The advantages for organisations.
Generally speaking, biometric devices provides many advantages to many kind of organisation in terms of software identification and authentication, time and attendance tracking, access control, and identity verification. Moreover, most biometrics devices are “PC software controlled” and support many others security tools such as smart cards and dial-up, which allows organisations to combine biometric technology with systems already existing. From a simple biometric device supporting , for example, the fingerprints identification technology, a company can develop its own biometric computer-based system according to its needs.
The security aspect of the advantages.
As security is of concern to all organisations, whatever the industry they belong to, biometric devices have widespread potential. For example, the control of physical entry to any restricted area ,which are vital for the corporate security, would be useful to many sectors such as manufacturing companies, laboratories, banks , high governmental institutions, and many others. Likewise, biometric devices would allow financial institutions to guarantee a better access control to the private information of their customers. Also, a reliable access control would allow company to protect their confidential information from external crackers. Finally, automated biometric system would allow government to speed up traveller processing, reduce counterfeits, and remove the subjective aspect of judgement at the borderlines.
Some specific cases.
Biometric devices have the potential to provide limitless advantages if one has the creativity to design a biometric system that meet his needs. Health care centres, social institutions, universities, or libraries could use fingerprints identification for their customers instead of using magnetic strip or chip cards as many do currently. Processing with fingerprints identification would be faster and more accurate. Moreover, people have always their fingers with them whereas it is easy to lose or forget a card. Likewise, manufacturing companies or any company using time sheets could use a biometric time clock hardware to track attendance of their employees. Using this process would reduce wasted paper, allow automated hours calculation, and prevent fraudulent behaviours from employees.
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