Using Biometrics to Achieve Identity Dominance in the Global War on Terrorism

Abstract

In the Global War on Terrorism, the relevance of biometric technology has grown exponentially. The military must achieve identity dominance, where U.S. military forces have the distinct ability to separate friend from foe by linking people to their previous identities and past terrorist or criminal activities. We can use biometric technology to achieve identity dominance and must deploy it to meet the requirements of force protection, actionable intelligence, and law enforcement. Establishing identity dominance through a comprehensive Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) will enable the U.S. military to identify friend or foe to keep America safer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA517606

Entities

People

  • John D. Woodward Jr.

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Biometric Security
  • Biometrics
  • Biostatistics
  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Corporations
  • Data Science
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fingerprints
  • Force Protection
  • Health Care
  • Homeland Security
  • Identities
  • Information Science
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Terrorism

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Strategic Security Studies