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...