ADVISORY/Experts Available To Comment On the Role of Biometrics in Combatting Terrorism.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 2001 TOPIC: An article in the most recent issue of Fortune, "Biometrics: Greed Meets Terror" analyzes the recent stock market success of biometrics companies. Many investors are assuming that these companies' products, which enable security and surveillance based on automated face recognition, can be the answer to the current security worries brought on by the September 11th attacks. The article questions these assumptions and points out the strengths and limitations of such systems. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Mr. Grant Evans, vice president and general manager of Identix, is an expert on Internet and network security issues and how security is developing in light of Internet hacking See hack and hacker. issues, fraud and privacy invasions. He can specifically elaborate on biometrics The biological identification of a person. Examples are face, iris and retinal patterns, hand geometry and voice. Increasingly built into laptop computers, fingerprint readers have become popular as a secure method for identification. as an industry and a technology and its importance for the future of Internet and network security. PR: Suzanne Matick (smatick@shandwick.com) Mr. Bill Spence Bill Spence (born August 12, 1940 in Iowa City, Iowa) is a hammered dulcimer player from New York. Bill took up the hammered dulcimer after hearing Howie Mitchell play at the 1969 Fox Hollow Festival in Petersburgh, New York. of Recognition Systems Inc. is one of the country's leading experts on biometrics as an industry. He has a wealth of knowledge on how biometric bi·o·met·rics n. (used with a sing. verb) The statistical study of biological phenomena. bi hand readers provide security AND protect privacy in airports such as San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden International, Ben Gurion Ben Gur·i·on , David Originally David Grün. 1886-1973. Polish-born Israeli political leader. Active in the Zionist movement, he founded the Mapai Party in 1930 and organized the resistance against the British after World War II. International and JFK International. With more than 60,000 RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) Ailments of the hands, neck, back and eyes due to computer use. The remedy for RSI is frequent breaks which should include stretching or yoga postures. hand readers used worldwide, he can also discuss how these high-tech devices protect government facilities, universities, health care facilities and day care centers. PR: Susan McArthur, (smcarthur@powercreative.com, 502/261-1179; Cheryl Lewis, clewis@powercreative.com, 502/261-1176. Mr. Claudio Ballard is the chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DataTreasury Corporation. Mr. Ballard is a leader in the effort to return privacy control to the individual. His areas of expertise include biometrics, security and privacy issues. 631/385-5501, claudio.ballard@datatreasury.com; PR: Andrew Edson & Associates, Inc. (Andrew@EdsonPR.com, 631/385-5546) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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