When You Think About Biometrics, You Think Fingerprint For those who are familiar with biometric technology, the first picture that probably pops into your head is a fingerprint scanner. This makes sense as fingerprint technology is the most widely recognizable and the most frequently deployed biometric modality in the industry. Fingerprint biometric technology is a solid technology but not a one-size-fits-all biometric solution and its effectiveness is impacted by fingerprint integrity which can be compromised under certain conditions (e.g. – dirt, grime, grease, cuts, scrapes scars) environments (e.g. – temperature) and age groups (especially older demographics). In fact, we recently wrote about questions to ask before you choose the appropriate biometric system which you can review again. In addition, within the biometric industry it is often discussed that there is a small percentage of the population which simply have unreadable fin...