Book details of 'Biometrics: Identity Verification in a Networked World'

Title	Biometrics: Identity Verification in a Networked World
Author(s)	Samir Nanavati, Michael Thieme, Raj Nanavati, Samir Nanavati, Michael Thieme, Raj Nanavati
ISBN	0471099457
Language	English
Published	March 2002
Publisher	Wiley

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
Part one deals with the fundamentals of biometrics. Chapter one presents a brief rationale for the use of the technology. Biometric concepts are given in chapter two, but only the most basic. In chapter three's look at accuracy there are standard metrics as well as a few unusual ones (and some non-standard jargon). Part two reviews the various biometric technologies. Chapters four through nine cover fingerprint scanning, face recognition (although it fails to cover the selection of skin areas, or the characteristics of eigenfaces), iris scanning, voiceprint, other physical factors (hand geometry, retina scanning, and an odd inclusion of the automated fingerprint identification system), and behavioral characteristics (signature and keystroke). Part three outlines biometric applications and markets. Chapter ten tries to categorize biometric uses and ends up being scattered and confusing. "Citizen-Facing Applications," in chapter eleven, turns out to involve law enforcement and government surveillance. Likewise, in chapters twelve and thirteen, "Employee-Facing Applications" refers to employee monitoring and "Customer-Facing Applications" drifts around some issues related to identity verification for commerce. Chapter fourteen presents law enforcement, government, the financial industry, healthcare, and travel as being vertical markets for biometrics. Part four touches on privacy and standards, with privacy risks in chapter fifteen, designing biometrics for privacy in sixteen, and some proposed standards in seventeen. This text provides broad but superficial coverage of the topic. The non-standard terminology (verification instead of authentication, and false match rate rather than false acceptance rate) may be confusing, but the totally meaningless phrases (citizen-, employee-, and customer-facing applications) are probably even more so. While other book-length treatments of the subject are rare, it is difficult to see that this work adds much value to the discussion, especially compared with superior articles (such as "Biometric Identification" by Donald R. Richards, printed in the "Information Security Management Handbook" [cf. BKINSCMH.RVW]) which do. copyright Robert M. Slade, 2003
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An insight into the biometric industry and the steps for successful deployment Biometrics technologies verify identity through characteristics such as fingerprints, voices, and faces. By providing increased security and convenience, biometrics have begun to see widespread deployment in network, e-commerce, and retail applications. This book provides in-depth analysis of biometrics as a solution for authenticating employees and customers. Leading authority, Samir Nanavati explores privacy, security, accuracy, system design, user perceptions, and lessons learned in biometric deployments. He also assesses the real-world strengths and weaknesses of leading biometric technologies: finger-scan, iris-scan, facial-scan, voice-scan, and signature-scan. This accessible book is a necessary step in understanding and implementing biometrics. Demystifies the complex world of optical networks for IT and business managers Over the past few years, the cost of fiber optic networking has decreased, making it the best solution for providing virtually unlimited bandwidth for corporate LANs and WANs, metropolitan networks, Internet access, and broadband to the home. The only strategic book on optical networking technologies written from a real-world business perspective, Optical Networking demystifies complex fiber technologies for managers, and details the practical business benefits an optical network can offer. Debra Cameron explores established and emerging markets for optical networks as well as the enabling technologies, applications, network architectures, key deployment issues, and cost considerations. She also provides in-depth case studies of optical networks now in use in the United States and abroad.