Daon Exec to Speak at Winter Summit on Biometrics
Reston, VA, Feb. 20, 2008 - Daon, a global provider of identity assurance software and services, announced today that Cathy Tilton, the company’s Vice President for Standards and Technology will speak at the Winter 2008 Summit on Biometrics in Miami later this month.
Ms. Tilton will lead an afternoon workshop on Monday, Feb. 25 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. entitled “Understanding and Using Biometrics Standards to Ensure Interoperability & Interchangeability.” This interactive workshop will examine and discuss:
- Data standards, such as CBEFF, ANSI/NIST ITL1-2000/7 and various modality specific data interchange formats
- Interface standards, such as BioAPI, BIAS, EFTS/EBTS, and NIEM
- Security standards, such as X9.84 and ACBio
- Standards for integrating biometrics and smart cards
- Standards body activities and projects
Ms. Tilton is very active in the development of national and international biometric standards, currently serving as the US head of delegation to ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 subcommittee on biometrics. She also chairs the BioAPI Consortium, is the international representative for INCITS M1 technical committee on biometrics, and chairs the M1 Ad Hoc Group on Biometrics in e-Authentication. She is the technical editor of the BioAPI within ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37 WG2 as well as a new project there called "BioAPI Lite." She currently chairs the BIAS Integration technical committee at OASIS.
Cathy has over 25 years of engineering and management experience, including over 14 years in the biometrics industry. She has lead or been involved in the design, development, and deployment of numerous biometric systems in both the commercial and government domains. These include the US-VISIT program, the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), and in a previous life, IAFIS. She is an active participant in the Registered Traveler Interoperability Consortium (RTIC) and contributed to the interoperability specifications for this program. Past work also included several contracts prototyping the use of biometrics with the Department of Defense’s CAC card. She has a BS in nuclear engineering from Mississippi State and an MS in systems engineering from Virginia Tech.
Daon was recently recognized by Frost and Sullivan with the 2008 Global Biometrics Product Line Strategy Leadership of the Year Award. The company’s identity management system provides the centralized platform and client biometric infrastructure for a variety of uses including employee credentialing, government benefits programs, border management, civil ID, airport e-gate systems and immigration control, with DaonEngineÔ serving as the platform and additional Daon software being used for remote enrollment and verification. Daon’s COTS software and biometric expertise has proven to be invaluable in the delivery of cost-effective, consistent and reliable solutions.
The Winter 2008 Summit on Biometrics is the 17th International Forum from the Advanced Learning Institute in association with International Biometric Group (IBG) and Biometric Digest. The event is being held in Miami, Florida at the Doubletree Ocean Point Resort & Spa - Miami Beach North.
For more information visit the summit website at http://www.aliconferences.com/conf/biometrics_summit_winter08/index.htm
About Daon
Daon is a leading provider of identity assurance software products focused on meeting the needs of governments and commercial organizations worldwide. Daon supports customers and system integrators in building enterprise solutions requiring the highest level of security, performance, scalability, reliability and privacy. The DaonApplicationSuite provides a powerful tool for faster development of scalable, robust and secure identity registration and vetting solutions. Daon’s multi-modal authentication infrastructure, DaonEngine, integrates seamlessly with IT platforms and applications and manages the identity life-cycle of small and large populations. Daon’s offices are located in Washington DC, Canberra, London and Dublin.
For further information, please visit: http://www.daon.com
Contacts:
Cheryl W. Waldrup
Daon
Tel: 703-984.4040
Email:cheryl.waldrup@daon.com
