Biometric technology is helping the workplace, as well as other places where highly valuable or sensitive products and data are stored. It doesn’t matter if you work in a factory or a doctor’s office, biometrics can make the people you work with and the products and data you work with more secure.

That is how.

1. Biometric access control involves the use of body parts such as fingerprints, iris or retina scans, as well as facial recognition to authorize entry to buildings, relevant departments, and computers.

2. Because the security system only recognizes people, rather than keys or magnetic cards, it is possible to know exactly who is and who is not on the site, at any time.

3. It is also possible to know exactly where people are on the site, based on where they were last authorized to enter. Additionally, you can determine where unauthorized people are trying to access.

4. Biometric fingerprint readers are now available on laptops and USB sticks, to help make data more secure and to prevent unauthorized access. This means that if a laptop or memory card falls into the wrong hands, or an unauthorized person tries to use it, it will not work. Fingerprint readers are also available for desktop computers.

5. The use of CCTV video analytics means that people and situations can be recognized, such as identifying that an unknown person is trying to enter the building or that a known shoplifter is in your store. The systems also use metadata, so it can be tagged in detail and made even more effective in identifying people and their behavior.

6. Time and attendance monitoring systems, perhaps for production lines or other areas where the on-off clock is used, will become much more accurate through the use of biometrics. This is because it will no longer be possible to log in for someone who is not there or to log in with someone else’s data.

7. The use of biometric security systems will prevent theft and fraud through the unauthorized use of passwords or magnetic cards. A dishonest employee will not be able to access a restricted area of ​​the building or a computer using someone else’s swipe card, or even a genuine key.

8. The most sophisticated biometric security systems mean that staff cannot be threatened, kidnapped or kidnapped into providing passwords or magnetic cards. This is because the system can be equipped with facial recognition technology, as well as additional motion sensors that detect the number of people, so that only one person at a time has access.

9. Biometric systems mean that security personnel can be used for other tasks that cannot be automated, perhaps to verify that doors and windows are closed and locked, to physically search staff and visitors, or to be aware of suspicious behavior inside or outside the premises.

10. Effective and efficient biometric systems will mean less time and money will be spent on security in the long run, as there will be no need for downtime due to security breaches, lock replacement, or having to wait for a password to be entered. password. Restart.

Now that you know how biometrics can make your office more secure, reduce your security concerns, and increase productivity, isn’t it time you found out more about biometric access control systems?