DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TAKES BIOMETRIC IDS TO CLOUD

摘要

AMERICA'S Homeland Security Department is looking to upgrade the software it uses to manage biometric and biographic data on 250 million people, and it plans to store those identifiers - including fingerprints, irises and faces, DNA, palm prints, scars and tattoos - in Amazon cloud. The DHS' Office of Biometric Identification Management will replace the current Automated Biometric Identification System, or IDENT, which holds biometric and biographic data collected by the Transportation Security Administration, Customs and Border Protection and the Secret Service. The system links fingerprint, iris and face data to biographic information, allowing officials to quickly identify suspected terrorists, immigration violators, criminals.