Biometrics as a service has the same benefits as any other cloud-based service. It is cost-effective, scalable, reliable and hardware agnostic, making enhanced security accessible anytime and anywhere.
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It is this reliability and reduced costs that are contributing to strong growth projections for biometrics as a service. The global market is expected to more than double in value between 2015 and 2020, to reach a total value of $5.64 million.
Vendor showdown: BioID, ImageWare Systems, IriTech and more
Technavio analysts have identified six vendors that are expected to have a big impact on the biometrics as a service market through the forecast period.
BioID
BioID provides multimodal biometrics authentication to enterprises and supports applications on mobile and web devices. BioID provides webcam-based biometrics recognition solutions to ensure strong identity verification for Intel’s Cloud SSO and McAfee’s Cloud Identity Manager solutions.
The company provides BioID Web Service as an application program interface (API) service for ensuring biometrics authentication on the cloud.
ImageWare Systems
ImageWare Systems allows enterprises to deploy multimodal biometrics-based identity and authentication management solutions. ImageWare Systems has partnered with integrated IT solutions provider CDW to provide cloud-based biometrics authentication solutions to its customers. Its cloud-based biometrics products include:
- GoCloudID/GoVerifyID: Cloud-based platform for ID management that decreases the original cost involved with traditional infrastructure
- GoMobile Interactive: Platform that secures mobile applications with the help of mobile biometrics
- Biometric Engine: Multimodal biometrics identity management technology that performs searches to verify an individual’s identity
IriTech
IriTech provides iris-based biometrics hardware and software solutions for individual authentication to ensure safety and security. IriSecureID is a cloud-based biometrics service that includes iris recognition functions like individual enrollment, identification, and verification.
IriSecureIDService is deployed on a cloud server, which receives requests from client applications and distributes it to different processing nodes on the server. IriSecureIDAdapter is a software component on the client side that sends enrollment or matching requests to IriSecureIDService through Secure Socket Layer (SSL). IriShield camera is used for capturing images of the iris.
FingerCheck
FingerCheck provides cloud-based workforce management software solutions and enables clients to successfully manage workforce time attendance with payroll integration features.
The company provides streamlined time-tracking solutions for small and medium-sized businesses.
FingerCheck provides all-in-one integrated biometrics solutions for workforce management. These solutions enable employers to prevent time theft and buddy punching. It offers biometric time clocks with fingerprint readers, color display for employee photos, and 3G connectivity to transmit real-time data over the Internet.
Secur-eye
Secur-eye is a registered trademark of Mega Regent International Ltd., which is a privately owned company headquartered in Hong Kong.
Secur-eye provides one-time cloud-based attendance systems based on biometrics. It provides a standalone biometrics system with optical fingerprint sensors, USB data backup support, and an MS Excel reporting system. It also provides an IP biometrics system with voice-guided instruction, a high-resolution optical fingerprint scanner, and a USB communication mode.
Its other biometrics systems feature face recognition, rolling fingerprint scanners, binocular IRIS scanners, and 10-fingerprint scanners. For industrial clients, it provides a biometric attendance system for access control, school management, employee management, visitor management, and canteen management.
MorphoTrust USA
MorphoTrust is a privately owned company that provides biometrics-based recognition systems. It operates as part of Safran and is headquartered in Massachusetts, US.
MorphoTrust’s flagship multimodal biometrics solutions use face and iris recognition technologies with secure credentialing and advanced biometrics features.
