Thursday, June 27, 2013

Biometrics in Corporations and Manufacturing Facilities



Over the past decade, there has been substantial growth in global business, of which the manufacturing industry plays a large part. This, accompanied by an increase in intelligent manufacturing equipment, increased connectivity of equipment and software both internally within a company, and with external partners has led to an increase in the probability of attacks and threats to these systems. Combine this with the current events and the additional requirements of governmental regulation, and several businesses in advanced manufacturing have to increase both physical and logical security.

Corporations and manufacturing facilities allocate significant funds to protect access to their physical facilities as well as proprietary information. From legal documents to employee personnel information to dedicated servers, businesses house highly-secure equipment and information and restricting access to select personnel can be a challenge.

Biometrics will play a major role in different industries, from medicine, science, robotics, engineering, manufacturing and all areas of vertical enterprise businesses. Employers use biometric technologies to record time and attendance, monitor physical access to high security locations, and control network access by mobile employees. The most mature uses of the biometrics are surveillance and screening applications, access control and citizen identification. The number of customer care applications is also increasing.

Fingerprint scanners are easy to install and administer, and eliminate the cost and security risks associated with access cards and pin numbers. Using a fingerprint biometric can also help companies save by eliminating “buddy punching.”  With Integrated Biometrics (Face+Fingerprint) owning the entire product chain, from technology development to customer service and management solutions, they can provide any number of customizable options that provide a corporation with greater security while maintaining cost efficiencies.

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