Biometrics Technology Comes of Age
Drew Robb · EDPACS · 2002
Biometrics technology has long promised instant, accurate, and secure access to facilities, networks, and devices. Until recently, however, its application had evolved little beyond the early twentieth-century fingerprint classification system used by law enforcement. That is all about to change as digital imaging and a plethora of biometrics techniques are beginning to reach maturity, and have already given rise to applications in both the commercial and government sectors.