Digital Signature / Keystroke Biometrics

Take Me To SIGNATURE RECOGNITION DEVICES Right Now! A digital biometrics signature is equivalent to a traditional handwritten signature in many respects since if the signature is properly implemented is more difficult to forge then the traditional type. Digital signature schemes are cryptographically based and must be implemented properly to be effective. Digital signatures can be used for electronic mail, contracts, or any message sent via some other cryptographic protocol. Although messages include information about the person sending the message, that information may or may not be accurate. A digital signature may be used to authenticate the source of the message. Each signature has a secret key. That secret key is used to validate the signature was indeed sent by the user that it implies has sent it. Many applications can appreciate the importance of high confidence in sender authenticity from government applications to financial institutions. In certain instances the sender and receiver of a message with a digital signature need to be confident that the message and signature has not been altered in any way during transmission. The use of encryption can be used to hide the contents of a message without changing the signature. It is possible though to change an encrypted message without understanding it. However, if a message has been digitally signed, any changes to the message after signature will invalidate the signature. Also, there is no efficient way to modify a message and its signature to produce a new message with a valid signature because it is considered to be computationally infeasible. A secret/private key can be stored on a user's computer and protected by a password but this has some disadvantages. The user can only use that particular computer to use the signature secret key and the security of the secret key must depend on the security of that computer. A more secure solution is to store the secret key for the digital signature onto a smart card. Many smart cards have been designed to be tamper resistant. In a typical digital signature implementation, the hash calculated from the document is sent to the smart card, whose CPU encrypts the hash using the stored private key of the user, and then returns the encrypted hash. The user must activate the smart card by entering a PIN code. It can be implemented that the secret key never leaves the smart card. If for some reason the smart card is stolen, the thief must also have the PIN code in order to generate a digital signature.

This system of using the smart cards makes the digital signature very difficult to copy and the loss of such a card can be detected by the owner and those cards' privileges can be revoked. Secret/private keys stored and protected by computer alone are much easier to copy and these compromises are much more difficult to detect and can go on for some time before security devices have been alerted. Another process to computer security uses keystroke dynamics. It is possible to enhance a computer's security by using a special algorithm which when used in addition to the security password, checks if the keyboards' keys have been pressed in the user's pre-recorded and unique way of typing that particular password. Authenticating this way of typing can be very difficult. It is easy for someone to copy the user's keystroke patterns and the algorithm may authenticate a similar pattern to keystrokes that are slightly different. The use of keystroke biometrics with other processes makes it more difficult to copy. Biometric keystroke authenticating does not require any expensive hardware. It is virtually just an algorithm that can be implemented and run on any computer. When this algorithm is used in combination with a password and/or a smart card, the authentication scheme greatly enhances security.

Physical Access Control Biometrics

Show Me PHYSICAL ACCESS CONTROL Providers Now! Physical access control biometrics includes everything that requires identity authentication by scanning a person's unique physical characteristics. It is used where high security is a necessity due to its superiority compared with conventional access control methods. Hospitals, police, the military as well as the financial industry all use physical access biometrics for the purpose of greater security and efficiency. The most common physical access control biometrics applications are in access control devices for doors and computers with highly confidential and important information or high level network access. They often use fingerprint recognition or biometric 2D barcode ID cards to authenticate the user's identity. Iris, face and vein recognition are also used in access control applications. Physical access control biometric devices and software store digital information that has been gathered from scanning the user's physical characteristic. To access the information or area protected by a biometric device, the laser sensors must recognize the unique pattern of the user's physical characteristic and match it with its stored digital template. Biometric devices use an algorithm to match templates and authenticate the user's identity therefore false acceptance and rejection rates are remarkably low.

