The novel coronavirus has made working from home a necessity for most working individuals across the globe. Although there were already those individuals who were working remotely before the pandemic hit, the number of employees who have had to move their office and workspace to their home dramatically increased during the months of 2020, and […]
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The following guest post was submitted by Katrina Manning of Build Niche Links. Should biometric technology be monitored? To answer this, one must analyze the biometric system. To start with, what is biometrics? Biometrics is the analysis and measurement of people’s unique physical and behavioral characteristics. It’s mainly used for identification, verification and access control. […]
Read moreThe following guest post was written by Jenny Richards, a freelance content writer. The Next Generation Identification (NGI) project by the Federal Bureau of Investigations has again raised eyebrows with images stored by the beginning of the year increasing. While the term may sound all too innocuous, the reasoning behind the multi-faceted recognition technology has […]
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The following guest post is by Nicole Williams, professional blogger. Biometrics seemed like such a futuristic term just a few years ago, but now it’s here and according to CNET, it’s predicted to be a ‘common’ form of security by 2015. However, many companies are concerned about whether biometrics will offer a viable security solution […]
Read moreAs part of our continuing podcast series on the top issues and challenges facing health IT and the healthcare industry, last week we released the recording of our recent discussion with Mac McMillan, Chair of the HIMSS Privacy & Security Task Force and CEO of Cynergist Tek – a firm specializing in the areas of information […]
Read moreWe had the pleasure of inviting Cyrille Bataller from Accenture as our guest for March’s #biometricchat tweet chat yesterday. There was a lot of material to cover in the short time we had scheduled for the chat (which started a few minutes late because of some technical difficulties) but we were able to learn a lot […]
Read moreOn Thursday January the 10th we hosted the first #biometricchat tweet chat of 2013. The topic was biometrics and privacy and our guest was Shaun Dakin, a privacy expert and the man responsible for establishing the National Political Do Not Call Registry as well as writing several op-ed pieces including this one for the Washngton Post […]
Read moreWhen: October 6, 2011 11:00 am EST, 8:00 am PST, 16:00 pm BST, 17:00 pm (CEST), 23:00 pm (SGT), 0:00 (JST) Where: Tweetchat.com What: The First tweet chat about biometric technology […]
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The following is a guest post from Carl Gohringer, founder of Allevate Limited (www.allevate.com) A Surveillance Society? I sat in Heathrow waiting for an early morning departure for a business trip. Sipping my coffee, I look casually around trying to spot the cameras. They’re cleverly hidden. Am I being watched? Doubtful. Am I being recorded? […]
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Biometrics is a Growing Identification Technology It’s no secret that biometric technology deployments are on the rise. Increasingly, retailers are catching on to the unique benefits and security that biometric technology offers to positively identify an individual by their physiological characteristics instead of through ID cards, personal identification numbers or passwords. The rapid growth of […]
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