Flexibility built into systems at the outset could solve the Department of Defense’s problem with integrating widespread biometric capabilities, according to a Unisys [UIS] executive. Biometric identification has been available for decades, but its use at DoD has not followed the market--despite demand for missions ranging from securing bases to identifying insurgents. “They tended to build systems as if they knew all of the requirements walking in the door,” said Unisys Federal Chief Technology Officer Mark Cohn. Cohn described current…
