Identity and Biometric Technology Advisory Board (IBTAB)
About the IBTAB
Mission Statement
Our mission: To promote the advancement and adoption of innovative biometric and digital identification solutions to secure critical assets, protect individual identity, safeguard propriety data and enhance consumer experience. Biometric and digital identification solutions must be used in an ethical and lawful manner, without discrimination against any particular individual or groups.
The SIA Identity and Biometric Technology Board (IBTAB) is an exclusive advisory panel to the SIA Board of Directors. IBTAB is comprised of biometric and digital identification experts who guide SIA’s engagement with operators of critical infrastructure both in private and public sectors. IBTAB’s technical expertise focuses on the operational and scalable features embedded within advanced biometric and digital identification solutions, and IBTAB members are prepared to work with policymakers and decision makers interested in understanding such solutions.
IBTAB works to advise and participate in legislative advocacy and communications efforts, help determine priority areas of focus and support initiatives serving the needs of the industry and works to ensure that SIA and its members, as subject matter experts in biometric and identity technologies and their uses, participate as stakeholders in the development of any policies affecting their use.
Membership Criteria
Eligibility for membership in the IBTAB extends to SIA manufacturers and solutions providers who perform research and development, design, testing, distribution, integration and deployment of biometric and digital identification solutions.
Accomplishments
- IBTAB roundtable meeting series
- Networking events in conjunction with the Identity Week conference
- Presentations at the SIA GovSummit and ISC Security Events conferences
- Support of the SIA Women in Biometrics Awards
- Active participation providing input on federal and state legislation, including congressional testimony and input on numerous state bills
- Publication of SIA’s Principles for the Responsible and Effective Use of Facial Recognition Technology
- Publication of What Science Really Says About Facial Recognition Accuracy and Bias Concerns, an analysis of research on the accuracy of facial recognition technology
- Active coordination with national and international news media covering facial recognition
- Development of a public policy page on facial recognition that provides information on SIA positions and activities
Webinar Nov. 12: The Future of NIST Technical Evaluations of Biometric Technologies
Join us for a special webinar presented by the SIA IBTAB, with support from sponsors Leidos and SAIC and featuring special guest Patrick Grother, a scientist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In his role at NIST, Grother is responsible for biometric standards development, algorithm testing, and analysis and runs the ongoing evaluations of fingerprint, iris and face recognition technologies, including the Iris Exchange (IREX) and Minutiae Interoperability Exchange (MINEX) fingerprint evaluation.
Grother will provide an update specific to recent changes to the NIST Face Recognition Technology Evaluation (FRTE) and Face Analysis Technology Evaluation (FATE) programs, as well as future plans across key NIST evaluations of biometric technologies that have implications for key stakeholders across industry and government. These topics will be of particular interest to developers participating or considering participation in these programs, manufacturers and integrators providing biometric technologies within their products and end users in the government and commercial sectors. Register here!
- Archived event: Identity & Biometrics Lunch With the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (July 27, 2023)
- Archived event: Bourbon and Biometrics With SIA’s IBTAB (Oct. 4, 2022)
- Archived event: Identity & Biometrics Lunch With U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Sept. 21, 2022)
- Archived event: Identity & Biometrics Virtual Coffee With the FBI (Sept. 16, 2021)
- Archived event: Virtual Coffee With the U.S. Department of Defense (May 12, 2021)
- Highlights From SIA’s Identity & Biometrics Kickoff Virtual Luncheon With DHS-CBP (March 1, 2021)
- SIA Welcomes New Chair & Vice Chair to Lead Identity & Biometric Technology Advisory Board (Feb. 19, 2021)
- Get to Know the SIA Identity and Biometric Technology Advisory Board (Jan. 8, 2021)
- Security Industry Association Strengthens Identity Expertise Through Addition of IdTA Members (Dec. 3, 2020)
Get Involved: Volunteer Your Expertise!
Your knowledge and leadership on a SIA committee can help shape the future of the security industry. Contact SIA staff for volunteer opportunities.
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