very readable and comfortable style." (Michal Hajný, Neural Network World, Vol. 16 (1), 2006)

"Ashbourn’s experience in designing biometric verification systems is obviously extensive, and this book attempts an overview of the field from its earliest incarnations to the present day. … Biometrics gives a nice summary of the process of designing identification systems … ." (Brooke L. Magnanti, Science & Justice, Vol. 41 (2), 2001)

"If you are contemplating installing biometric authentication or access control and are new to the field, this is the book for you. It outlines the types of devices available and takes you through the decisions and steps needed in a biometric project. Biometrics provides advanced identity verification but the book is not deep in technicalities and is easy reading." (Brian Peaker, The Computer Bulletin, March, 2001)

From the Author

This was my first book on biometric identity verification and related systems and is still widely read within both the identity management, information technology and academic communities. Interestingly, although written some time ago, it is still highly relevant and remains recommended to anyone interested in this technology and its applications. I believe the book has a general appeal which places it almost in the 'popular science' category due in part to its readability.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 201 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (October 2, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852332433
• ISBN-13: 978-1852332433
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,761,675 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Julian Ashbourn is an established author with a broad range of interests and experience from computer science and identity management through to geoscience and the natural sciences in general. He has undertaken a good deal of voluntary work in the context of technology usage in society and associated human factors, and has travelled the world in this context, running workshops and presenting at international conferences. He has also authored several seminal papers on technology on behalf of various government agencies. In addition to his abiding interest in the sciences and the natural world, he also has a keen interest in photography and has developed a technique for creating high quality true to life images for scientific use. Additional book projects are currently under construction and include three unique works which will surface in coming months, one of which will be multi-disciplined with a particularly wide appeal. He is additionally interested in collaborative projects within the natural sciences context as well as from the broader IT in society perspective.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good for Managers, no for developers, October 23, 2001

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Olinto Rodriguez "Olinto" (Maracaibo, ZU VEN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Biometrics: Advanced Identity Verification: The Complete Guide (Paperback)

This is only an introductory book in biometrics. It doesn't explains neither algorithms nor techniques, only shows some facts of biometrics. I don't recommend this book.

4.0 out of 5 stars A technical guide to the future, April 22, 2002

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John Brown "jayefbee †" (Jenks, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Biometrics: Advanced Identity Verification: The Complete Guide (Paperback)

In light of the circumstances following 9-11, this book sheds light on the technological direction that biometrics will provide in identifying the populous.

While these thoughts may send thoughts of "Orwell" in the minds of many readers, the benefits to be gained by utilizing biometric technology will clearly eliminate a substantial amount of fraud and identity theft within our society,

While this book is technocal in nature, it is written in a non-technocal format and focuses much of the attention on the application aspect of the technology. This is a great read for the businessman seeking new venues to employ technical advances into the business process.

1.0 out of 5 stars not a useful book, August 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Biometrics: Advanced Identity Verification: The Complete Guide (Paperback)

This book was disappointing. The presentation of biometrics was very shallow. I wanted to learn more detailed information about biometrics but the treatment in this book was very superficial.