The most remarkable thing about physical access control as opposed to conventional security solutions is its ability to capture complex and detailed images of physical traits, encode this in files and compare sets of data within seconds. This advanced technology has become a serious option for the average homeowner and is essential in office buildings, hospitals and military bases. It requires advanced software and middleware to successfully maintain a biometric security network for physical access but the security provided is unmatched. In south east Asia, especially Japan and South Korea, common applications include ATM access and other financial industry uses. Everything from accessing an ATM to withdraw money to the safes in bank vaults require biometric identity authentication to gain access. Physical access biometric applications are increasing and becoming more common in day to day life. Biometric identity authentication provides much greater financial security and safety from identity thieves and hackers. Passwords and PIN numbers can be stolen or discovered and subsequently exploited by criminals over the internet as well as banking and commerce networks. Physical access control with biometrics effectively eliminates the risk that exists with online passwords and PIN numbers as physiological characteristics are nearly impossible to forge. Secure networks reinforced by biometric physical access control reduce the risk of human error as well as the risk of data loss. Both businesses and government institutions can run more efficiently, safely, securely and profitably by securing their assets and valuable private information. Physical access biometric devices and software also provide the identity management infrastructure to maintain many identity authentication codes and integrate into the system new ones while discarding the templates for old ones and to differentiate a specific image from potentially millions of others. Switching from conventional security measures to biometric physical access control eliminates the need for multiple passwords and different processes and integrates all access allowance into one touch of the finger, or scan of the eye, or swipe of a 2D barcode card. Therefore physical access biometric applications not only enhance security but also efficiency in the workplace. There are many biometric physical access security solutions for many different needs. Whatever the size of your security needs, there are many leading companies which have developed biometric solutions designed for many different levels of security needs, whether just one office computer or a large military bunker requiring biometric identity authentication for every door and every computer.

Logical Access Control Biometrics

Show Me LOGICAL ACCESS CONTROL Solutions Now! Logical access control refers to electronic access controls whose purpose is to limit access to data files and computer programs to individuals with the genuine authority to access such information. It is made possible by the use and application of OEM modules and algorithms for

imaging authentication and differentiation. They produce very high accuracy rates due to highly sensitive stripe line sensors, optical and thermal sensors which recognize the similarity between existing templates and an authentic user's identity. Militaries and governments use logical access biometrics to protect their large and powerful networks and systems which require very high levels of security. It is essential for the large networks of police forces and militaries where it is used not only to gain access but also in six main essential applications. Without logical access control security systems highly confidential information would be at risk of exposure. There is a wide range of biometric security devices and software available for different levels of security needs. There are very large complex biometric systems for large networks that require absolute air tight security and there are less expensive systems for use in office buildings and smaller institutions. Approximately 65% of logical access biometric scanners are for fingerprints. For an even higher security level, iris and vein recognition and employed for identity authentication. Logical access control biometric systems distribute a user's unique information throughout all physical access points so that a registered user can be identified at any access point within the system. Microprocessors for logical access control devices usually contain multiple cores, complex algorithm processing and encryption engines this complex composition is essential to support sensor accuracy and reduce false acceptance and rejection. Biometric technology can also be integrated with existing security systems by the use of 2D barcode on which biometric identities can be encoded and be compatible with conventional software and security systems. Logical access biometric security systems also make it possible to keep an air tight and complete record of all access attempts and transactions. It is beginning to replace conventional methods of network security such as PINs and passwords. Logical access control is different from physical access control biometrics in the sense that it only refers to computer network and systems access control. A large sever room for instance, would have a physical access biometric security system for the doors and a logical access security system for the actual computers. The logical access controls industry is expected to expand a great deal more than physical access technology due to the large and increasing need for high security in corporate networks and internet transactions. The market for logical access security systems includes anyone who feels the need for more security on the internet, especially in online purchases and banking transactions. Biometric technology is compatible with existing networks and software by converting biometric templates from the physical characteristic scanned into binary code which can be recognized by conventional software. If a person's biometric data matches up with the verification template the result is transmitted and access is granted. Logical access control is essential in any network where the burden of password management is large and has resources with high security needs.

Logical access control systems are replacing conventional network security solutions by becoming more cost effective. Biometric equipment and software is becoming more affording and the process of integration into an existing network is now seamless. In recent years, hospitals, airports, police departments, telecommunications companies and businesses of all sizes have been integrating biometric technology into their networks. Not only is security greatly heightened, time is saved by eliminated tedious password management.

Biometrics Security
Take Me To BIOMETRICS SECURITY SUPPLIERS Right Now! Security biometric is the science of using physical characteristics (fingerprints, eyes, hands) to identify a person and some of the products used in this system include fingerprint readers and retinal scanners. When you are considering security biometric , you want to have physical characteristics that are constant and do not change over time and are also difficult to fake or change on purpose. There are a variety of ethical concerns that have been raised over the use of security biometric and some of which are:

Some biometric methods, such as retina scans, are intrusive Gathering of some biometric information, like fingerprints, is usually associated with criminal behaviour You may feel a loss of privacy or personal dignity especially when the information is gathered by large institutions such as the military or police You may feel embarrassed if you are rejected by a public sensor Automated facial recognition that is used in public places could be used to track your movements without your knowledge or consent

There are also many questions that have been raised concerning security biometric and two of the top ones are:

How will your data be stored and safeguarded? Who will have access to your information?

