Knowledge Base Do we really need biometrics? Are AxS Tracker’s fingerprint readers the ideal solution? Is protecting our data all that important? Is match on card the best solution to achieve user privacy? Through these links you will find answers to these and many other questions. Don’t believe us, check it out for yourself. Is our thermal scanner the best? Check out this excerpt from the Handbook of Fingerprint Recognition by D. Maltoni, D. Maio, A.K. Jain, S. Prabhakar. This is a more extensive presentation where history and actual comparison images of various fingerprint technologies are presented. Pay special attention to dry, wet and poor quality fingerprints, can your scanner compete? How important is match on card? Every federal employee in the United States is now required to obtain a Personal Identification Verification (PIV) card under the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD 12), this card is a smart card with integrated biometrics. MINEX objective is to establish compliance for template encoders and matchers and provide measurements of performance and interoperability. id3 developed the unique match algorithm in the Certis reader, and now in conjunction with Oberthur card systems, has achieved a very high score on MINEX II. Security is very important, but is not all you should look for in a biometric solution, privacy is also a vital consideration. Make sure your biometric implementation offers your users the level of privacy they expect. Why so much fuzz about protecting ourselves? While sometimes the news may sound very alarming, we tend to think that it will not happen to us. Check out the Unites States Department of Justice computer crime web site and you will be amazed by all the cases where not only large companies but small companies as well have been targeted not only by outsiders but also by trusted employees. Furthermore, if you want to learn more about how you can be attacked, check out Wikipedia’s computer crime page.