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Unit 6: Biometric Controls for Security

public awareness of lasers, sometimes demonstrated as red light beams cutting steel. Although Notes
there has been never any harm reported owing to retinal scans by means of the light beams,
public fear and user sensitivity still remain. An advance form of such public issue is about
intrusions into human body, a space that is measured private.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
13. ......................... is the rate at which authentic, enrolled persons are discarded as anonymous
persons by a biometrics system.
14. ......................... ability of the biometrics system decides the speed.
15. ......................... a prospect that a matcher system will properly identify the mate when the
mate is present in the system repository.

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Caselet Bartronics Unveils Biometric Products

ARTRONICS India Ltd (BIL), an automatic identification and data collection (AIDC)
solution provider, on Friday launched a multi-layered embedded fused biometric
Bsecurity system (MLEFBS) and a touchless fingerprint system (TFPS) that use multiple
biometric features for identification purposes.

According to Mr Sudhir Rao, Managing Director, MLEFBS offers a solution for
authentication, authorisation, verification and identification management.
It provides integrated support for smart cards, tokens and biometric (voice, iris, vein, face,
hand, fingerprint and signature) identifiers.
On the other hand, TFPS incorporates a contact-less finger print sensor that overcomes the
drawbacks of existing fingerprint scanners.
Mr Rao told newspersons that BIL had recently tied up with the Singapore-based emBiosys
Pte Ltd for introduction of fused biometric systems in the Indian market.
The company has already received enquiries from various quarters including the Defence,
the Home Ministry and airports for installation of the systems that would cost 4-5 lakh
each.
BIL is currently implementing its biometric applications at the Sri Venkateswara temple
at Tirumala. The company has a two-year contract with the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams
Trust Board for providing the services at a rate of 1.5 crore per year.
With an estimated 40,000 pilgrims visiting the Tirumala shrine every day, this is claimed
to be the largest biometric application in the world.
Mr Rao said that the market for AIDC in the country is estimated to be 60 crore and is
growing at a rate of 20 per cent per annum over the past four years.
BIL has a 25 per cent share in this market, while the rest of the market was widely
fragmented among many players. About 80 per cent of the top 100 companies in the
country are its clients.

Source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2003/12/27/stories/2003122701860200.htm

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