And then there is that constant question as to which method of security biometric works best. No one method can be said to do the best job of data gathering and each one has some very good points to recommend them with some being less invasive, some being very hard to fake and some can be accomplished without your knowledge of it. So following are some of the biometric identification methods that you can use and it really comes down to what works best for your needs.

Face Recognition biometrics security - This is one of the most flexible methods as it can be done without the person being aware that they are being scanned. This system

analyzes specific features that everyones face has like the distance between the eyes, width of the nose, position of cheekbones, jaw line and chin to only name a few.

Fingerprint Identification - Your fingerprints remain the same throughout your life and no two fingerprints are alike. This may not work in industrial applications as this requires clean hands and some people may have injury to their prints that prevent proper identification. Hand Geometry biometrics security - This will work in harsh environments, does not require clean conditions and uses a small dataset. It is not considered as intrusive and is often used in industrial environments. Retina Scan - There is just no known way to replicate a retina and, as far as is known, the pattern of the blood vessels at the back of the eye is totally unique and never changes. The downside is that it takes about 15 seconds of careful concentration to do a good scan but this still remains a standard one in military and government installations. Iris Scan - This is also very difficult to duplicate and stays the same for your lifetime although it may be difficult for children or the infirm. Signature biometrics security - This type of security is easy to gather and is not physically intrusive. Voice Analysis - This method of security biometric can be accomplished without the persons knowledge although it is easier to fake by using a tape recording but it cannot be done by trying to imitate another persons voice.

Other Uses of Biometrics - Convenience

Show Me OTHER BIOMETRICS Solutions Now! Biometrics offers other uses than the ones you're probably familiar with such as hand print, iris, and fingerprint which can all be used to ensure that you are who you say you are, and that information can be used in many different ways. Biometrics uses your unique, individual characteristics to identify you. The most obvious of these is security, but there are many other uses as well. When someone asks what biometrics is used for, the first thing that comes up is generally security. If you can be identified without fail as yourself, you can key locks to unlock, or not, depending on whether or not you should have access to whatever property or data has been locked. This is what the technology was originally developed to do. However, with the increasing availability and lowering cost of the technology we are finding other uses for it, more and more ways in which our lives are being made easier through biometrics.

Some of the uses of biometrics other than the traditionally mentioned security are within the consumer marketplace. Buying and selling are being affected more and more by the ability to identify a consumer, as part of a general group or specifically. If a person can be identified via physical characteristics, a piece of technology can customize itself to that person. Settings can be modified, color changed, smell altered; specific data sets used according to what that person has determined desirable. Resellers can determine whether a person is able to buy a restricted item based on their identity. Advertisers can market a product to a person's specific target group once that person's age, sex or interests can be identified. Handwriting is as individual as a thumb print. Technology is now being developed that uses biometrics to identify handwriting as easily as it can a thumb print. Not only can police use this in forensics, but a person can use it, for example, to securely identify them when signing a credit card receipt or check. Biometrics is expanding to include characteristics other than the physical ones mentioned above. Big business is finding other uses for biometrics as well. Companies are using biometrics to track employee behaviour. It becomes easy to track an employee's time and attendance when the employee must have an iris scan or a thumb print to enter or leave work. Taxi cabs & delivery trucks are also being equipped with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) equipment to detect time, distance, and proper usage. With the growing concerns about the security and legitimacy of the democratic voting process, another use of biometrics has come into being. Government is using it to help with fraud prevention in elections. It is being used to verify a voter's identity, and keep people from voting more than once. Biometrics is allowing statisticians to know who is voting and how many, while ensuring that only one vote is being cast per person. Biometrics began as a method of identifying people for security reasons, and verifying that they were where they were supposed to be, and that others were not being given access to areas or data where they were not permitted. As the technology gains in popularity and decreases in price, other, newer and more innovative uses of the technology are coming into being with increasing frequency. Biometrics is now being used in ways ranging from fraud prevention in elections to your car knowing whether you like country or classical on the radio dial, and whether you're more likely to want to know where the local KFC is than the nearest fancy restaurant, and it will be able to make sure that you are you when you sign the credit card receipt after your meal. Biometrics is rapidly turning from something used by only those who could afford it, to many other uses in everyday tasks, which you will discover in the links found below:

