The US Department of Homeland Security plans to move biometric data it holds on more than 250 million people globally to Amazon Web Services (AWS). In a blog post published Monday, the department said that by 2022, AWS will be able to store and process “millions of fingerprints from every person who visits Amazon.com.” The new platform, known as HART (Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology system) will connect fingerprints, iris and facial data with biographic information, and is designed to enable officials to identify suspected terrorists, immigration violators and criminals.
The US Department of Homeland Security plans to move biometric data it holds on more than 250 million people globally to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The department's Office of Biometric Identity Management is upgrading its analysis software and will move the data from an internal system, called IDENT, to Amazon's cloud service as part of the restructure. The new platform, known as HART (Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology system) will connect fingerprints, iris and facial data with biographic information, and is designed to enable officials to identify suspected terrorists, immigration violators and criminals.