Organizations & Resources

A directory of the leading standards bodies, government agencies, universities and industry groups working on biometric technology and policy.

• INCIS echnical Committee M1, Biometrics
• he Biometric Consortium
• he BioAPI Consortium
• ISO/IEC JC1 SC37 Biometrics — the primary international ISO/IEC-level biometric standards committee
• NIS/IL Biometric Resource Center
• San Jose State University Biometric Identification Research
• he Association for Biometrics
• he UK Biometric Working Group
• he BioPrivacy Initiative
• Connecticut Department of Social Services Biometric ID Project
• FBI Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS)
• Department of Defense Biometric Management Office (BMO)
• Michigan State University Biometric Research Homepage
• he European Centre for the Advancement of Biometrics
• IBIA (International Biometric Industry Association)
• he Smart Card Resource Center
• he International Biometric Society
• Facial-Scan
• Iris-Scan.com

• NIS IL May 2001 Bulletin on Biometrics.
• NIS Biometrics Resource — a hub for examples of biometrics standards-related activities.
• BioAPI Consortium — Developed under the BioAPI Consortium, BioAPI V1.1 was approved (February 13, 2002) as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard: ANSI INCIS 358-2002 Information technology - BioAPI Specification (Version 1.1).
• he InterNational Committee for Information echnology Standards (INCIS) M1 - Biometrics echnical Committee.
• he Common Biometric Exchange File Format (CBEFF) was published in January 2001 as a NIS publication, NISIR 6529.
• In February 2001, ANSI approved X9.84-2000, Biometrics Management and Security for the Financial Services Industry. his standard can be obtained through ANSI.

he Biometric Interoperability, Performance and Assurance Working Group supports the advancement of technically efficient and compatible biometric technology solutions on a national and international basis. It consists of over 90 organizations representing biometric vendors, system developers, information assurance organizations, commercial end users, universities, government agencies, national labs and industry organizations.