Biometrics for Time and Attendance

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There have never been more accurate technologies as helpful to people in search of a way to keep track of group activity as biometric time and attendance technology. We have been in search of a way to track the way groups and individuals spend their time in various capacities for ages, and the ability to keep track of attendance has implications for the business sector, law enforcement and government as well. So what is biometrics? Biometrics takes your unique physical characteristics and uses them for identification of your identity and verification that you are doing something you've been authorized to do. Your vascular patterns, hand print, finger print, iris patterns, and even your voice can be used to ensure that you are who you say you are, and to let people know that you've been given permission to do whatever it is you're attempting to do. These technologies allow an employer an unparalleled means of knowing who was doing what, and when they were doing it, and others in charge of large groups the ability to know who is in attendance at any given point in time. Tracking of time and attendance becomes a breeze. The simplest application in this sense is for an employee to use an iris scan or thumb print to let an employer's system know when s/he enters and leaves the office. There will be an automatic log of the hours worked, and when exactly the employee was in attendance. Even if the employee works offsite, the technology can be used electronically over the internet to ensure that an employee's time is tracked. The employer can have the system tell not only when the employee was working, but also what they were working on and how long they spent at a given task. There are also applications for an employer to track an employee's activities when in the office. The employee may be putting in time at work, but through use of physical identifiers, the employer can tell what the employee was doing at any given point in time, or if the person was accessing business documents with a biometric marker used to open the file rather than a password. Biometrics can be used to ensure that a given person is where they are supposed to be, accurately. Whether it be for business or law enforcement, you can make sure someone is in attendance at any given point in time by having them use a hand or thumb print to verify their identity every so often. A biometric marker cannot be forged or faked in some way. It becomes much easier to keep track of a prisoner on parole when they must check in at given intervals through the use of unique physical markers. For people dealing with large groups, I.E. teachers with a class of students, biometrics can be used to mark attendance and ensure that everyone who is supposed to be with the group is accounted for in a fool proof method. Even the government has found a use for biometric methods of taking attendance. Some governments are now using physical markers to identify who is voting in elections. This lets the government know who is attending, and keeps voting fraud to a minimum. This is important in

the days when people are beginning to question the methods of ensuring the validity of election data. Biometrics technology has advantages for tracking time and attendance not only for the private sector, but also for law enforcement and government. Whether on or off site, employee activity and attendance can be tracked, as well as their access to secured data. The task of keeping large groups of people safe and together is made easier through the use of biometrics for identification of individuals.

Justice and Law Enforcement Biometrics

Show me JUSTICE & LAW Solution Providers Right Now! Biometrics technology authenticates an individual's identity automatically, and has several useful applications within Justice and Law Enforcement. Biometric technology has the ability to recognize fingerprint, iris, voice, facial recognition, hand, palm or skin. Biometric authentication is greatly superior to card, token or password systems which can be stolen or counterfeited. In the field of Justice and Law Enforcement applications include Prison administration and bookings, crime scene identification and national identity programs. Biometric technology can also function as access control. Biometric technology is especially useful as its hardware is often configurable with existing databases and infrastructure. Biometric technology is used in Justice and Law Enforcement because of the enormous capabilities of its automated (as opposed to manual) software. Sensitive information can be identified using regional or national databases and compared with multiple other platforms for superior authentication. Advanced fingerprinting technology is the largest market of Biometrics within Justice and Law Enforcement. Law enforcement agencies globally are rapidly expanding to utilize digital fingerprinting systems over traditional ink on paper methods, to save time and cut costs. The booking process can be shortened by hours per arrest, as digital prints can be checked and crossreferenced with multiple databases in a matter of hours, instead of months. The most common process used in biometric fingerprinting is Automatic Fingerprint Identification, which matches a fingerprint taken with a print from a database. The second most common process is Automatic Fingerprint Verification, which reads features of the fingerprint and matches it to the most similar print. Biometrics technology is also applicable in analyzing crime scenes, through fingerprint capture technology. This technology can capture, with a reasonable degree of accuracy prints and compare them against databases for identification.

