Biometrics

October is the designated "National Cybersecurity Awareness Month," in the United States and Canada, to educate and engage the community, from government agencies, private enterprise to external audiences, about the need to protect against emerging cyber threats. Today, we need to use Internet more than ever, to do everything from shopping, banking, to socializing, and in this interconnected world, we are constantly sharing sensitive information, which cyber criminals are always on the lookout…

If that person is applicable, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will send them an appointment notice that contains their biometrics appointment information. This appointment is when the USCIS collects your fingerprint and takes your photo and signature. The person will then proceed to take an interview and finally, the Oath of Allegiance to the United States (“10 Steps to” 1)…

Smoke Detectors In Homes The first smoke detector, called the “automatic electric fire alarm” was invented by Francis Robbin Upton and Fernando Dibble in the late 19th century its purpose is to detect smoke in a room or other enclosed area and set of an audible alarm to alert nearby people to the impending danger. Smoke detectors provide many positive benefits when installed in the home such as lowering fatality rates, helping prevent small fires from turning into larger ones and some even…

HIPAA is one of the fundamental rules that were developed so as to ensure that there is the privacy of the healthcare records. The HIPAA rule is one of the most important rules that have the ability to reduce abuse and even healthcare fraud. The HIPAA privacy regulations are very critical to organizations, and healthcare providers must come up with measures that will ensure that all the patient data that they hold is confidential and secure. The HIPPA rule also lays a lot of focus on the…

become smaller, lighter, capture more detailed recordings, and work in darker conditions. In addition, revolutionary technologies that can record and identify fingerprints based on a hand wave are making their way into the average corner store. Biometric identification, which includes facial-recognition, footprint identification, and even body-odor detectors, are moving towards appearing in U.S. airports. Currently, the Department of Homeland Security uses body-odor detectors to help identify…

1. a. The data set consist of 44 female and 53 males. b. There are 21 people under the age range of 13-35, which account for 21.6% of the total 97 in the sample. c. The mean level of the hour spent in the office during week 2 is 47.47 hours, with the standard deviation of 17.06. The distribution is slightly negative skew (-0.237), although in an acceptable range suggest that slightly more samples spend more hours in office than the average. The distribution’s value for kurtosis (-1.005)…

advances. Technology has definitely come a long way and its practical use within the criminal justice system has led to great influences in the aspect of fighting crime. Technology has brought about the development and exploration of DNA analysis, biometrics, advances in surveillance, and new advances in radio frequency identification microchips, which will enhance not only crime prevention, but crime solving as well (Ritter,…

without describing the volume or size of the cup. This can mislead self-judgment and bias the results; in turn, customers may take inappropriate preventive actions. On the other hand, to ensure accuracy, the tool expects its customers entering key biometric data such as blood pressure, HDL, LDL, and total cholesterol. For individuals who do not have those information at the time of taking the assessment, they can miss significant aspects regarding the risk factors for major chronic diseases…

Recently there have been increasing talks of refugees and whether we should allow them into our country or not. This issue was brought up suddenly because of the Syrian Refugee crisis. This crisis is a global issue and most Americans pretend that it does not affect them in any way because they are oceans apart, which simply is not true. As Americans, we should be doing more to help these people in distress, people who have lost their family, homes, and loved ones. But our politicians continue to…

“Theme Parks and Your Privacy”, has examples of our freedoms being restricted and why they should not be. In this quote from the article one will understand what theme parks in Florida, including Walt Disney World are starting, “Disney began a new biometric system to identify users of annual and seasonal passes abandoning the use of a barcoded laminated photo ID pass.” This means that Disney is now telling all guest that to enter the parks you need to use your fingerprints to get in. Theme parks…