Biometric technology has rapidly become a part of people's daily lives around the world. Through integration with mobile devices, many of us interact with some form of biometric authentication on a daily basis. The future of biometric trends is medicine, banking, marketing research, and many other industries where personal identification is required.

Biometric security

Many biometric services are currently being developed and tested. However, in a few years, these types of biometric technology will be introduced everywhere. Plastic cards will soon fade into the background and fingerprint scans will become a standard daily operation.

The apparent problem with biometrics is its marketing. Everyone knows that he has fingers, eyes and a face. However, “open biometrics” are just the tip of the iceberg. Experiments are underway with every possible trait, from monitoring your heart rate to implanting chips under your skin, as well as scanning intraocular vessels, the shape of your earlobes, and more.

The future of biometric security is likely to be based on simplicity. Improving modern methods is the easiest way to provide a high level of protection. For example, you can scan a 3D image of a fingerprint and analyze all its minutiae.

Biometric identification technologies are improving so rapidly that it's hard to predict what they will look like in a few years. One thing that can be pretty safely assumed: passwords that were difficult to use, change, and remember will remain in the past.

Secure data storage

Biometrics are not used for data protection; it is used for identification and authorization, but it is not the only tool used for those purposes. Users can choose how they will be identified: through regular PIN codes, passwords, documents, or a fingerprint and retina scan.

No system offers 100 percent protection against the actions of intruders. Biometrics is no exception. However, the use of biometric data as a second factor of authentication can significantly increase the security of the protected data. It is recommended to use bimodal biometric authentication systems that reduce the probability of false identification to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information.

Business Applications

Here we will take a closer look at the most widely used business application of biometric data.

Mobile Payment

Mobile payments are considered more secure than card payments due to the possibility of using biometric technologies to confirm the identity of the buyer. For example, when using the Apple Pay mobile payment service, a user next to a contactless reader can confirm the payment simply by placing their finger on their iPhone.

The number of smartphones and tablets with integrated fingerprint readers being shipped around the world will increase by more than 1 billion devices per year until 2021, when this number reaches 34 percent. In some regions these numbers may be higher.

Online Banking

Biometric data used to identify users (facial recognition and retina scans in particular) is now considered one of the vital biometric trends in global Internet banking. Until recently, the most common type of biometric identification was the fingerprint. Although human fingerprints are unique, this technology has its drawbacks.

Biometrics are not considered the only complete alternative to regular user logins and passwords. They are used as a duplicate opportunity to authorize or confirm a trade. Generally speaking, if your biometrics didn't work for some reason, there is always an alternative (enter a password or call the contact center). At the same time, biometrics do not reduce the security level of applications, but rather increase it.

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Immigration Services

Biometric passenger identification systems have become one of the leading technological innovations at airports, customs and other checkpoints around the world. Facial recognition technologies and fingerprints are used for passenger boarding and baggage check-in. Biometric passports are already a reality and, in combination with biometric kiosks, can provide reliable identification of a person and automate the process of moving people across borders.

Meeting the needs of the government

Biometric data is increasingly used for border control and the fight against terrorism. Law enforcement agencies can use them to identify a person with a high degree of accuracy.

In addition, biometric technology is used for forensic purposes. The use of biometrics in forensic science is useful because it allows you to identify a person and confirm their involvement or non-involvement in a particular crime. It can reveal the connection between a given person and some action, event, place, or other person before, during, or after a particular incident.

Workforce Management

HR biometric solution provides more accurate attendance information, eliminates unnecessary payroll costs and reduces labor costs. It also reduces operating costs by eliminating the need for an ID card or key fobs. In addition to this, the use of biometric data to identify employees can increase employee accountability, which will directly lead to increased productivity.

Healthcare and social care

Healthcare institutions around the world are intensifying their use of biometric technology. Biometric patient identification streamlines the treatment process and virtually eliminates the possibility of errors. The use of biometric tools to access medical systems reliably protects the information processed (including patient data). Frees staff from the slow and unproductive work of constantly entering usernames and passwords.

Multi-factor authentication

Multi-factor authentication uses smart cards, tokens or passwords, and biometric data to reduce the likelihood of biometric fraud. This type of authentication is the most effective method of protection against unauthorized access, since the use of several completely independent factors significantly reduces the probability that they will be used simultaneously. In this case, to deceive the latter, the attacker needs identifiers additional information and false biometric data. But multi-factor authentication also diminishes the main advantage of biometric systems: usability.

Biometric Trends

Let's review the most prominent biometric trends of the moment:

Authentication Tools

There are two main trends in the use of authentication devices. The first is multimodal biometric authentication, when a biometric technology is not used, but several are used at the same time. The second is the use of a personal device as a biometric access token. All modern smartphones are equipped with a camera and a microphone. Many have a fingerprint scanner; for example, Samsung also has an iris scanner built into its flagship device.

Biometric Single Sign-On Services

Biometric single sign-on technology provides the ability to use a single identifier to access all authorized IT resources and systems. To enter the application, the user only needs to provide authentication data by performing the actions corresponding to the methods used: putting their finger on the reader, going through facial recognition or saying a key phrase to be determined by voice. For example, having passed the authentication procedure in the operating system, the user automatically gains access to various applications without repeatedly entering his account data.

Facial and voice recognition

Facial recognition technology is developing rapidly. The main trends for 2021 are mobile phone authentication and definitions of identity in crowded places.

One of the modern biometric trends in voice recognition is the introduction of voice control devices in automobiles. Such devices will centrally control most of the car's functions using a human voice, eliminating the need for buttons, dials and switches. By using voice recognition devices, consumers will be able to easily control a variety of vehicle functionalities, which is more convenient and allows them to focus on driving without being distracted.

Mobile Biometric Technology

Development trends of biometric devices are down to a significant decrease in these types of devices and improve ease of use. The development of the mobile biometrics market segment is associated with the active use of smartphones with pre-installed sensors.

Simultaneously, the use of biometric features for authentication will be used not only to unlock mobile devices, but also to organize multi-factor authentication and instant confirmation of electronic payments.

Cloud-based biometric solutions

The development of biometric identification parallels the development of cloud services. Modern technological solutions are aimed at integrating various segments into complex solutions that meet all customer needs, not only in ensuring physical security. Therefore, combining cloud services and biometrics as part of multi-factor authentication devices is a step that fully meets the spirit of the times and looks to the future.

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