www.AmericanSecurityToday.com
technology
technology”
is
already being
employed in new
biometrics read-
ers.
April 2019 - Edition 43
Facial detection
and fever detec-
tion can be em-
ployed in the same
reader.
reader
Larry Reed, CEO of ZKTECO USA
The thought process
is to both authenticate the user
According to Ephram Yeashoua,
Yeashoua ,
and screen the user for possible
CEO of iDentyTech (another
fever at the same time.
time
biometric solutions provider),
Any persons who do not authen- discussed the legal issues sur-
reader : “…
…
ticate or who may have a fever, rounding biometric reader:
will be denied entry subject to biometric platforms must and do
further screening by security or typically conform to all govern-
ment regulation guidelines for
health personnel.
biometric data storage by provid-
Larry’s viewpoint is that secu- ing a wide range of available
av ailable
rity decision makers must em-
brace change and accept the
new reality that focuses on
long term cost,
cost not purchase
price.
options to store this data
dat a”.
He went on to observe that “…
there will be some transition pe-
riods as people slowly move from
17