Protecting the country from transnational threats requires a strengthened homeland security enterprise that shares information across traditional organizational boundaries. International Information Sharing Overview Customs and Border Protection log of an entry into the United States, and an immigration status change logged by U.S. A single query of OBIM’s biometric system can retrieve data for an individual tied to a Department of State visa application, a U.S. A key strength of OBIM’s services is that biometric matching is not limited to a single DHS Component or external mission partner but encompasses encounters across stakeholders. The breadth and depth of OBIM’s customer base began with a simple biometric identification service and has expanded to support complex data sharing programs that assist federal, state, and local agencies by providing a large pool of matching partners for biometric queries and interoperability with other biometric repositories, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Next Generation Identification system.

OBIM is also developing guidance on biometric capture quality, and guidance for DHS Components to collect three modalities - fingerprint, face, and iris - at first encounter, for improved identity assurance. OBIM provides support and biometric guidance, serving as the Secretariat for the Biometric Capabilities Executive Stakeholder Committee led by the Deputy Under Secretary for Management and leading biometric standards work. OBIM is the fingerprint provider for the Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs. OBIM provides a conduit to interagency, international, state, and local mission partners. Under OBIM’s robust approach to cybersecurity and privacy, each data provider is able to restrict the maintenance, retention, and sharing of its data with other organizations. OBIM’s role is to manage and protect this data on behalf of its partners in accordance with legal, policy, and privacy requirements. StewardshipĪs a steward, OBIM and does not own the biometric data that DHS Components and mission partners collect. OBIM’s subject matter experts support DHS Components and mission partners in daily operations, developing and fielding new capabilities, and providing thought leadership on future biometric technologies. IDENT enables DHS operators and mission partners to more effectively and readily benefit from one another’s biometric data, and is efficient for DHS, avoiding the need for duplicate systems. The Automated Biometric Identity System (IDENT) is the primary DHS biometric repository, and the largest biometric repository in the U.S. OBIM’s services include: fingerprint, face recognition, and iris modalities (both one-to-one and one-to-many) automated match-store-share capabilities human biometric examiners and notification services that alert subscribers to encounters, changes in derogatory information, or other activities on individual identities. Promote Biometric Identity (Position): OBIM positions for the evolution of biometric identity services by looking past the life of this plan to understand and address the future operating environment.Refine and Align (Strengthen): OBIM increases service effectiveness by refining processes and aligning the organization to accelerate service delivery.Embrace Growth (Develop): OBIM proactively identifies emerging mission requirements and integrates new capabilities into service offerings.Provide Exceptional Service (Deliver): OBIM delivers consistently exceptional service around the clock to enable operational missions for DHS Components, external mission partners, and international customers.OBIM leads the use of biometric identity for a safer world, enhanced individual privacy, and improved quality of life. OBIM provides the Department of Homeland Security and its mission partners with biometric identity services that enable national security and public safety decision making.

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