Biometrics, or the science of measuring
physical-biological traits.

The term biometrics is now widely known as "the science of measuring physical characteristics, to verify a person's identity.

In recent months, a wave of new users, from schools to banks, have adopted this technology. Their goal - to tighten security and reduce payroll costs.

Biometrics Plays an Important Role in Access Control
Biometrics identifies a person via a unique human characteristic: the size and shape of a hand, a fingerprint or aspects of the eye.

If the goal of an access control system is to control where people, not credentials, can and cannot go, then only a biometric device truly provides this capability.

As a result, biometrics is used on the front doors of thousands of businesses around the world, at the doors to the tarmacs of major airports, and at the entrances of other facilities where the combination of security and convenience are required.

•	More than 900 biometric hand readers control client and employee access to special areas of Italian banks. More than 100 units perform similar functions in Russia.
•	In the United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Prisons rely on biometrics for prisoner and visitor tracking.
•	Universities use hand readers for the on-campus dinner program, to safeguard access to dormitories and to protect their computer centres.
•	Hospitals utilize the biometric devices for access control and payroll accuracy.

The Benefits of Biometrics in Access Control
The goal of any access control system is to let authorized people, not just their credentials, into specific places.

A card-based access system will control the access of authorized pieces of plastic, but not who is in possession of the card.

Systems using PINs require an individual only know a specific number to gain entry; but who actually entered the code cannot be determined.

Biometric devices verify who people are by what they are, whether by hand, eye, fingerprint, or voice recognition.
Biometric reductions in errors have lowered the capital costs of ID cards in recent years and the true benefit of eliminating them is realized through reduced administrative efforts, for example, a lost card must be replaced and reissued by someone. Just as there is a price associated with the time spent to complete this seemingly simple task, when added together, the overall administration of a card system is costly.

Contrary to using badges, sign-ins or other ways of tracking employees, a biometric time clock assures that no employee can punch in for another, eliminating time fraud and reducing payroll costs. Because every person's biometric characteristic (hand, fingerprint, eyes, face, etc.) is unique, a biometric time clock provides a quick, accurate, and reliable way to record in- and out-punches for each employee. That's why so many companies now employ biometrics.

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