Most Viable Method of Biometric Security for a Large Multinational Firm

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Security is one of the most important aspects of everyday life. Knowing that one is safe makes life more comfortable, for example ‘Home Is Where Our Hearts Are’ research published on “The Bolton News” (2009) found out that 37% of the UK citizens planned to move out from locality due to crime. All in all it is essential to feel safe not only about one’s life but also to have a safe business and secure work place. Security can be greatly enhanced with the promising benefits of biometric technologies by allowing different recourses to recognise and confirm personality in different circumstances (Rosenzweig et. al. 2004: 1). Biometric recognition is a programmed method of precisely identifying and verifying individuals according to the unique physiological (Fingerprints, face recognition, iris patterns and DNA) or behavioral (Voice print, signature dynamics, keystroke dynamics) characteristics (Adolph, 2009: 1). This essay will evaluate better biometric security program that can be used by a large multinational firm to secure a work place. This will be achieved by comparing the effectiveness of two methods of biometric identification: retinal and palm vein authentication and filtering out that palm vein authentication which is most effective in terms of public acceptance, cost and reliability.

The first method of biometric recognition is a retinal scanner. The idea of a retinal scanner is simple: a person places their eye in front of a scanner which then identifies the personnel and then allows or denies them access. The aim of a retinal scan is to recognize and verify personality by the pattern of blood vessels at the flip side of the eyeball scans, which is unique: even identical twins do not have the same pattern (Roberts, 2005: 9...

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