Volume 8
Oct/Nov 2016 Edition
Biometrics Prove Best For Preventing Time & Attendance Fraud
By Mohammed Murad, Vice President of Global Sales and
Business Development, Iris ID Systems, (Source Security
.com)
Assistant Attorney General Karol V. Mason of the Office of
Justice Programs
OJP, headed by Assistant Attorney General Karol V.
Mason, provides federal leadership in developing
the nation’s capacity to prevent and control crime,
administer justice and assist victims.
OJP has six components:
• The Bureau of Justice Assistance
• The Bureau of Justice Statistics
• The National Institute of Justice
• The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention
• The Office for Victims of Crime and the Office
of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking.
Time and attendance has proven to be a successful use of
biometric technology traditionally used for controlling access to highly sensitive areas
Security technology is increasingly being
used to help organizations tackle challenges going far beyond controlling access to office buildings and monitoring
parking lot activity.
Video, in particular, has become the darling of
many markets. Retailers use live and recorded
video to assess promotional sales efforts.
Manufacturers confirm employees are following
mandated safety regulations. Transit officials
debunk false liability claims with a review of recorded mobile video.
But here’s a relatively new one – Biometrics
Long thought perfect for controlling access to
highly sensitive public and private research and
military facilities, they are showing up in offices,
hotels — even in remote fruit fields and sugar
processing plants — for employee time and attendance.
It’s proven to be a successful use of the broad
technology.
Risks of Mechanical and Electronic Clocks
The process of keeping track of employees’
hours has long been open to fraud and other is47