Portable biometric identity management technology is an immerging application within Justice and Law Enforcement. Portable technology provides fingerprint readers, drivers licence and mug shot verifications, which can be done roadside. Facial recognition technology uses facial features to compile profiles of individuals and compare them against existing databases. Mug shot recognition technology, which matches an individual's face to the mug shot database, is extremely useful. This technology can be used remotely, and can even provide a virtual 'line up' application if witness authentication is needed. Speech recognition solutions are common in Justice and Law Enforcement due to the advantage they provide identifying audio samples, and comparing them against known criminal profiles. Biometric technology also provides accurate court transcription systems, facilitating the documenting of legal proceedings. Access control using multi-modal biometric technology is now also common in courthouses, allowing easy and accurate management of personnel, lawyers, offenders and witnesses. Biometric technology can be applied in multiple other fields of Justice and Law Enforcement, or whenever identification is needed. Biometrics can be used to verify an individual's identity when purchasing a weapon, referencing an identity to prevent check cashing fraud or even to capture prints at a pawn shop to track the sale of stolen goods. Biometric technology provides transaction, data and web security when operating within databases as well as remote access to resources with mobile technology.

Biometrics in Healthcare
Show Me BIOMETRICS HEALTHCARE Solutions Now! We hear all the time about the mistakes that are made within our healthcare system these days. Records are mixed up, medical charts are confused, the wrong medication is given to the wrong patient. Someone who shouldn't get their hands on your medical information does. There is a desperate race going on to find the best method of securing your data and preventing mistakes with consequences that range from embarrassing to deadly. Finally, a solution has been found. Biometrics has revolutionized the healthcare security industry. Biometrics is the study and analysis of biological data. Devices can take unique information about you from your eye, or your hand print, or your thumb print and use it to identify you. This information can be used to ensure that you are who you say you are, and you have permission to be working with the healthcare information you are trying to access. Privacy in healthcare is a huge issue in these days, especially given the fact that most computer networks are vulnerable to attack or intrusion. The HIPAA act in the United States [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act], and many such laws worldwide, guarantee a patient's privacy. Biometrics is making it possible for patients and healthcare professionals

both to feel secure that their information is being kept confidential and only being released to those who have the right to see it. As of April 2009, it is now required in the United States that physicians and healthcare professionals who use electronic records track every time a patient's record is accessed. Biometrics allows the physician to do this easily. By making the records only accessible to someone who is identified via hand/thumb/iris print, a record can be kept of who accessed the files and when, and it can be ensured that the person who accessed the file is definitely who they say they are and has the right to see a patient's records. If they do not, the appropriate authorities can be notified that someone without authorization is trying to access secure data. In this day and age of the almost instant exchange of electronic information, it would be nice to be able to send a patient's record from their doctor on one side of the country to the other, where they've just moved, and feel that the data was securely sent without chance of interception. Again, biometrics can be used at both sides of such a transfer to make sure that the only people who see it are the healthcare professionals to whom authorization has been given. Aside from the problem of the privacy of your electronic healthcare records, there is the separate, yet equally important issue of making sure of the identity of a patient. Getting a patient's chart confused with another's can be deadly if the wrong medication is given, or if a diagnosis is mixed up because the physician is looking at the wrong information. Biometrics gives a way to match a patient with the medical chart with no possibility of error. It can be ensured that you do not get to medication meant for the patient in the next bed, to which you have a severe allergy. Even the persistent problem of sending a baby home with the wrong mother can be eliminated if the baby's and mother's physical characteristics can be matched with certainty. In this struggling economy, those in the healthcare industry have realized that the money needed to invest in biometric technology is outweighed by the money they will lose to fraud, fraud prevention and the consequences of mistakes that could have been prevented if they were using the technology. They are jumping on the biometric bandwagon in droves. This is a fast growing industry, and it's changing the look of healthcare security rapidly.

