Biometric Security Biometric security technology is a security development where certain biometric identifiers are used for secure identification methods. What this means is that a part of your body, something no one else can posses, is used to verify that you are who you say you are. The system then records and stores this identifier in encrypted form on the host system. When the user wants to access their locked resources on the system they offer their biometric identifier and the system either allows or rejects their access depending on if the identifier matched the prerecorded data. If so, you may need something more than your simple password system to keep it safe from internal attack.
Computer security is a never-ending pursuit.
Common wisdom has emphasized protecting networks from outside intruders, and with the growth of the Internet, many well documented solutions have been developed to protect connections to the outside world. But internal security should not be forgotten. In fact, research suggests it should be considered equally important as or even more important than external security. A 1996 FBI Computer Security Institute study reported that insiders carry out almost half of all reported break-in attempts to computer systems. Twenty-one percent said their companies' internal networks have experienced an internal breach.