Biometric technologies, in general, represent a major break from more conventional means of access control. Using biometrics as an additional authenticating factor (e.g., biometric scans to verify an individual’s physical identity) can help organizations eliminate unauthorized access and fraud.
Privacy concerns have been among the biggest challenges to widespread biometrics adoption, but this is starting to change because of how convenient these technologies are.
Privacy concerns have been among the biggest challenges to widespread biometrics adoption, but this is starting to change because of how convenient these technologies are. According to HID’s survey, almost 60% of respondents are currently using, planning to implement, or at least testing biometric technologies in the near future. More specifically, 26% of respondents say they currently use biometrics (contact or contactless) and another 33% say they plan to test or implement a form of biometrics within the next one to five years.
As for contactless biometrics, modern iris and facial recognition technologies are seeing growing adoption as reliable, contactless biometric modalities for both on-premises and remote authentication.
As biometrics adoption grows, new considerations will emerge, including how to control the environment and ensure privacy as new technologies fuel benefits including faster authentication speed and seamless performance.
Theme #5:Growing optimism about supply chain challenges
While supply chain issues continue to be a concern, optimism is beginning to emerge. The extraordinary supply chain disruptions and challenges that organizations worldwide have struggled with for the past several years are improving–but haven’t gone away. According to the HID survey, 74% of respondents said they were impacted by supply chain issues in 2022, and 71% cited “supply chain issues” as a top trend in the security and identity industry for 2023. When asked if they anticipate supply chain issues will ease in 2023, respondents provided a true split—50% believe they will ease and 50% believe they will not.
From a macro perspective, supply chain disruptions are expected to improve, although labor shortages and high demand will continue to strain global supply chains, including the availability of semiconductors. These integrated circuit chips form the backbone of many security and identity products, including control panels, readers, sensors, detectors, credentials, passports, and peripherals.
On a more granular level, commercial real estate companies appear to be most affected by ongoing challenges, with 78% citing supply chain problems as their main concern. More than two-thirds of organizations with fewer than 1,000 employees indicate that they were highly impacted by supply chain issues in 2022, but they are also the most optimistic that these issues will resolve in 2023.
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There is no doubt that the security industry is undergoing a period of substantial change. Those who can identify what is changing—and understand the source and trajectory of these changes—will be able to adapt faster, deliver exceptional digital-plus-physical experiences, and capitalize on breakthrough innovations in solutions and services.
One of the biggest ways in which the digital experience is reshaping security is through interconnected devices that dramatically expand what types of things can be secured, and how. The cloud will efficiently power a variety of implementations across both physical and logical footprints. This will elevate the value of data while facilitating servitization to drive specific business outcomes.
Meanwhile, big-picture social and economic trends will continue to disrupt business as usual, and this is challenging the security industry to rethink the basics—all the way down to the very concept of identity. Going forward, the expectation is that security, like all other facets of the enterprise, can and will leverage technology to work better and smarter, both today and tomorrow.
Songukrishnasamy is Vice President and CTO of HID. He is a senior management professional with 25 years of progressive experience in aligning technology and engineering vision with business strategy by creating and executing efficient new product development strategies in Start-up as well as established business environments.
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