Biometrics: Guide on Modern Authentication and Identification Tools

What is Biometrics and How Big Is This Market

A reader (scanning device) to record the biometric factor being authenticated

Software that converts the scanned biometric data into a standardized digital format/ compares match points of the observed and stored data

Secure databases to store the biometric data

Two Types of Measurements

Physiological measurements

Behavioural measurements

Biometrics: A Couple of Words on the Current Trends

Andy Dufresne escaped Shawshank in 1966 - around this time many of the modern security measures in place in the banking industry did not exist

increased public acceptance

great improvement in the accuracy

rich offers on the market

becoming more affordable devices and software

Biometrics Use Cases

Commercial applications (consumer/customer identification)

Civil Identity and Population Registration

Healthcare

To Be Continued…