UKB International Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Jon Telford issued a challenge to biometrics professionals during his address to ‘CTO Corner’ at the Biometrics 2008 conference held at Westminster, London last week.
Jon called for industry cohesion on standards and regulations’, claiming a lack of interoperability between systems was holding back the development of the commercial biometric sector.
Using the analogy of a mobile telephone SIM card which will work in any device, Jon said 'The biometrics industry needs to ensure that our technology ‘works out of the box’ and can easily interface with other security technology'.
Some early biometric technology providers had flooded the market with readers that did not match client’s expectations, leaving a perception of high failure rates Jon claimed, commenting. 'It is time the biometric industry matured and established agreed benchmarks for the robust technology at our disposal today'.
Jon spoke of the need for education, now and in the future, since the pace of biometric technology development and deployment means even industry insiders have trouble keeping up.
In conclusion Jon Telford said 'Public perception of biometric technology is either high-end Government projects, or gimmicky devices with questionable accuracy. This perception must change and it is up to industry insiders like us to change it by adopting standards and regulations. Biometric technology is no longer in its infancy.
We are maturing fast and are set for exponential growth within the next ten years. It is up to us to ensure our industry matures by accepting robust standards and regulation.'
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