Fujitsu offers new PalmSecure
biometric solutions
ujitsu has announced the
launch of a new, extended
range of PalmSecure-based
biometric security solutions that aim to
consign passwords to history by making
biometric ID easy to use across a wide
variety of day-to-day applications. Fujitsu’s research on various biometric
ID solutions, such as iris and facial
recognition, fingerprints, voice and
signatures show that even these
solutions are vulnerable to counterfeit
and theft and that some, especially
fingerprints, are potentially unhygienic.
Available immediately to customers
in Europe, the Middle East, India and
Africa, the expanded Fujitsu PalmSecure
offering comprises four main elements:
Fujitsu Biometric Authentication
PalmSecure ID Engine, ID GateKeeper,
ID LifePass and ID Login V2 for access
to client computing, physical access
to buildings or data centres and to all
kinds of applications via a simple and
comprehensive Application Programming
Interface (API). The contactless PalmSecure
authentication system uses biometric
technology developed based on Fujitsu’s
more than two decades of image
recognition experience and incorporates
technology from BioSec Group Ltd to
authenticate users based on the unique
pattern of their palm veins. Vein patterns
are unique to individuals and contain
detailed characteristics, allowing a
template to be formed for each user.
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PalmSecure enables organisations to
step up to the highest level of biometric
security, while increasing convenience for
users and avoiding costly service desk
interactions to reset forgotten passwords.
Powerful integration capabilities allow
customers to build ultra-secure biometric
control into solutions for physical access
to buildings and devices, as well as
logical access to specific applications
and services.
Based on a new central matching server,
it enhances security by eliminating the
need for multiple user enrolment across
different locations, devices, applications
or services.
Ease of integration with all kinds of
applications and equipment is facilitated
using a comprehensive Application
Programming Interface (API), extending
biometric ID to use cases from data
centre entry to user credentials for
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PalmSecure enables organisations to step
up to the highest level of biometric security
industrial machinery, to single sign-on
(SSO) for all kinds of applications.
Secure, simple, hygienic palm
vein biometric identification
Systems security has become a
challenge with attacks on all fronts
– not just from outsiders but also
through insider manipulation – making
the implementation of technological
safeguards and categorised access vital.
Biometrics is gaining recognition as a
reliable, highly-accurate and efficient
method of confirming an individual’s
identity, as organisations search
for more secure and simpler-to-use
authentication methods for data access,
physical access and general security.
PalmSecure’s advanced authentication
algorithm produces an extremely high
level of accuracy and application
versatility. Oliver Reyers, Head of
Biometrics at Fujitsu in EMEIA, said:
“Biometric ID and palm vein technology
in particular are lifting IT security to
a higher level. There’s no need to
remember – or regularly change –
complex passwords and this makes it
so much more convenient for users to
access secure assets and applications.
“Fujitsu has applied the principle of
simplicity to solution development and
deployment. This has resulted in an
expanded portfolio of biometric security
solutions, which make it easier for
organisations to implement biometric
identification. Fujitsu’s PalmSecure
biometric recognition algorithm delivers
ultra-low false acceptance rates, while
central enrolment processes ensure that
users can’t bypass security simply by
creating multiple IDs.” u
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