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Secretariat: ANSI
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Chairperson (until end 2024):Mr Patrick Grother
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ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:
- Creation date: 2002
Scope
Standardization of generic biometric technologies pertaining to human beings to support interoperability and data interchange among applications and systems. Generic human biometric standards include: common file frameworks; biometric application programming interfaces; biometric data interchange formats; related biometric profiles; application of evaluation criteria to biometric technologies; methodologies for performance testing and reporting and cross jurisdictional and societal aspects. Excluded is the work in ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 to apply biometric technologies to cards and personal identif ication.
Excluded is the work in ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 for biometric data protections techniques, biometric security testing, evaluations and evaluations methodologies.
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This committee contributes with 159 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:
Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee
Reference | Title |
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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27/JWG 6 | Joint ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 27 - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 37 Working group : Cybersecurity testing and evaluation of biometrics |
Liaison Committees to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37
The committees below can access the documents of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37:
Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 | Telecommunications and information exchange between systems | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 | Software and systems engineering | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 | Cards and security devices for personal identification | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 | Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35 | User interfaces | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 | Artificial intelligence | ISO/IEC |
ISO/TC 68/SC 2 | Financial Services, security | ISO |
ISO/TC 215 | Health informatics | ISO |
ISO/TC 272 | Forensic sciences | ISO |
ISO/TC 292 | Security and resilience | ISO |
ISO/TC 307 | Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies | ISO |
ISO/TC 332 | Security equipment for financial institutions and commercial organizations | ISO |
Liaison Committees from ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 can access the documents of the committees below:
Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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IEC/SC 3C | Graphical symbols for use on equipment | IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1 | Information technology | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 | Cards and security devices for personal identification | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 | Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 | Artificial intelligence | ISO/IEC |
ISO/TC 68/SC 2 | Financial Services, security | ISO |
ISO/TC 68/SC 8 | Reference data for financial services | ISO |
ISO/TC 272 | Forensic sciences | ISO |
ISO/TC 307 | Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies | ISO |
Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym | Title | Category |
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EC - European Commission | European Commission | A |
FIDO Alliance | The FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance | A |
IATA | International Air Transport Association | A |
IBIA - Biometric | International Biometrics + Identity Association | A |
SBS - Small Business Standards | Small Business Standards | A |
UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | A |
Organizations in liaison (Category C)
C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group
Acronym | Title | Category |
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eu-LISA | European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice | C |
FRONTEX | FRONTEX | C |
Interpol | Interpol | C |
Date | Month | Location | TC/SC | Note |
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13-17 | January 2025 | Wellington (New Zealand) | ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 |
* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 - Secretariat
ANSI [United States]
Washington 20036 DC
United States