biometrics and fingerprints

[GCC Consulting]

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> Subject: biometrics and fingerprints
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> Looks like fingerprint scanning alone isn't quite enough:
> 
I was in Nashville last week at my wife's organization national conference,
Association of Hospital Resource & Materials Managers.  There were quite a
number of vendors show RFID and biometric devices.

One vendor had nursing station carts with expensive supplies which used RFID
tags to track usage and used a fingerprint scanner to access to the cabinet.
They had a number of different type of supply cabinets which used this
technology.

This is a large national company.  I am sure that they have done research on
using biometrics for accessing what should be secure storage cabinets.

No security technique is 100% secure.  It is a matter of degree.  A simple
Sledge lock can be picked in less the 3 seconds while a Medico lock takes over
30 minutes by a highly trained lock picker.  Tiffany's, on 5th Avenue in New
York City has uses basic key locks on their massive doors.  However, the
security measures behind those doors is daunting.  

So, one has to decide the degree of protection needed and apply the proper
precautions.  A sports club can use finger print identification tied to activate
a photo of the member.  This is adequate for them.

I don't think fpTech is suggesting that we sell their solution to those needing
highly secure security solutions.

By they way, I spent 6 years with Military Intelligence doing base security
checks.  I was trained in "breaking & entering".