Biometrics Technology

Fingerprint biometrics is one of the most popular modalities around the world. It is widely accepted security technology that is used in various industries including government projects, healthcare, private organizations, educational and financial institutes. A report says that the fingerprint sensor market will be worth 8.80 billion USD by 2023. Fingerprint applications can be a very useful way of enhancing security and convenience. It can eliminate a lot of manual time-worthy tasks and make the process fast and convenient. It is fast, easy and affordable solution compared to the other options. There are zillions of places where fingerprint recognition is applied currently. They need fingerprint application for PC to operate their fingerprint recognition project in an easier and smoother way. Many companies claim to provide a reliable fingerprint application for PC, but most of the times they fail to keep their promises. Don’t be fooled by their words, maybe it could ma...

Just hearing the term biometrics, we draw a picture of the fingerprint in the back of our mind, but, originally biometrics is a term related to our human body itself. The original term “Biometrics” actually refers to measurements and different sorts of calculations that are related to the human body. It is the measurement of human characteristics in a matrix form. Biometric measurements are unique and irreversible depending on their types. This is why in modern day identification biometrics measurements ensure maximum efficiency. The history of Biometrics originated back in 1981 to identify criminal’s fingerprints to be analyzed and stored. Since then, this practice happens all over the world. However, now biometric authentication has just not become important but welcomed in all aspects of our lives. Biometric measurements also have evolved from the only fingerprint and now different parts of our body such as finger vein, palm vein, iris scan, voice recognition, facial recognition, ...

How to turn your phone into a biometric scanning machine? Wouldn’t that be great if you could do it in a snap and use all the advantage of your unique biometric features to validate you on different occasions? Although we know that smartphones companies such as Apple, Samsung or LG do not allow any third party app to draw data from the biometric scanners in their smartphone, there is a way. And it is quite simple and super comfortable. How do you turn your phone into a biometric scanning machine? You merely use facial recognition. Every smartphone has a high-resolution camera that takes the most exquisite pictures. This camera in the back or front can be easily applied to capture the facial data of a person, and that can be used to validate the identity of that person. Your phone will require a well-built application that will be able to capture and draw the facial data from the visual taken from that camera. With the app collecting the biometric data and sending it to CloudABIS...

Schools around the world continue to face both internal and external threats to the safety of students and staff. Unfortunately, the daily news seems to be filled with school security incidents, from intruders to violence. The threat to the students and staff of schools around the world is increasing day by day by a large margin. In the USA alone, there was   22 school shooting happened  in just 20 weeks of 2018. It becomes a serious threat to the safety of our children at the schools. Using a traditional sign-in sheet isn’t enough to improve this situation at all. Criminals are more updated nowadays to forge these simple security systems. Instead of preventing, it allows intruders to operate their crimes easily. To fight with this ongoing problem, a proper visitor management system could be an effective solution. It can prevent unwanted visitors from entering the school premise. There will be a record of every visitors passing through the school so it will be easie...

A recent study conducted by Research and Markets  found that the current value of the biometrics-as-a service (BaaS) market is about 1.20 billion US dollars (2017) and is likely to see  a  rapid growth by 2023. This growth is driven by the fact that it is very much affordable, easy to integrate and no headache of maintenance associated with it. As a result, more and more small and medium-sized companies are going for it. Let’s take for example the Safety Plus.  They are high-quality loss control and safety management service provider for more than 150 companies nationwide. They were facing challenges to authenticate visitors within their premise and looking for an IAM (Identity & Access Management) system. They already had an access control solution of their own, so all they were interested in was to add biometric functionality to it. Also, they wanted portability without taking the burden of developing and maintaining a complete biometric system. A...

Tourism is one of the biggest industries in the world. Tourism has a big impact on almost every country’s economy. Millions of people do traveling around the world every year. There are some major tourist spots in every country like the Eiffel tower in France, Niagara Falls in Canada, Walt Disney World in the US, and the Taj Mahal in India get millions of visitors every year. The Eiffel tower by itself hosts 7 million visitors alone in a year, and around 300 million people have visited since 1989. The total contribution of travel and tourism industry in the global economy was around 7.61 Trillion USD in 2016. Tourism is one of the biggest industries in the world and millions of people, directly and indirectly, involved with it. The authorities have to provide a concrete plan to manage these huge amounts of visitors. Some authorities keep a log of the visitors for security and other purposes, but it is costly and hard to manage the data accurately. Read more…

