Biometrics Task Force

Abstract

When the Army's biometrics program started in 2000, its focus was determining how to use biometrics to secure access to military networks, both on the battlefield and on the home front. This focus began to change in 2003, when DOD saw that biometrics could be used to prevent the enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan from hiding behind a web of multiple identities. It also then became a DOD-wide effort. By 2006, this capability was firmly in place, and DOD saw biometrics as an operational tool. It was also playing a key role in enabling intelligence operations. Today, DOD is using biometrics to verify the identities of known individuals on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan to enable operations to find capture improvised explosive device (IED) makers and insurgents and to protect the identities of DOD and U.S. government (USG) personnel. Biometrics is being used to ensure that only the right individuals have access to U.S. facilities and networks and to assist in safeguarding the identities of those same individuals. This is the basis of Identify, Enable, Protect: three synergistic but distinct applications of biometrics being used to defeat our enemies and protect our allies, forces, and homeland.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA517637

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biometric Security
  • Biometrics
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Employment
  • Homeland Security
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Identification Systems
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Task Forces
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare

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  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design