Biometrics In The Mainstream

From industryclick:

"Not so long ago, biometric suppliers tended to provide uncustomized “black boxes” with unchanging components. Now, more biometric suppliers are scrapping the mystery box approach for a two-tier structure, with some companies providing specialized components and others devising complete systems from these targeted elements...

Providers say the biometric industry is following a traditional — and reassuring — path toward maturity, with a few atypical accelerators. Use of biometric systems by government agencies, and in core industries such as banking, healthcare and even travel, has led to more acceptance of the concept of biometrics...

More severe motivators such as domestic terrorism and widespread identity theft have also pushed the issue of identity to the forefront and reemphasized the importance of protective measures to the general public as well as to the corporate world..."