One area of the business that poses a particular challenge is onsite time and attendance reporting. Conventional systems are only adding to the confusion, and in a climate where clarity and efficiency can make the difference to a construction firm’s bottom line, it’s high time they were reassessed.
Read more: Modernising the industry: biometrics and the cloud
People who grew up in Britain in the 1960s will remember a television program that built a cult following: "The Prisoner." It was about an oddly luxurious detention camp - a kind of Guantanamo Bay by Four Seasons, spa services and brainwashing included. Even if you wanted to, trying to escape was pointless. A big balloon would chase you and bring you back. The residents didn’t have names, just numbers. The show’s tagline was: "I am not a number. I am a free man."
The OASIS international open standards consortium has launched its new Biometrics Technical Committee, with support from government agencies, companies, and universities from around the world. The OASIS Biometrics Technical Committee will create standards that improve interoperability in distributed environments, making biometrics more viable within multi-factor authentication.
Read more: OASIS Begins New Effort to Define Biometrics Standards for Interoperability
First implemented in 1961 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), this approach was a leading-edge paradigm to security at the time, but that was over 50 years ago.
In today's world, it has been proven time and again that this same basic authentication structure is an insufficient barrier to entry to most systems, from home banking, to gaming, to mission critical infrastructure. However, by and large we haven't progressed pass that old ‘two pronged key' approach to opening even the most important systems.
Erica Rietveld has worked within the IT governance field and has handled complex business processes and IT architecture over the past twenty years. Over the years, she has seen the use of biometrics evolve into its current role: a key access-control mechanism and an invaluable public safety tool. She believes biometrics systems will be increasingly used in the near future as the development of technology facilitates and accelerates the data management process.
Read more: Deploying Biometrics: Policy, Environments and Collaboration