inancial and Transactional Biometrics - the ID Theft Solution You Can Bank On!
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make absolutely sure no one can see which numbers you're pressing? Does online shopping worry you because you're scared someone will get your credit card number? Would you feel much safer if there was a more fool proof way of conducting financial transactions that was more secure than 4 numbers? Let's say you're standing at the ATM, and enter not only your PIN, but also a thumb print or voice scan before you get money. What if, when you go into the bank, they ask you not only for a piece of identification but also an image of your iris? What if you need to press your thumb to a pad on a USB key to complete an online purchase? What if you had to be identified with absolute accuracy by your individual and unique physical characteristics before completing one of these otherwise vulnerable financial transactions? That would be far more secure than any other system in use today. Now, that technology is in use and being developed more and more each day. It uses what's called biometrics to ensure that you are who you say you are. Biometric technology uses your unique physical characteristics, such as your iris, your hand print, your voice, your finger print, even your veins, to make sure that you are you. Biometrics technology can be integrated with banks, ATM machines, into USB keys that can be hooked into computers, at retail locations to be used with credit cards and ATM cards, and anywhere you may make a financial transaction. It will act on its own or in conjunction with your PIN to securely identify you as the owner of the card and the person who has access to the money being exchanged. Identity theft is a huge and growing problem in this world of electronic money. So many of our financial transactions now have no physical cash involved. It's all done via computers. This is convenient, but opens up a whole new world to anyone who has the skills and will to steal. Not only can your "cash" be stolen, they can steal your credit cards, bank account info, access to your line of credit, credit rating - the list is virtually endless. They cannot, however, steal your iris or your finger print. If, when you're conducting a financial transaction of some kind, you have to be identified physically through the use of biometric technology before the transfer is completed, it becomes impossible for anyone else to intercept the money, or your financial information. If you have to prove who you are before making a credit card purchase, it doesn't matter if someone else has your card number; they won't have your physical identifiers and the transaction won't be completed. Biometric technology protects both sides during a financial transaction. When buying liquor, a retailer can use biometrics to find out for sure if a customer is of legal drinking age. Someone selling products restricted in some way are able to tell if they are selling to someone who is permitted to buy them. Biometric technology is reducing fraud, making fraud prevention easier, and decreasing the risk that your identity will be stolen astronomically. It's making financial transactions more secure safer for both businesses and consumers. Even in these times of economic uncertainty, companies are realizing the benefits of investing the money necessary to implement biometric

technology. The money saved by doing so far outweighs the initial outlay, and the peace of mind is priceless.

Mobile Biometrics, PDAs & Laptop Fingerprint Readers

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From law enforcement, to military, public transportation, border control, and commercial shipping authorities, mobile biometrics are quickly becoming a lifesaver to these industries in order to speed up processing of people and goods. In a fast paced society of higher productivity, international competition, and just-in-time manufacturing, it is becoming a necessity to implement systems that can deliver the demands of our global economy. Governments and industry are turning towards mobile biometrics to meet this need. Governments are implementing mobile biometric solutions for passport processing, voter registration, and SIN and SS cards to help reduce ID misrepresentation and lower the risk of human error. Law enforcement are supporters of mobile biometrics, as it speeds up the identification of individuals in-the field, saving time, resources and quickly identifying threats. Employee time-keeping, access control and security systems, are mobile biometric applications being used by commercial businesses to improve productivity, and reduce loss & waste.

Biometric PDAs & Laptops

Portable computers have become a household item, and biometric PDA and laptop fingerprint readers are quickly becoming the most effective way to secure that portability. Smart phones, laptops, PDAs, net books, cell phones - there aren't many families left in the US that don't have at least one of these, many of them more than one of each. The relationship between these and biometrics is a natural partnership, with benefits for both. Biometrics takes your unique physical characteristics and uses them for identification of your identity and verification that you are doing something you've been authorized to do. Your vascular patterns, finger print, hand print, iris or retina patterns, and even your voice can be used to ensure that you are who you say you are, and to let people know that you've been given permission to do whatever it is you're attempting to do. Not only can this technology solve the

