Recognition of a right person is very important in several cases. Positive identification is more critical today than ever before. For years, we identified ourselves by something we know ? our social security number, our mother?s maiden name, and a personal identification number. We also identified ourselves with something we had ? a driver?s license, an ATM or a work ID card, or a key to the building.
Biometrics is automated technology of recognizing a person based on his/her physiological or behavioral characteristic. It is used to recognize a person using distinguishing traits. It is characteristic of an individual that distinguishes him/her from others.
Following characteristics are to be studied for the identification of an individual:
1-Unique feature of the person 2-Universal features of persons 3-Permanent feature
4-Recordable features and 5-Acceptable features of the person.
Authentication and authorization are needed to identify a person. Physiological characteristics (Face reading, finger / palm prints, hand and finger geometry, study of iris, retinal, vein etc,) and Behavioral characteristics (Signature & hand writing and voice recognition & lip movements) are some features studied for identification of a person biometrically.
Biometric technologies are becoming highly secured identification and personal verification solutions. As the level of security breaches and transaction fraud are increasing globally day by day, the need for highly secured identification and personal verification technologies is becoming a necessity.
Biometric solutions are also able to provide confidential financial transactions and personal data privacy safely. The need for biometrics can be found in national, state and local governments, in the military, police, custom & excise, passport office and in many commercial applications. Network security infrastructures, government IDs, secure electronic banking, investing and other financial transactions, retail sales, law enforcement, academics and health &social services are already benefiting from these technologies.
Biometric authenticative applications include workstation, network, and domain access, single sign-in, application logon, data protection, remote access to resources, transaction security and Web security. Trust of the people in these electronic transactions is essential for the healthy growth of the global economy. Use of biometric alone or integrated with other technologies such as smart cards, encryption keys and digital signatures, are set to cover nearly all aspects of the economy and our daily routine.
Use of biometrics for personal authentication is becoming convenient and considerably more accurate than current methods (like passwords or PINs). This is because biometric links the event to a particular individual (a password or token may be used by someone else other than the authorized user, if stolen). It is convenient (nothing to carry or remember), accurate (it provides for positive authentication), can provide an audit track and is becoming socially acceptable.
Biometric identification technology is being used in businesses worldwide for computer network access, in schools, day care centers, the automotive industry, building access, prisoner ID, by government agencies, credit unions, banking, homeland security and many others.
International Biometric Group is the biometric security industry's leading consulting and technology services firm. Since 1996, IBG has provided technology-neutral and vendor-independent biometrics services, strategy, and solutions to financial institutions, integrators, government agencies, and high-tech firms. It designs and integrates standards-based biometrics solutions for citizen, employee, and customer authentication.
The companies involved in biometric solutions in India are:
1-BioEnable Technologies Pvt.Ltd, C4/1,Raksha Lekha Soc., Koregoan Park, Pune
It develops fingerprint recognition based products and providebiometric Software and Hardware development services to companies internationally.
2-LG Soft India, based at Bangalore is ISO 9001 certified global Software Services Provider Company.
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Lucknow-226010,Uttar Pradesh, India
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