The U.S. Army is deploying a new generation of battlefield biometric collection equipment designed to identify individuals through fingerprints, facial images and iris scans, though federal procurement records raise questions regarding the security of sensitive data stored on devices if they are captured or stolen, as first reported by Biometric Update.
As detailed in Biometric Update, authentication difficulties are disrupting frontline operations and prompting employees to bypass security protocols, according to a survey of 700 IT and security decision-makers conducted by Imprivata and the FIDO Alliance.
