Anything that can be connected, will be connected. That’s what we can expect from the Internet of Things. The IoT has the potential to redefine the way we use and secure devices and systems in the consumer, enterprise, and manufacturing worlds. It represents machine-to-machine and machine-to-sensor communication and the ability of these machines to gather … Continue reading Internet Of Things (IOT) And Biometrics

Today, your favourite biometric attendance system manufacturer is breaking a story that could have a major impact on the biggest social media site, Facebook, due to its handling of biometric data derived from user-uploaded photos.

This blog post is second in the series of Behavioural Biometrics & SecureAuth. To read the previous post, click here. This truly is a next-generation technology. Craig Lund, CEO, SecureAuth, asks to think of the SecureAuth IdP as a bullet-resistant vest. He says that these multiple layers of protection act as a defensive wall against … Continue reading Behavioural Biometrics & SecureAuth – II

As we all know, passwords don’t satisfy the security needs of the 21st-century world. Passwords can be stolen (and often are!), lost and forgotten. They can be misused. Same with PINs.

A smooth & safe flow of people across international borders has always been a major objective of border agencies across the world. But the attacks of 9/11 on the World Trade Centre (WTC) and Pentagon in America exposed a major lapse in safety & security guidelines

Has biometrics changed the world? Has it crossed technology barriers? Has it effectively tightened security? We say yes to all. It was no wonder that passwords contained a major flaw.

Welcome to monthly news. To all of Star Link’s new readers, this is a monthly session to cover anything & everything happening in the world of biometric devices.

In the pursuit of turning the Star Link blog into a one-stop biometric-news destination for you, we have been covering all major stories on biometric technology from India and around the world.

As a lot of our readers would know, since the past few months, the Star Link blog has been covering a number of news stories pertaining to biometrics/ biometric technology. If you haven’t, do have a look at our news report on the banking industry, including the HDFC using fingerprints through Aadhar Cards in micro … Continue reading Time Attendance Machines Introduced In Koraput, Odisha To Curb Absenteeism

The Alaska Airlines-using-biometrics story is getting a lot of coverage by the international media, and rightly so, for perhaps working on bringing about a tectonic shift in air travel. The airline is working on replacing boarding passes with biometrics!