Societe Generale and biometrics
As a security professional I am never surprised when security breaches occur such as the recent Societe Generale incident when a rogue trader wiped out a large proportion of their profits. By that I mean that they aren't the first and they certainly won't be the last.
I only mention them as I read a story the other day that after the incident they are now looking at implementing biometrics to protect internal procedures.
I have followed the biometrics industry for many years and have heard many issues about usability. I truly hope that the latest generation of technology is robust enough as the false negative rates before had seemed to be too big a barrier.
I hope that their implementation is successful, they certainly have had enough problems. to deal with.
From a consumer authentication perspective, I think that biometrics still have a way to go.
Some biometrics are already creeping into consumer authentication (i.e. some sites monitor how fast you type your keystrokes or some companies have established voice biometrics for telephone banking). But these are usually used in conjunction with other authentication methods and I can see that not changing for a long time.