ongoing problem of securing access to your laptop or PDA, but the portable devices can also solve the ongoing problem of security on the road. People love the convenience of taking their computer or personal data with them. Having your laptop with you enables you to have work or personal files on hand at any given point in time, and easy access to a computer that is now as powerful as a desktop, in increasingly smaller sizes. PDAs enable you to check your email at the drop of a hat, have everyone's address in an easily accessible and searchable form, and be able to instantly obtain the information you need. The very portability of laptops and PDAs, however, presents a problem. If you can take it with you, it can be taken from you. You turn your head for two seconds, someone else has decided they'd like it, and it's gone, along with your personal information, your email, and your photos everything to which you wanted instant access. For this reason, security of portable devices has been an online problem for as long as there have been portable computers. We don't want anyone getting at our personal data. Fingerprint and iris readers offer the ideal solution to this problem. Much better than even a very secure password, the need to match a finger or iris print before you gain access to the information on your computer makes it virtually impossible for someone who has stolen the laptop or PDA to get at your data. How about needing the print before completing an online financial transaction, or sending an email? That would ease the minds of those who are uneasy about completing such tasks on a wireless network where a password might be stolen. As beneficial as biometrics fingerprint readers are for the security of a laptop or PDA, the advantages run both ways. Imagine being able to have a database on a computer to which a specific set of physical characteristics has to be matched. That computer can be a portable device, meaning that you are not limited to a specific place when it comes to security. You can be as secure on the road as you are in your high level office building. The advances in portable computers, such as laptops and PDAs, have changed the world of personal computing forever. These advances have necessitated the introduction of new technology in security as well, since portable computers are easily stolen, and contain more and more of the personal information we need to work and function in today's society. Biometrics has formed an excellent partnership with portable devices. They can now be more secure than ever, needing one of your unique physical markers to access sensitive data, and they are a portable method for those who wish to implement a biometric system of security for their own laptop or PDA systems.

Biometric Fingerprint Locks Will Keep You Safe

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Biometric Fingerprint Door Locks Protect What Belongs to You Time out of mind, we have been finding ways to keep what we consider ours by right more secure, and since before we knew, there have been others trying to steal it. From our personal items to our homes to our information, we want to keep what's ours to ourselves, and protect it from those who would steal it or use it against us. We are on a permanent and urgent hunt for the newest and best locks out there, and fingerprint biometrics could have the answer for you. With all the advances in technology in the last few decades, it's not surprising that we've now come a long way from the basic padlock. Now, there is a way to ensure the security of your personal belongings and information to such an extent that only you can unlock a lock, and you can tell who else tried to unlock it and when. The newest and best lock technology is called fingerprint biometrics. Biometrics takes your unique identifying physical characteristics and uses them to identify you. Your irises, vein patterns, hand prints and finger prints can all be used to ensure that you are who you say you are, and locks can be keyed to respond only to your particular characteristic. For example, let's say you're a student in school and want a lock on your locker that can't be gotten into. Combo locks can be broken and key locks can be picked. But what if you had a lock that was keyed to your thumb print? The school bully could try all he wanted to get into your locker, but would be unsuccessful, because there's no way he could copy your thumb print. Another use for this type of fingerprint lock is on your house. What if only your family could unlock the doors? If there was a device that could check your iris or your hand print, and only allow the door to be opened if it matched those who are allowed to unlock the door? In addition, if it were hooked up to a security system, you could be notified if someone unauthorized was trying to get into your property, or when one of your family members returned home. If someone tried to break into your house who was not supposed to be there, as soon as they attempted to break the lock, police would be notified, and so would you. Some new high-end vehicles now are also being equipped with fingerprint locks for gaining access without the key if it was lost or locked inside. Home safes and gun locks are also using biometrics. Fingerprint locks are an invaluable tool for high security centers of government or business. They are virtually unbreakable and customizable. They allow control of who can access what areas when, and knowledge of who was trying to access them without the proper authorization. Not only physical spaces or items can be secured with a fingerprint lock. Consider the implications to our sensitive information. With so much of our personal data being stored on computers that are vulnerable to attack or hacking, it is vital to have a method of securing our electronic personal property.

Medical and financial records, personal documents - any electronic material that you want secured can be locked through biometrics. You can make sure that only those you want to see that information is allowed to do so, since you can use a biometric fingerprint lock to allow them access and to deny those without authorization the ability to view your data. Only you and those who you allow would see your banking and financial records, and only your Doctor and his team would see your medical records. Thievery is one of the oldest professions in the world. As long as there have been thieves, there has been a fight to keep the thieves out. Now, with the latest and greatest technology, biometrics has enabled us to securely lock and store our personal property, our homes and our electronic information from anyone we don't wish to have access to it, and to know, for certain, when it is being accessed and who is attempting to get hold of it. We are finally winning the fight against thievery.