Not All Biometrics Is Created Equal. Welcome to the Much-Needed Debate about Facial Recognition.

Many business sectors approach facial recognition and biometrics as a whole with increased interest, looking for help in acquiring new customers in the COVID-19 slump. This creates opportunities for newcomers, who are adept at marketing speak, even if performance of their technology is not verified in independent biometric testing. While governments often insist on their vendors to be participants in FRVT, private companies sometimes aren’t even aware that such independent comparison exists.

Our partners in the Australian identity platform Daltrey have had a discussion in their most recent podcast with Innovatrics Head of Global Sales, Peter Martis. According to him: “All these new start-ups that are heavily funded, they don’t really care about reputation because they don’t have any to begin with. So they promise results and performance that are a) unachievable and b) unrealistic.”

Together with Daltrey Co-Founder and Managing Director, Blair Crawford, they have discussed the role of independent vendor testing in creating a level playing field not just for competitors in the crowded facial recognition market, but also for those looking for biometric solutions. They know that they can rely on the impartiality of the US government-run National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which has built its reputation during the years of rigorous testing of biometric algorithms. You can read an in-depth exploration about how and why testing came into existence in the Trust Report magazine article.

About Daltrey

Daltrey is a new force in identity defined security. Their vision is to eliminate usernames, passwords, access cards, and PIN numbers from the authentication conversation altogether. They allow organisations to create and maintain a single credential that can be used across all access points, both physical and logical. This gives business leaders the ability to manage who accesses what, when and where – securely and conveniently. For more information, please visit www.daltrey.com

About Innovatrics

Innovatrics is an independent, trusted partner for biometric identity management technology. The company has completed more than 500 projects in 80 countries with over a billion people having been biometrically processed using Innovatrics software. The award-winning Innovatrics algorithms provide best-in-class speed and accuracy for projects of all sizes and guarantee the highest level of performance. For more information, please visit www.innovatrics.com