Over the past few years, there have been a
lot of technological advances, but none more so than in the field of
biometrics. Biometric technology is offering the best way for any individual or
a company to keep their profiles and their data safe. This technology
recognizes people based on their fingerprints, iris, gait, or other traits. It
is becoming ubiquitous and is being widely used for authentication and
recognition purposes.
Biometric technology is certainly not
something new, but it is far more comprehensive than anyone ever imagined. It
is providing a higher level of security and protection than it was given credit
for at one time. It is providing companies as well as individuals more
advantages than traditional security measures.
IDENTITY PROOFING IN
THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Before biometric technology was introduced,
companies used to authenticate new personnel by asking them to verify their
identity with official documents so that they can verify whether a person who
has come to join or come for an interview is actually who they say they are.
Those documents would be used to verify the employee and establish trust. This
is what used to be called “identity proofing”.
Now with biometric technology in the field,
things are being done very differently. Now you can use different modalities of
biometric technology to find out whether your employee is who he says he is.
INSIDER FRAUD
Insider fraud is something that has been
causing the government and private institutes a lot of grief over the last few
years. According to a study, insider fraud causes the global economy somewhere
close to $3 trillion each year. More than half of all the bank frauds and
embezzlement cases are due to insider fraud. When a company is hiring an
employee, they can easily forge documents and fake identities to cover up
sensitive information like previous criminal records and such.
These are the reasons why businesses are
relying more and more on biometric technology to verify and authenticate an
employee’s identity. This technology also makes sure that new employees won’t
be able to jeopardize the company, its employees, vendors or any else related.
WHAT CAN BIOMETRIC
TECHNOLOGY OFFER
This technology adds additional layers to the
protection of a company through proper authentication and verification of the
employees. We all know that modalities like fingerprints, face, iris, and
others are unique to each person and cannot be replicated, unlike what movies
would have us believe.
Since these modalities are an inherent part of us, they
cannot be stolen or misused in any way. They are permanent and unique to every
one of us. That is the reason why biometric technology makes it hard for a
fraudster to use these modalities and impersonate a person.
HOW IS IDENTITY
PROOFING ACHIEVED
Identity proofing that is based on biometric
modalities are achieved by scanning the fingerprint, iris, face or any other
modality of a person and then comparing it with the image that is already on
the company’s database. The database contains images that have already been uploaded
of all the people who have the authority to enter the building or access software.
If the current scan is exactly like the one saved in the database,
the system will allow entry, or if there is any discrepancy, the system will
immediately alert the authority. This technology is not only constricted to
building entries, but it can also be used anywhere you want. If you have a server room
and only a handful of employees, usually from your IT department, are allowed
in it, you can use biometric verification to make sure that no one else
accesses the room and the confidential and sensitive data on the servers.
You
can use a document security software to ensure that
the company’s confidential documents can only be opened by the person who has
the authority and by no one else. You can do that with your printing machines
and a whole lot more.
Employers can also use biometric technology
to find out if a new hired employee has any criminal record by comparing it
with the FBI database. If any such record is found, the system will immediately
alert the employer and they can take the necessary action.
INDUSTRIES THAT CAN
BENEFIT FROM IDENTITY PROOFING
To put it very simply, any industry that is
vulnerable to identity fraud or crime can benefit from this technology. Some
industries that have accepted identity proofing are:
Banking, Financial, and Insurance Institutes and Companies
Banks do a complete background check on an individual that comes to them for any purpose. If they integrate their security
systems with biometric-based identity proofing, they can save a lot of their
time and effort invalidating a person’s identity and prevent identity fraud.
Healthcare Institutes and facilities
Healthcare facilities need to ascertain the
identity of the doctors, nurses and other staff that work there to make sure
that the patients are getting the care that they deserve. For their own
security and for the protection of the patients, these facilities can easily
integrate identity proofing with their current system and ensure authentication.
Transportation, Retail, Exploration and other industries
Whether its transportation, retail, or any
other field, companies need to be very particular about who they hire and who
the customers are. Especially in the retail industry, identity fraud is
rampant. This fraud can easily be controlled and diminished by using
biometric-based identity proofing. This way companies will be able to trust
their employees, vendors, and customers with higher confidence.
Biometric technologies have so much more to
offer to an individual or an organization. With more time, new and better uses
will come to the front and the companies who value their security and
protection will jump on the bandwagon and ensure that their confidential and
sensitive data is safe and secure.
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