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IST/44/-/5 - Biometric testing and reporting

Sector: Governance & Resilience

Categories: Identification cards and related devices

Overview: Under the direction of IST/44, is responsible for the UK input to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37/WG 5 for standards in the field of Biometric Testing and Reporting

Committee standards activity

In Progress (5)
Reference Standards description
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The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

BS ISO/IEC 22842-1 Validation of automatic biometric methods for forensic purposes. Part 1: Evidence evaluation framework

Categories: Unclassified documents

Proposal begins :
Proposal
BS ISO/IEC 19795-8 Information technology - Biometric performance testing and reporting. Part 8: Methodology and tools for the validation biometric methods for forensic evaluation and identification application

Categories: Unclassified documents

Proposal begins :
Proposal
BS EN ISO/IEC 30136 Information technology — Performance testing of biometric template protection schemes

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2025-10-08
Drafting
BS EN ISO/IEC 19795-10 BS EN ISO/IEC 19795-10 Information technology — Biometric performance testing and reporting — Part 10: Quantifying biometric system performance variation across demographic groups

Categories: Unclassified documents

Proposal begins :
Proposal
BS EN ISO/IEC 19795-1 BS EN ISO/IEC 19795-1 Information technology — Biometric performance testing and reporting. Part 1: Principles and framework

Categories: Unclassified documents

Proposal begins :
Proposal
Published (5)
Reference Standards description
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The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

BS ISO/IEC 5152:2024 Information technology. Biometric performance estimation methodologies using statistical models

Categories: Identification cards and related devices

Published standard begins : 2024-07-24
Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 29120-1:2022 Information technology. Machine readable test data for biometric testing and reporting. Test reports

Categories: Identification cards and related devices

Published standard begins : 2022-11-17
Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 21472:2021 Information technology. Scenario evaluation methodology for user interaction influence in biometric system performance

Categories: Identification cards and related devices

Published standard begins : 2021-10-29
Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 19795-10:2024 Information technology. Biometric performance testing and reporting. Quantifying biometric system performance variation across demographic groups

Categories: Identification cards and related devices

Published standard begins : 2024-10-11
Published standard
BS ISO/IEC 19795-1:2021 Information technology. Biometric performance testing and reporting. Principles and framework

Categories: Identification cards and related devices

Published standard begins : 2021-06-01
Published standard
Withdrawn (0)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.