JavaScript biometric authentication process can be somewhat painstaking and will require a lot of time if the right tools are not used during integration. The more time a project consumes, the more expensive, it becomes concerning overall cost and opportunity costs. Even an experienced engineer might struggle to properly integrate a biometric SDK for JavaScript biometric authentication due to lacking the prior experience of doing so. There are three easy options. Number one: using M2SYS multimodal Bio-Plugin™ biometric SDK that can integrate easily with any application. The second: is to use another multimodal cloud SDK from M2SYS Technology named CloudScanr™. Lastly, if an instant integration is needed to use biometrics as a sign-on feature, the best choice would be Bio-SnapOn™ for JavaScript biometric authentication. Read the full article from here.

There is a significant demand for secured biometric identification of an individual in today’s business world. Do you know why? In today’s article, we are going to find out the ten advantages of biometrics technology: Convenience Identifying the right individual is very simple when you know the person, or you have to recognize him or her from a few persons. But what will happen when you have to identify a hundred or thousand individuals from thousands or millions of persons? It was challenging and even almost impossible. But biometrics technology allows to conveniently determine the right person from millions or authenticate the right one within less than a second. Security Biometrics technology reduces fraud activity by identifying the right person at the right time. If anyone needs to have access using biometrics, he or she will have to be present physically. You cannot lose your biometric; there is no one with the same biometric feature as you, and with the latest livel...

Visitor management has become a frequent topic nowadays. Organizations sometimes face increased visitor flow that affects the organization’s safety and decreases the productivity of employees. To ensure the safety of your office, on-premise tracking visitor identity and keeping a proper log of their visit is a must. That’s why every organization look for such a system that is safe, secure and cost-effective as well as establish utmost safety in the office. Cloud-based technology has widened its blessings in every aspect of our life. No doubt everyone in today’s world is enjoying the benefits of cloud technology. The good news is this front-line technology also widen its blessings in the sector of visitor management system too. If you are wondering about its benefits on visitor management system here is the five bottom-line benefits for you to help you decide on deploying cloud-based visitor management system.

A study shows that Singapore is the global leader in adopting fingerprint biometrics and voice recognition technologies in the financial sector. They are adopting these technologies to authenticate customers’ identity. Singapore is adopting biometric technology faster than any other country in the world. The study is based on the report of 315 financial companies based in countries like Singapore, China, the UK, and the US. Singapore sits in the top position of fingerprint biometrics with 61% of companies surveyed either using or planning to use fingerprint technology, followed by China at 57%, Australia 50%, the UK 40%, and the US 37%. Singapore also gets the top spot of adopting voice recognition with 56% of the people surveyed said they are planning on using voice recognition. Other countries of notice were Australia at 56%, China at 49%, the US at 49%, and the UK at 33%. Singapore placed second to Australia in terms of facial recognition adoption. Around 8...

API (Application Programming Interface) is one of the best things happen in the IT world. We all are using various applications that use APIs. This popular term is considered as a lifesaver to many small businesses as it saves a huge amount of a money and monumental headache. Most importantly, it creates a win-win situation for both parties. What is API? According to Wikipedia, the definition of API is, “In computer programming, an application programming interface (API) is a set of subroutine definitions, protocols, and tools for building application software.” All big tech players like Google, Facebook, Yelp use APIs to improve the functionality without creating a new application. What is Web API? In simple terms, it is an API that operates over the web by using the HTTP protocol. A web API can be built in many languages including Java, .NET etc. Why small businesses need Web API to Deploy Biometric Identification System? Creating a new application is burdensom...

There are many biometric modalities including fingerprint, finger vein, iris, retina, gait, signature, voice, etc. All of these modalities have some distinctive biometric features, benefits, and limitations, which makes them more suitable for others in different environments and projects. There is not one modality that can be claimed to be the perfect fit for every situation or project. It depends on an organization’s intended use of the technology , the context in which it will be operated under and the people who will be running it. After carefully sorting out these features that will meet their requirement correctly, like speed, accuracy or maybe affordability, organizations come to point when they can select the right biometric hardware. In this infographics, we have pointed out some important biometric features, which makes 4 of the most popular biometric modality (fingerprint, finger-vein, iris & facial recognition) to stand out from others and why they should be conside...

