Biometrics

Verification is becoming increasingly common in corporate and public security systems, consumer electronics and point of sale (POS) applications.  The problem is the cumbersome ID structure and password system currently restraining some companies.

Biometrics: Solution for Identity Verification

Biometrics is the science and technology of measuring and analyzing biological data. In information technology, biometrics refers to technologies that measure and analyze human body characteristics, such as DNA, fingerprints, eye retinas and irises, voice patterns, facial patterns and hand measurements, for authentication purposes.

Advantages

• No need for IDs
• Use your unique body part to gain access
• Provide a convenient and low-cost additional tier of security
• Reduce fraud by employing hard-to-forge technologies
• Minimize the opportunity for ID fraud, buddy punching.
• Replace hard-to-remember passwords which may be shared or observed
• Make it possible, automatically, to know who did what, where and when