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Biometric security tools are easier to use, more accurate and cheaper than ever before. As a result they are being used to control network, laptop and remote access.
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NEC has launched a biometric smartcard security system that combines the technologies needed to authorise a user's physical access to corporate buildings with their network and application access.
Biometric authentication systems may be common within a few years, thanks to improving technology and the concept of combining multiple biometrics, to increase security or to provide a backup in case one technique fails.
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