Date: 12/30/2026
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
Credit: 1 Hour

Course Description

Biometric technologies use physical and behavioral characteristics to help verify identity and control access to facilities, devices, and information. Understanding their capabilities and limitations is essential to evaluating how they fit within an overall security strategy.

This basic, one-hour webinar introduces common biometric technologies, including fingerprint, facial, iris, and voice recognition. Participants will explore how biometric systems capture information, create reference templates, and compare subsequent samples for identification or verification. The discussion connects these concepts to applications in building security, workplace access, healthcare, and personal devices.

Participants will also examine practical concerns involving recognition accuracy, environmental conditions, spoofing, privacy, and the protection of stored biometric information. Designed for engineers seeking an introductory foundation, the webinar emphasizes evaluating benefits alongside operational risks, providing alternative access methods, and recognizing when additional safeguards or specialist review are needed.
 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Identify common physical and behavioral characteristics used in biometric recognition systems.
2. Describe the basic stages of biometric enrollment, template creation, and matching.
3. Distinguish between biometric identification and verification in access control applications.
4. Explain how false matches, false rejections, operating conditions, and spoofing can affect system performance.
5. Identify privacy, data protection, and alternative access considerations relevant to the use of biometric technologies.

Course Number:  LWP123026
Field of Study: Health and Safety
Level: Basic
Presenter:
Ronald Finger
Prerequisites: 
None