Security News > 2021 > April > COVID-19 creates a boom in biometric adoption

COVID-19 has accelerated the shift to digital, creating a boom in biometric adoption.

Biometric deployment isn't without challenges.

Today, 40 percent of participants believe that biometric spoofing represents a high or very high threat.

Subsequently, over 90 percent of respondents said that liveness detection is very important or important in combating biometric spoofing attacks.

Organizations have been increasingly turning to biometrics to balance convenience and security for identity verification, authentication, and fraud detection. We expect increasing levels of adoption of biometric technology to combat fraud and support frictionless user experience across all digital channels."

"The survey results are evidence of companies adopting biometrics to provide users with the convenience and security they demand," said Alexey Khitrov, president of ID R&D. "It's also clear that liveness detection is now a must-have technology for onboarding and authentication. We are intensely focused on defending against spoofing attacks without creating friction that lessens the advantages biometrics bring to the user experience."

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