BIOMETRICS BECOME INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED AND COMMONPLACE ANTIFRAUD DEVICES

AS concerns continue to emerge about the extent to which common security measures such as passwords can be breached, biometrics are gaining attention across a range of services and law enforcement teams preventing fraud.Isabelle Moeller, CEO of the London and Sydney-based Biometrics Institute, stressed to Fraud Intelligence that “biometric authentication has the potential to ease the burden of security given its simplicity and usability, particularly when compared to username and password. Biometrics offer a convenient and additional layer of security, help ...


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