ANSI/NIST-ITL WORKSHOP 

JANUARY 28-30, 2013 

PRESENTED BY: LT DAVE BARKALOW 

Use of Mobile Biometr

Devices 

for Coast Guard 
National Need 

Within one year after the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authoriz

2010, the Secretary shall conduct, in the maritime environment, a program mobile biometrics identification of suspected individuals ... 

...the term ‘biometric identification’ means use of fingerprint and digital pho

images and facial and iris scan technology ... 

Coast Guard Aut

National Requirements • Enhance Screening Using Core Identity 

(Biometric) Methods (HSPD-24/N5PD-59) 

9/HS

Coast Guard Requirements • Protect Nation From Dangerous People • Improve Maritime Safety, Security and Ste

HD

As the first-line protector of our nation’s 95,000 mile maritime borde

Guard is a critical element in implementing this national capa

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Existing National Databases 

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 24, calls for federal agencies to “use mutually compatible methods and procedures in the collection, storage, use, analysis, and sharing of biometric and associated biographic and contextual information of individuals.” 

Current State

Stores biometric• Individuals arreste• Limited number of 

arrested internatio

• Latent prints from • Limited number of 

other application p

Stores biometrics from: Stores biometrics from: • Credential applicants requesting access to U.S. • Visa applicants, travelers to the U.S. 

installations overseas • Immigration violators 

• Latent prints from IEDs and other hostile actions • Other immigration and border manag• Enemy combatants credential applicants• Detainees • Latent prints from DoD, DoJ, and DH

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CG plans to leverage existing nation

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Planned High-Level Architecture 

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Biometric at Sea System results 

BASS 2-Print Results (to date) Signatures collected 4,891 Migrants found to have criminal records 1,368 Successful prosecutions 1,043 Number of migrant Biometrics matches 27.97% Number of migrant positive “hits” prosecuted 76.24% Number of Biometrics prosecuted 21.32% BASS 10-Print Results (10 Oct 2012 – 01 Jan 201AMIO transactions 63 - Watchlist Hits 3 - Other Hits 17 - Total Hits 20 Analysis % of Biometrics that are hits: 

28.02% 

% of Hits that are Prosecuted: 76.73% % of Biometrics that are prosecuted 21.50% 

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Successes and Gaps 

BASS Success 

• 80% Reduction in Maritime Migrant Flow Through the 

Pass 

• Collected Over 4,891 Biometric Signatures in Primary 

Vectors 

• Over 1,043 Migrants Found to have Criminal Records • Over 912 Successful Prosecutions •>$2.5M supplemental funding has created cache of SE

BASS Gaps/Issues 

• No latent print collection capability • Limited deployment within Coast Guard • Limited cutter communications (satellite, 802.x, porta• 2-Print only supportable/searchable by US-VISIT • Roughly 120M searchable records in US-VISIT versus 

records in all 3 major databases 

• No expressed support for expansion in future budget 

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System Overview 

Armband & Written Log 

Standalone 

Laptop 

Mobile Capture Device 

Encrypted 

External 

Hard Drive 

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2 Print to 10 Print transition: 

• Quantity On Hand: 

• 140 SEEKs owned = 70 Kits • Sparing at depot = 10 spares • 60 Kits deployed when complete 

• Tier 0 – (23 Kits) 

• One for one swap of existing 2 Print kit for 10 P• Approximate 12 months transition and assumed 

100% 2-Print cost to support existing program dtransition period. 

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Project Operating Environment 

Pilot Cutters: • USCGC CUSHING – WPB 1321 • USCGC FARALLON – WPB 1301 • USCGC KEY LARGO – WPB 1324 • USCGG MATINICUS – WPB 1315 • USCGC REEF SHARK – WPB 87371 • USCGC SAPELO – WPB 1314 

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Project Overview 

• Start Date: 

• 1 September 2012 

• Planned Completion: 

• End Data Collection – 29 April 2013 • Deliver Sponsor Brief – 18 July 2013 

• State of Development - Complete 

• Prototype system deployment for test 

and evaluation purposes. 

• Based on business process and existing 

workflow of the United States Coast Guard 2-print Biometrics At-Sea System (BASS). 

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Project Overview (cont’d) 

• Testing - Complete 

• Submissions to IDENT Production Integrated 

Testing (PIT) for XML format validation 

• Sector San Juan 

• Underway CGC CUSHING – 4 hrs 

• Underway CGC FARALLON – 4 hrs 

• Training - Complete 

– 4 hr classroom training to SSJ cutter crews – New 10-print training curriculum, including 

materials such as SOPs and job aides 

• Feedback – In Progress 

– Pre-Pilot Survey – After Interdiction Survey – Post-Pilot Survey – General Lessons Learned 

• Documented Results – In Progress 

• Interim and final test briefs 

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Photos Yola 

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Fingerprint Quality 

• A standard fingerprint quality report template is being collaboratively d

US-VISIT, DHS S&T, and CG RDC. 

SCORES Range from 1 to 127 

1 is the highest quality 

127 is the lowest quality 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Good Fair P

• A preliminary fingerprint quality score analysis was conducted for the first interdiction 

CGC FARALLON – 22 migrants (total of 219 of 220 possible fingerprint images subm

• The median fingerprint quality score was a 3. 

• Maximum score (lowest quality) was a 10. • Minimum score (highest quality) was a 2. 

Quality 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Accuracy 99.4 99.2 99.1 98.2 95.2 89.3 

Frequency from 219 Images 0 82 71 31 15 14 

* Statistics from NIST IR 7110. “Matching Performance for the US‐VISIT IDENT System Using Flat Fingerprints”.

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Examples of SEEK II Facial Capture 

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Additional Slides
Photos SEEK II 

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Photos Datastrip 

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Photos Cutter / Transfer 

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Photos Migrants on Deck / Repat 

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