Biometrics is important in today's society. Examples are the requirement for biometric identification mechanisms on travel documents and the use in application areas such as banking and public services.
In the context of standardization, this is relfected in the existance of sub-committee ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37. In order to enable a more frequent inter-contact on biometrics standards issues, and in particular to improve interface with the EU regulatory authorities, and improve awareness of the JTC 1 work, CEN established around 2005 a Focus Group on biometric issues.
The Group also produced the following reports:
Following the publication of these reports in July 2009, the Focus Group has been closed.
Further biometric projects will take place in CEN/TC 224.