Biometrics technology is not yet ready for uses in complex homeland security initiatives.

Foster Bryan Ltd. says some biometrics firms are struggling to meet the technology demands of the homeland security marketplace.

ATLANTA -- Foster Bryan Ltd., an independent market analysis firm, has issued a comprehensive analysis of how biometrics, including iris recognition, fingerprint analysis and eight other technologies may be used in homeland security applications.

The report, Homeland Security: Biometrics, is the first in a series of Foster Bryan Ltd.s comprehensive releases thoroughly analyzing homeland security technologies.

Some biometric technologies are less advanced than the U.S. government would like them to be," said Jonathan Giuliano, Managing Director of Foster Bryan Ltd. And some technologies wont be there for several years at least."

Biometric technologies are used extensively today by corporations and governments, and the science does hold the promise of providing advanced recognition of potential terrorists in public settings such as airports and train stations.

However, applications such as searching through a crowd of people for a potential terrorist require technological performance that is unlikely to exist for years," Giuliano observed. But these are promising technologies, and some companies will benefit from the money spent on research by the U.S. government."

Homeland Security: Biometrics also includes Foster Bryans thorough overview of homeland security technologies, and is the first to present a comprehensive structure into which all homeland security technologies fit.

More information is available at www.fosterbryan.com/biometrics

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