Leading up to our participation in the National Retail Federation’s 2011 “Retail’s Big Show” from January 9 – 12 in New York city, M2SYS Technology is publishing a blog series on the top 15 reasons that biometrics is a smart choice for retail organizations to consider as an authentication technology in workforce management and retail […]
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Leading up to our participation in the National Retail Federation’s 2011 “Retail’s Big Show” from January 9 – 12 in New York city, M2SYS Technology is publishing a blog series on the top 15 reasons that biometrics is a smart choice for retail organizations to consider as an authentication technology in workforce management and retail […]
Read moreAlthough this blog is focused on talking about biometrics and its practical applications in business, periodically we will take a break and focus on other topics that are important to M2SYS Technology. A couple of weeks ago myself and Michael Trader, the President of M2SYS Technology, had the opportunity to volunteer (on a rather chilly […]
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Late yesterday afternoon, the security Web site “Dark Reading” published an article that Javelin Research had released a report that biometric technology is increasing in favor among consumers as a preferred means of authentication for “online banking and other sensitive applications.” We bring this article to your attention as further proof that biometric technology is […]
Read moreYesterday, Leischen Stelter from Security Director News published an article that once again put the recent NRC Report on the “fallibility” of biometric technology in the spotlight. You can find a link to the article here. Through an interview with Mark Visbal, Director of Research and Technology for the Security Industry Association (SIA), it was made […]
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Today, we came across the following blog post from Guy Huntington at Infosec Island: “What Happened to My Biometric?” In the post, the author discusses the inherent dangers of opting into a biometric identification system by providing your fingerprint and the possible negative privacy and identity theft consequences if a user does not make sure […]
Read moreYou can find the link to the article “SIA Challenges NRC Findings on Biometrics” by clicking here. Why is this report from the Security Industry Association (SIA) significant? A couple of months ago, the National Research Council (NRC) issued a report on biometric technology stating that it is, “inherently fallible” and ” While some biometric […]
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Choices Are All Around Us In everyday life, we are constantly faced with choices. Often times, it’s a choice to purchase a product or service over another and we find ourselves evaluating the pros, cons, similarities, differences and other possible repercussions of our purchasing decision. After carefully weighing the options based on our research and […]
Read moreWhat’s Often Missing From The Health Care Debate Flip on the TV set, turn on the radio or surf the Internet these days and it’s hard to not hear someone talking about or people debating the topic of rising health care costs in America. Just this past spring, Congress passed a historic health care bill […]
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1. True or False – When my biometric template is created, an image is stored somewhere that a criminal can steal. Answer – False. At the time of enrollment in a biometric system, the template of your biometric identity (fingerprint, fingervein, palm vein, iris pattern, etc.) is stored on a computer server as an encrypted […]
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