[1]Fujitsu will replace passwords and keycards with palm scanning for
80K employees in Japan:
On Thursday, [2]Fujitsu announced that it would replace employee
passwords and smartcards with a new authentication measure: Their
palm veins. The company will deploy its palm vein authentication
technology to about 80,000 employees in Japan this year, allowing
them to access their virtual desktops with a wave of their hand.
…
Fujitsu also wants to replace the smartcard-based authentication
installed at the entrances to two offices in Japan with the palm
vein authentication. The company will trial this for 5,200 employees
working at those locations over the next year, it said in a press
release.
(Via [3]Security on TechRepublic)
The article is not much more than a press release.
I would love to see their success criteria, the metrics, ROI calculus,
and how they continue to refine their capabilities. The article talks
about "efficiency" and getting rid of "the hassle of entering a
password", both convenience use cases, but nothing really about
security.
Biometrics, in many implementations, combine identity and
authentication into one - think about the fingerprint sensor on a
smartphone.
UPDATE: [4]This article from SecurityWeek lists the pros & cons of
biometrics.
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My original entry is here: [5]Fujitsu will replace password, keycards
w/ palm scanning for 80K employees in #Japan. It posted Mon, 22 Jan
2018 02:40:58 +0000.
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References
1.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/fujitsu-will-replace-passwords-and-keycards-with-palm-scanning-for-80k-employees-in-japan/#ftag=RSS56d97e7
2.
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/resources/news/press-releases/2018/0118-01.html
3.
http://www.techrepublic.com/rssfeeds/topic/security/
4.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Securityweek/~3/_kKSrIgbvaY/can-biometrics-solve-authentication-problem
5.
https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=826
