Biometrics Advantage
February 29th, 2008
The technologies that measure and analyze human physical and/or behavioral characteristics for the purpose of authentication, identification and screening are collectively known as biometric surveillance. Physical characteristics would include fingerprints, eye retinas and irises, DNA, facial patterns and hand measurements. On the other hand, the signature, gait, voice and typing patterns are all behavioral biometric characteristics.
Biometrics has inherent advantages over standard and identification and validation systems. Passwords tend to be forgotten, guessed and may possibly be used by someone else having questionable intentions. The fact that biometrics require the presence of the person being authenticated greatly reduces the risk of fraud.