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We can now store and administer personal
information and confidential
business information in such technical devices as PDAs,
cellular phones and PCs.
With the continuous development of computer networks, security-sensitive
personal, industrial and national information is being exchanged within
the networking environment.
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However, since digitalized information is exposed to
the risks of outflow and loss, concerned
people are actively searching for solutions to these problems. In
response
to the urgency of the situation, a number of information security
technologies are being researched
and developed. Among those is biometrics, a technology that stands
out among all others as
a highly reliable solution to information security.
What is ¡°Biometrics¡±, and what kind of convenience and security can
it offer us?
Biometrics refers to an automated system that can identify an individual
by measuring their physical and behavioral uniqueness or patterns,
and comparing it to those on record. In other words, instead of requiring
personal identification cards, magnetic cards, keys or passwords,
biometrics can identify fingerprints, face, iris, palm prints, signature,
DNA, or retinas of an individual for easy and convenient verification.
With the boom in Internet-based business and the increased need for
accurate verification when accessing accounts, biometrics is the simplest
and most convenient the solution. Its universal, unique, permanent
and measurable features ensures security of information in E-commerce,
such as
on-line banking and shopping malls. Biometrics can also provide you
with convenience and security,
by enabling a machine to verify the individual by itself and to respond
to the individual¡¯s requests.
Through the use of such physical controls as access control, and punch
card maintenance, user restrictions on certain apparatus can be made
possible with an automated verification system. |
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