Part I: Authentication and Biometrics Overview

1: How Authentication Technologies Work

2: How Biometrics Work

Part II: Types of Biometrics

3: Fingerprint and Hand Geometry

4: Facial and Voice Recognition

5: Eye Biometrics: Iris and Retina Scanning

6: Signature Recognition and Keystroke Dynamics

7: Esoteric Biometrics

Part III: Issues Involving Biometrics

8: Biometric Liveness Testing

9: Biometrics in Large-Scale Systems

10: Biometric Standards

11: Biometric Testing and Evaluation

Part IV: Privacy, Policy, and Legal Concerns Raised by Biometrics

12: Biometrics and Privacy

13: Legal Considerations of Government Use of Biometrics

14: Case Study: Super Bowl Surveillance

15: The Law and Private-Sector Use of Biometrics

Part V: Review of Selected Biometrics Programs

16: Government and Military Programs

17: Searching the FBI’s Civil Files: Public Safety v. Civil Liberty

18: Private-Sector Programs

19: Biometrics and the Feasibility of a National ID Card

Part VI: Appendixes

A: Resources

B: Publicly Held Companies Offering Biometric Services