Biometrics offer superior security AND convenience at a lower cost to the enterprise. Biometrics can be perceived as an intrusion. In some applications, such as e-commerce, they can actually preserve your privacy during the transaction by increasing security, privacy and convenience. Some people feel that fingerprinting in general encroaches on their privacy, but some intrusiveness is traded to achieve security. Unlike cards or other tokens , they cannot be forgotten, stolen, nor falsified.
Finger imaging for physical access also benefits the administration of network access.
Any process that validates who you are, usually involving a 'token' such as a badge or password. A unique, machine measurable biological trait or characteristic that can be used to verify identity. Common biometrics are fingerprint, hand geometry, retina or iris patterns and face. The process of generating a biometric template for a user. Also called a Type I error.