They need to be able to take advantage of the fast pace of technology evolution. For customers, this means the ability to configure their systems to best fit their application, environment, and user population. Let's look at this from the perspective of the managers of an enterprise that is considering the large-scale deployment of biometric authentication throughout their organization. Cost Per Seat. Biometrics have already experienced significant cost reductions over the last few years, both for hardware and software.
Standards have the potential to lower costs further as biometrics become commodity items.
A large enterprise is comprised of a wide variety of individuals. Some may be poor candidates for a specific biometric technology. Others may have a physical disability that precludes the use of a particular technology. Still others may have religious concerns with a technology. Standards allow easy accommodation of these situations through the use of alternative biometrics.