Archive for the 'About Biometrics' Category

White Castle Satisfies its Craving for User Authentication

You might think that a company founded in 1921 would be slow on the uptake of cutting edge information technology. Not so for White Castle. This company has found a recipe for saving millions of dollars a year on processing paperwork for its 12,000 employees, and one of the ingredients is biometrics.
When an employee uses […]

SAS Extends Fingerprint ID System for Domestic Flights

The Register is reporting that Swedish airline SAS is extending a biometric security program on national flights from Stockholm and Gothenburg and will roll it out to international flights in the near future.Approximately 50 per cent of all passengers on SAS’s domestic flights travel will be able to use the biometric solution, the company announced […]

Frost & Sullivan Extols Daon’s Sound Platform Strategy in the World Biometrics Market

Fox News is reporting that Frost & Sullivan selected Daon as the recipient of the 2008 Global Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy Leadership Award in biometrics for its provision of a diverse suite of products and top-class product support.Daon serves various consumer groups in numerous verticals and application markets including the government, finance, healthcare, […]

What are Biometrics?

Biometrics are automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Among the features measured are face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, iris, retinal, vein, and voice. Biometric technologies are becoming the foundation of an extensive array of highly secure identification and personal verification solutions. As the level of security breaches and […]