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Human Engineering Design Criteria Standards Part 3: Interim Steps

April 1, 2014
Author(s)
Susanne M. Furman, Mary Theofanos, Hannah Wald
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requires general human systems integration (HSI) criteria for the design and development of human-machine interfaces for the technology, systems, equipment, and facilities employed by its user population. HSI is

Report: Authentication Diary Study

February 4, 2014
Author(s)
Michelle P. Steves, Mary F. Theofanos
Users have developed various coping strategies for minimizing or avoiding the friction and burden associated with managing and using their portfolios of user IDs and passwords or personal identification numbers (PINs). Many try to use the same password (or

A New Metric for Latent Fingerprint Image Preprocessing

June 23, 2013
Author(s)
Mary Frances Theofanos, Andrew Dienstfrey, Brian Stanton, Haiying Guan
Although fingerprint recognition is a well-studied area, forensic fingerprint preprocessing based on computational theory is still a relatively new domain in need of further scientific study and development of standards of best practice. Latent fingerprint

Camera Recognition

March 26, 2013
Author(s)
Michelle P. Steves, Brian C. Stanton, Mary F. Theofanos, Dana E. Chisnell, Hannah Wald
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program is a biometrically-enhanced identification system primarily situated at border points of entry such as airports and seaports. In

Usability of PIV Smartcards for Logical Access

June 28, 2012
Author(s)
Emile L. Morse, Mary F. Theofanos, Yee-Yin Choong, Celeste Paul, Aiping L. Zhang, Hannah Wald
This paper presents the findings of a PIV usability pilot study conducted at NIST during the summer of 2010. The study focused on factors that affected users' perceptions and adoption of PIV smartcards. Based on observation of the study participants, the

Basing Cybersecurity Training on User Perceptions

April 2, 2012
Author(s)
Susanne M. Furman, Mary F. Theofanos, Yee-Yin Choong, Brian C. Stanton
The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) will be conducting a nationwide awareness and outreach program to effect behavioral change. To be effective, an educational campaign must first understand users’ perceptions of computer and online

Latent Print Examination and Human Factors: Improving the Practice through a Systems Approach

February 17, 2012
Author(s)
Melissa Taylor, David H. Kaye, Thomas Busey, Melissa Gische, Gerry LaPorte, Colin Aitken, Susan M. Ballou, Leonard Butt, Christophe Champod, David Charlton, Itiel E. Dror, Jules Epstein, Robert J. Garrett, Max Houck, Edward J. Imwinkelried, Ralph Keaton, Glenn Langenburg, Deborah A. Leben, Alice Maceo, Kenneth F. Martin, Jennifer L. Mnookin, Cedric Neumann, Joe Polski, Maria A. Roberts, Scott A. Shappell, Lyle Shaver, Sargur N. Srihari, Hal S. Stern, David Stoney, Anjali Swienton, Mary Theofanos, Robert M. Thompson, John Vanderkolk, Maria Weir, Kasey Wertheim
Fingerprints have provided a valuable method of personal identification in forensic science and criminal investigations for more than 100 years. The examination of fingerprints left at crime scenes, generally referred to as latent prints, consists of a