Functions

BISCO

The Biometric Interoperability and Standards Compliance Office (BISCO) serves as the DoW’s biometric standards conformance assessment capability. The BISCO provides the Biometric Enterprise an authoritative means to assess conformance throughout the development and fielding of biometric collection capabilities. Standards conformance assessment and certification is a significant step towards interoperability.

Core Objectives

  • Conformance Testing:

    The BISCO conformance assessment is designed to evaluate a system’s conformance to Department of War (DoW) Electronic Biometrics Transmission Specifications (EBTS), NATO STANAG 4715, and Interpol biometric data transmission specifications. During the assessment process the BISCO provides feedback to industry and capability developers on ways to improve data quality and interoperability of biometric collection devices.

  • Conformance Products List:

    Provide the DoW with a list of products that have been evaluated for conformance and proven their ability to generate data in a standardized format; this will streamline acquisition.

  • Certification:

    Provide letters of certification signed by the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) validating devices are compliant with published standards. Provide sponsors with engineering reports detailing the BISCO test team’s findings that may be used to make modifications or corrective actions to the biometric collection device and software.

Intent

The BISCO’s intent is to ensure our military’s biometric collection devices—fingerprint, facial, voice and iris produce high quality data that can be exchanged seamlessly with our allies and other U.S. government agencies.

This capability establishes the procedures and processes for compliance testing of biometric systems that operators use to quickly and accurately identify National Security Threat Actors anywhere in the world.

BISCO Laboratory Director

Mr. Ryan Triplett
ryan.l.triplett.civ@army.mil