Biometrics and Proximity
Biometrics are automated methods of recognizing a person based on physiological or behavioral characteristics. Among the parameters measured are face, fingerprints, hand geometry, writing, iris, retina, and voice features.
Biometric data are different and independent of personal information. Biometric parameters can not be upset by engineering to recreate personal information and can not be stolen and used to access such information.
Using a single physical attribute of your body, such as fingerprint or iris to identify effortlessly if you are who you say is the best and easiest solution available in the market today. That's the simple truth and power of Biometrics Technology today.
Although biometric technology has existed for many years, modern advances in this emerging technology, added to large cost reductions, make biometric actually available and affordable for consumers, small business owners, large corporations and agencies the public sector.
There are several ways a security system can verify that somebody is an authorized user. Most systems seek one or more of the following:
- What do you have?
- What do you know?
- Who are you?
- Physical attributes are much harder to fake than identity cards.
- You can not guess a fingerprint pattern like you can guess a password.
- You do not miss the fingerprint, iris or voice as you can lose a keycard.
- You can not forget your fingerprints like you can forget a password.
