Workshop on Biometrics and E-Authentication Over Open Networks

[Sara Caswell <sara@nist.gov>]

Workshop on Biometrics and E-Authentication Over Open 
Networks
Dates:  March 30-31, 2005
Place:  National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD
 
The objective of this two-day workshop is to determine how biometrics can
be used for remote e-authentication over open networks by providing
equivalent authentication assurance to conventional secret-based
mechanisms defined in NIST Special Publication 800-63, “Electronic
Authentication Guideline” for each of four authentication levels
defined in Office of Management and Budget Memorandum (OMB M-04-04):
 
Through expert talks, panel discussions and breakout sessions, the
Workshop will address these essential questions: 
 
§         How can Federal
agencies and other organizations use biometrics to authenticate

        

unsupervised
remote claimants whose computers they do not manage or control?
§         How do we compare the
authentication assurance provided by unsupervised biometric

        

methods to
the conventional methods now defined in SP 800-63?
§         In what way could
biometrics be appropriately used for these four authentication
levels?
§         What constraints/
protections need to be in place to use biometrics in a secure
solution?
 
Topics: User requirements, existing biometric solutions to meet these
technical requirements, authentication threats and countermeasures,
biometrics and privacy, data integrity and confidentiality, end-to-end
security mechanisms, security features of biometric interfaces,
“strengths” and “weaknesses” common to other authentication methods;
existing or required biometric standards, academic research efforts and
industry’s state-of-the art.
 
Sponsors: NIST; National Security Agency; Biometric Consortium; DoD
Biometrics Management Office; Department of Homeland Security; General
Services Administration’s Office of Governmentwide Policy; National
Institute of Justice; and the National Biometric Security Project.
 
Technical contact: Fernando Podio, 301/975-2947,
fernando.podio@nist.gov
General Information contact: Magdalena Benitez, 301-975-6182,
magdalena.benitez@nist.gov

Website: 
http://www.nist.gov/biom-eauth