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Headline: iBeta steps up biometrics testing to combat demographic bias in tech
In the rapidly evolving tech landscape, ensuring fairness and equality across different demographics is becoming increasingly important. To tackle this challenge, iBeta Quality Assurance has rolled out a new service aimed at testing and addressing demographic bias in biometric systems. The service was developed with the ISO/IEC 19795-10 standard in mind, which helps quantify performance variations of biometric systems among demographic groups such as age, gender, and skin tone [1].
The ISO/IEC 19795-10 standard is essential as the prevalence of biometric technologies grows across various sectors, raising valid concerns about their fairness for all individuals. iBeta has been granted the necessary accreditation to test against this standard under NIST’s National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) [1]. By utilizing this testing service, developers can prove their biometric solutions are demographically unbiased and operate equitably for all.
It's crucial for tech providers to adopt best practices and establish metrics to demonstrate their commitment to fairness and equality. This development from iBeta is an important step towards achieving this goal, providing a valuable resource for developers working with biometric technologies in their products. [2]
The ISO/IEC 19795-10 standard, essential for the growing use of biometric technologies, is being utilized by iBeta in their new service to test and address demographic bias. This testing service offers developers a means to ensure their biometric solutions operate equitably for all, adopting best practices towards fairness and equality in tech. [1] [2]
