Why use biometric technology?
• By definition, personal biometrics are unique and nontransferable. Biometrics based security provides convenience for the implementer and the user: the biometric cannot be lost, stolen or forgotten, and reduces administrative costs. • Is biometric technology physically safe for the individual? • Yes. The methods employed to gather biometric data on individuals are noninvasive and pose no threat to physical health or well-being. When properly installed, biometric devices enhance both security and ease of access. No health hazards have occurred in the more than 25 years that biometric devices have been in use. • Are identification and authentication/verification the same? • No. In biometrics, identification occurs when a live biometriclike a fingerprintis compared electronically to a database containing many stored fingerprint images and a match is found. Identification compares one to many, where authentication or verification is a one to one comparison. Identification systems ask, Wh
