ABSTRACT
We have seen how biometrics can help us find and positively identify the bad guys and other persons of interest, but how do we use these same capabilities when the bad guys come looking for us? Biometrics have probably played as important a role, or maybe more so, in protecting our forces and resources from enemy actions and criminal mischief, as it has in allowing us to conduct more accurate and efficient offensive operations. Employing biometrics as part of any vetting process could help ensure that we do not hire, train, support, or pay individuals who participate in or support insurgents or terrorist groups or criminal organizations. Biometrics is also well suited to providing the extra security to control access to resources of all kinds-from facilities, to supplies, to computer networks. Finally, biometrics can provide an extra layer of protection for forces operating in the field, whether they are conducting combat missions, performing humanitarian tasks, or engaging with local officials.
