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Industrial Access Control Market to Reach $1.3 Billion by 2023

The industrial access control market is expected to reach USD 1,317.9 million by 2023, at a CAGR of 8.33% between 2017 and 2023. The major reasons for the growth of the industrial access control is the high adoption of access control solutions due to growing security concerns, technological advancements and deployment of wireless technology in security systems, and adoption of Internet of Things (IoT)-based security systems. Lack of awareness for advanced security solutions in industrial applications is a major restraining factor for the growth of the industrial access control market . Utilities application is the largest application driving the growth of industrial access control market for security purposes. Protecting the infrastructure and assets from threats such as accidents, vandalism, theft, sabotage, and terrorism is the major concern for utilities application. These security issues increase the demand for access control systems and solutions for...

Biometrics Recognition & Analysis.

Syniverse and Pinn have partnered to combine Syniverse’s global platform with Pinn’s attribution solution to deliver a stronger level of transaction security and continuous attribution. These capabilities are required by impending regulation like Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Pinn’s attribution solution collects data regarding a user’s behavioral biometrics — which use the recognition and analysis of an activity that users do frequently, such as how they hold their smartphone or type on a keyboard – from various locations to create a singular and seamless form of identification. “Syniverse and Pinn will uniquely address the challenges of PSD2, GDPR and other regulations that increasingly push cybersecurity requirements, as financial institutions and businesses across every sector look to mitigate systemic risk,” said Tim Moss, chief operating officer of Syniverse. “Pinn’s behavioral biometrics platform a...

Create Identity Solution Based on Blockchain, Biometrics

I t’s World Refugee Day, a time to bring focused attention to a complex issue that is increasingly in the news. According to the UNHCR, the UN agency most directly concerned with refugee issues, one in every 113 people in the world are refugees from war or political violence, with an estimated total of 65 million displaced globally. Root causes vary, and prospective solutions will need to be as complex as the political, social, economic, and ecological forces causing statelessness. But even here, biometric technology can play an important role, and is increasingly being embraced by policy makers and other stakeholders in dealing with refugee issues. Just this week, a new joint project involving Accenture and Microsoft was announced that aims to leverage biometrics and blockchain to establish a trusted identity system for the undocumented ref : https://findbiometrics.com/brief-biometrics-helping-refugees-406203/

Fujitsu’s current biometric identity and access management solutions

  Fujitsu is expanding its advanced biometric security solutions portfolio through a newly-signed agreement in which it will resell ImageWare Systems’ key security solutions including enterprise mobile biometric user authentication as a service. Under the agreement, Fujitsu not only extends its biometric identity and access management solutions to mobile devices but also to additional authentication methods including fingerprint, face, and voice recognition. As a result, Fujitsu customers will now be able to deploy biometric authentication as a service running on the Fujitsu Cloud Service K5. “Through this agreement with ImageWare Systems, our customers gain access to an enhanced portfolio of biometric security solutions that reduce the barriers to deploying highly secure biometric authentication,” said Thomas Bengs, director and head of Biometrics at Fujitsu in EMEIA. Businesses will also benefit from more choice than ever, both in terms of the technologies th...