SecuGen is fully committed to biometrics standards and supports
these specifications.
| Standard Name |
Description |
| FIPS 201
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Personal Identify Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors: Mandated by Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 to improve the identification and authentication of federal employees and contractors to securely access federal and other facilities where there is potential for terrorist attacks.
Click here to view document (PDF).
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| SP 800-76
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Biometric Data Specification for Personal Identify Verification: A companion document to FIPS 201, Special Publication 800-76 describes technical acquisition and formatting specifications for the biometric credentials of the PIV system and enumerates procedures and formats for fingerprints and facial images by restricting values and practices included generically in published biometric standards. Its primary design objective is high performance universal interoperability. It also references FBI documentation, the ANSI/NIST Fingerprint Standard and the Electronic Fingerprint Transmission Specification.
Click here to view standard document (PDF).
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ANSI-INCITS 378-2004
American National Standards Institute and InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
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Finger Minutiae Format for Data Interchange: This standard specifies a concept and data format for representation of fingerprints using the fundamental notion of minutiae. The data format is generic, in that it may be applied and used in a wide range of application areas where automated fingerprint recognition is involved. No application-specific requirements or features are addressed in this standard. The standard contains definitions of relevant terms, a description of where minutiae shall be defined, a data format for containing the data, and conformance information.
NIST established the Minutiae Interoperability Exchange Test (MINEX), an ongoing evaluation of this fingerprint template standard with the aim:
- To provide measurements of performance and interoperability of core template encoding and matching capabilities to users, vendors and interested parties
- To establish compliance for template encoders and matchers for the United States Government's Personal Identity Verification (PIV) program
Click here to view the MINEX site and test results.
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BioAPI
(ANSI-INCITS 358-2002)
The BioAPI Consortium, American National Standards Institute, and InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
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| Implementation of the
BioAPI will enable: |
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Rapid development of applications employing
biometrics |
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Flexible deployment of biometrics across platforms
and operating systems |
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Improved ability to exploit price performance
advances in biometrics |
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Enhanced implementation of multiple biometric
alternatives (fingerprint, voice, face, iris,
etc.) |
| The BioAPI will enable these business
benefits by providing: |
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Simple application interfaces |
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Standard modular access to biometric functions,
algorithms, and devices |
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Secured and robust biometric data management
and storage • Standard methods of differentiating
biometric data and device types |
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Support for biometric identification in distributed
computing environments |
| Implementation of BioAPI will provide
value to: |
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Industry security administrators |
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System Integrators and value added resellers |
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Application developers |
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End users of biometric technologies |
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CBEFF
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Facilitates biometric data interchange
between different system components or between systems |
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Promotes interoperability of biometric-based
application programs and systems |
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Provides forward compatibility for
technology improvements |
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Simplifies the software and hardware
integration process |
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