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The global biometrics market is growing at a rapid pace. Diverse worldwide needs for increased security to combat rising instances of security breaches, identity theft and data hacking are driving business to seek out authentication technologies that are reliable and difficult to fake
Tailgating is one of the most common security breach methods. It starts out innocently, an employee opening a door and holding it open for others, visitors without badges or the passive acceptance of an un-uniformed worker. The problem with these lax situations is that they open your business to undocumented and unauthorised entry by individuals who could intend harm to your property and occupants.
Over the course of human history, the ways in which we have paid for goods has changed many times. As we move into the 21st century, will the payment method of the future be biometrics?
According to the Indian news outlet NDTV, nearly 3,000 missing children have been located in New Delhi only four days after the city police department adopted an experimental facial recognition system (FRS) software program
Have you ever considered that an innocent holiday post could leave you vulnerable to a burglary?
Biometrics is big business but not all biometric authentication systems work as well as others. One of the most key factors in the success of a biometric system is its accuracy. This is a measure of how well the system can correctly match the biometric information from the same person and avoid falsely matching biometric information from different people. Read on to find out more as we demystify acceptance rates and failure rates.
The hotel industry is one of the most important segments of the accommodation sector in the United Kingdom. In 2015 hotel enterprises generated a total revenue of £17.4 billion, contributing the most value to the UK economy compared to other accommodation services. London is a key market for the hotel sector and has one of the highest occupancy rates compared with other major European city destinations. How can biometrics help hospitality businesses to become more efficient and secure?
The collection of individuals’ biometric data is increasing, and the way it is processed continues to grow more sophisticated. Like any form of data, biometrics are potentially accessible by malicious sources. The stakes of potential biometric data breaches are much higher than other types of breaches. You can always replace a credit or debit card if your financial information is compromised, but if hackers broke into MasterCard’s ‘selfie pay’ tech, you would find it impossible to replace your face.
CCTV was first used in Germany in 1942 during preparations for the launch of the V2 rocket. Wanting a way to safely monitor the launch, an engineer created a crude camera-in-a-box that could feed live images to a monitor located at a safe distance.