A reliable fingerprint API for java – many businesses and software integrators are looking for it. It can make the process of fingerprint biometric deployment fast, accurate and cost-effective. Despite its critical role in a fingerprint biometric deployment, there are very few reliable Fingerprint API for java currently available in the market. Reasonably, many companies are looking for an effective fingerprint API system – that not only meet their requirement but also affordable. Most of the fingerprint API available in the market are highly expensive, complex to integrate and locks you to the vendor indefinitely. That’s where CloudABIS™ can stand out. It is a highly effective, affordable and easy to integrate fingerprint API for your java application. Let’s find more about this system. What is CloudABIS™? CloudABIS™ is a cloud-based biometric identification and matching system that supports not only fingerprint but also finger vein, face and iris recognition. It is a hig...

An effective visitor management system is highly critical for every public place especially hospitals. Generally, hundreds of employees, doctors, patients, visitors, vendors, and contractors are passing through a hospital for respective reasons. Large hospitals host even more people every day. Only hospitals have to take care of vulnerable people including seriously ill, injured, newborns, and elderly people on a daily basis. Needless to say, they have to also ensure secure access to millions of dollars’ worth of equipment for medical purposes. Considering all those points, hospitals should adopt effective visitor management system that serves the purposes perfectly. It has to be fast, affordable and easy to use. There are many traditional visitor management systems available in the market, but in terms of cost, time and effectiveness those lag behind from the requirements. Currently, biometrics-based security systems are thriving in every sector including government...

Currently, there are very few affordable biometric SDK for PHP available in the market. Many programmers, web developers, software developers, and software development integrators are passionately looking for such solutions. Some companies offer biometric SDK for PHP solution but most of them is an expensive and complex system to integrate. It takes a lot of times, money and dedication to integrate those solutions that become a nightmare most of the times. Additionally, sometimes those solutions are far behind from the expectations of the companies. The good news is there are biometric SDK for PHP solutions are available in the market, you just need to find out the best out of thousands. Based on accuracy, speed, and affordability, here we enlist some biometric SDK solutions for PHP language. Bio-Plugin ™ Bio-Plugin™ is a groundbreaking biometric software development kit (SDK) that allows developers to rapidly integrate multi-modal biometric software for identification...

Workforce Management is a part of every business. Nearly all companies face some common issues like buddy punching, time theft, or payroll errors. As a consequence, companies are bound to look for a cost-effective workforce management solution. Generally, companies face two major challenges with workforce management, including preventing buddy punching and finding an accurate solution to fit their needs. Many companies are also facing issues with inefficient and the high cost of time clocks to monitor employees proactively. Here we will talk about Kronos InTouch Time Clock and RightPunch™ – an alternative to Kronos InTouch Time Clock. Kronos InTouch time clock The Kronos InTouch time clock is one of the most popular workforce management solutions. It is a seven-inch touchscreen device with a built-in Android OS that supports NFC and Bluetooth. It also supports varieties of languages including Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, P...

Common queries among developers often raise that if there is any way for biometric authentication in a web application. Yes, there are several ways and those are easy and simple too. You can do it in different ways as per your requirements, applications, budget, and expertise. Let’s talk about the common solutions of biometric authentication in web applications. Cloud Solutions: The cloud solution is the most advanced and latest way to use biometric authentication in web applications. CloudABIS, a cloud-based biometric system that will allow you to complete this process in a few hours with an easy to use API. “CloudABIS™: Scalable, Cloud-Based Biometric Matching System” It is simple to implement, just need to connect through the CloudABIS API for biometric enrollment and matching service with the host application. Also, this software eliminates the need for ActiveX controls you would like to bypass. It has four simple steps that include authentication, registration, id...

Fitness centers have now become multi-purpose facilities. They offer 24-hour access to their members as well as a studio to rent for independent trainers. The revenue comes from the number of hours trainers spend on the premises to train their clients. The success of this type of business model depends on the accuracy of tracking people walking through the door and how much time they are spending at each facility. Paper-based visitor sign-in sheets or ID cards can be very difficult to manage and not to mention very costly when lost or misplaced. On the other hand, it can take weeks to collect fees from members and trainers who are documented on a paper trail. Fitness centers using a key fob or ID card to gain access into their facilities also run into the risk of some members passing their fobs to friends or family members. This form of “key-sharing” results in a significant loss in annual revenue. To be a profitable membership-based business, gym & fitness centers must cont...