The biometric payment cards have been a long-sought technical development. Adding further security to the payment cards, it requires a user to scan its thumb while holding a payment card over a Point of Sale (POS) terminal.

On 5th March, The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the authority responsible for Aadhaar in India mentioned how there’s been no incident of Aadhaar biometrics misuse, i.e. identity theft or monetary loss.

Time and again biometric authentication has proved its worth and utility by becoming one of the most profound solutions for all the service companies as well as the desktop users in these enterprises of various fields.

The need and the availability of the biometric devices as well as the biometric system of security for a smooth and properly working enterprise has become a must now. The invention of the biometric pieces to ensure the utmost degree of work security plays a great role in order to maintain the attendance which came for the rescue of the workforces of several various kinds of organizations.

Near Field communication is a short range communication channel which is becoming one of the most promising and latest technology. The main purpose of this technology is to create one time connection like other wireless technologies, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. In this article we will tell you how NFC is playing a vital role in biometric authentication.

Biometrics essentially is the statistical evaluation of biological data, which implies our physical and behavioural characteristics and biometric sensors scrutinize their electrical capacity, pressure, temperature, light and speed. Compact and concise in design, these are conveniently installed across multiple devices and effectively do away with security issues across several domains and are quintessential in this novel world.

Similar to the Facebook Lite app that was launched in 2015, Microsoft has built a lightweight version of its extensively used video calling application, Skype. Microsoft created Skype Lite specifically for the Indian market. In an event in Mumbai, Microsoft’s CEO, announced Skype Lite, a 13MB android software that is designed to work perfectly in areas.

These days the security industry is going through significant changes each year. Just like other forms of technology, what works today can quickly become obsolete tomorrow. Access Control System combine authoriation, identifications, authentication and access approval via login credentials for businesses.

When we talk about a biometric device which can be also called as a biometric identifier, we tend to refer to an objective used for the security measurement of the people working in an organisation. But the current situation if comes into focus, we can ensure the efficient working of the biometric technology as this system of services is slowly taking over a lot of the security systems all over.

If the report by Acuity Market Intelligence is to be believed, this is year is going to be ground-breaking for biometric technology. Digital identities are often criticized and perceived as security and privacy threats. However, the limitations and encumbrances of passwords and PINs are exactly what called for Biometric technology in the first place.