IBG is recognized as the leading source of biometric performance and market data. IBG subject matter experts (SMEs) provide thought leadership to the biometrics industry through analysis, standards development, modality-specific testing, and advanced research and development (R&D). Current IBG R&D topics include encrypting biometric databases, linking system performance to security strength of function, and generating synthetic biometrics. IBG provides:

• Hands-on experience with products from 250+ biometric vendors
• 1000s of pages of biometric reports, evaluation methods, and strategic frameworks
• SMEs dedicated to ongoing analysis in biometric systems, projects, and programs

IBG’s showroom houses over 300 biometric products, supplementing six IBG laboratories (signals processing, countermeasures, sensors and surveillance, penetration and vulnerability testing, hardware prototyping, virtual identity management). Bio1 (www.bio1.com), IBG’s online biometric information portal, contains 5000+ in-depth articles on recent biometric developments, projects, technologies, products and vendors.

IBG has supported over 100 biometric projects, working with Departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security and Justice along with the IC and state/local agencies to implement biometrics for a wide range of access control, watchlist, border security, network security and other applications. IBG has worked with over fifty Fortune 500 companies and dozens of international agencies to evaluate, design and implement mission-critical fingerprint, face, iris, vascular, hand geometry, voice, DNA, and signature recognition applications ranging from multi-site installations to hardened hand-held and man-portable collection devices. IBG also evaluates new technologies and applications, assesses data sets for quality and usability, performs field assessments, and provides procurement recommendations.