OBIM’s Futures Identity team looks at needs for tomorrow and three decades ahead

Dr. Alicia Locker is an academic engagement specialist with the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM)’s Futures Identity Team at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In a recent European Association of Biometrics (EAB) members lunch talk, she explained what OBIM does, and what its current future identity initiatives are trained on in working towards its mission to provide DHS and partners with biometric identity services that enable national security and public safety decision making.

Effectively, OBIM provides biometric matching, …

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