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Fingerprint Biometrics Solutions for Mobile ID Fingerprints are practically synonymous with identity. The unique ridges and whorls on the tips of your finger have been distinguishing one person from another since 1788, when German anatomist Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer discovered that every fingerprint is different.

Fingerprint readers do exactly what their name describes. Using optical, capacitive, or ultrasound sensor technology, they measure the characteristics of a fingerprint. This can be used to identify an individual by comparing the scanned print to many different templates stored in a database, as is commonly done with criminal background checks, or it can be done on a one-to-one basis in order to authenticate a user.

Fingerprint biometrics are a standard security feature on smartphones today, and as the consumer-facing industry demands larger, buttonless screens, innovations in sensor technology are now enabling in-display biometrics. Fingerprint biometrics can also be used to secure payments on smartphones with Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay, and similar wallet apps.

Thanks to the widespread availability of consumer grade fingerprint sensors on smartphones, the average user is becoming familiar with the modality as it continues to proliferate digital security and identity across all manner of vertical markets. Wall mounted access control terminals, police squad cars, patient sign-in areas at clinics—these are all areas where biometric fingerprint readers have been deployed.

The automotive industry, too, is increasingly turning to biometrics to address security concerns, and solutions designed to bring fingerprint security to connected cars have begun to emerge. In some countries it has become mandatory to enroll a fingerprint in order to open a cellphone account; other places require fingerprints to vote in elections. And soon, fingerprints are set to replace credit card PINs as biometrics sensors are integrated into smart cards.

Fingerprint readers are all around us, ushering us into a new era of identity.

Educational Papers on Fingerprint Biometrics

Enterprise Security in the Age of Remote and Mobile Work [Aware, Inc. White Paper]

Aware, Inc., a leading provider of biometric software and services, offers a compelling assessment of the enterprise security landscape in the era of the data breach in this white paper. Its assessment of the big picture in enterprise security is valuable for enterprise administrators looking to avoid the kinds of data breaches that have already hurt so many prominent businesses and brands.

Powering Trusted Identities with Biometrics [HID Global White Paper]

This white paper from secure identity solutions provider HID Global illustrates how biometric technology can be used to establish irrefutable identity and maintain trust. The paper explains the advantages of identity solutions based on “who you are, not what you know,” and makes a strong case not only for HID Global’s solutions, but for biometric authentication more broadly.

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Read on to meet the leading providers of Fingerprint Biometrics solutions.

NEC has been at the forefront of defining leading-edge biometric identification solutions for over 40 years. NEC’s identification technologies include finger/palm print, DNA and face recognition solutions. NEC has developed some of the world’s largest and most complex identification infrastructure projects for government and law enforcement. Our mission is to help government and businesses use technology to build a safer environment for life and work.

IDEMIA is the global leader in Augmented Identity for an increasingly digital world, with the ambition to empower citizens and consumers alike to interact, pay, connect, travel and vote in ways that are now possible in a connected environment. Securing our identity has become mission critical in the world we live in today. By standing for Augmented Identity, we reinvent the way we think, produce, use and protect this asset, whether for individuals or for objects. We ensure privacy and trust as well as guarantee secure, authenticated and verifiable transactions for international clients from Financial, Telecom, Identity, Public Security and IoT sectors.