Keyboards add four-finger security

Cherry Electrical Products is set to enable its G83-14400 and G83-14500 ranges of keyboards with Senselect's new BiometricPIN technology.

Cherry Electrical Products is set to enable its G83-14400 and G83-14500 ranges of keyboards (developed using UPEK fingerprint sensors) with software company Senselect's new BiometricPIN technology.

BiometricPIN enhances security by requiring a multiple-finger log-on to access restricted files, folders and environments.

The sequence in which fingers are read determines successful access and, like conventional PINs, can be changed if required.

The technology also allows for integration of further identifiers such as iris, facial, palm and voiceprints into the authentication and identification process.

Information is stored as a nonindexed binary large object (BLOB) rather than an image which prevents reverse engineering.

BiometricPIN is said to be at least 100,000 times more secure than most single fingerprint systems.

Further, a four-fingerprint sequence matches the strength of an alphanumeric password between 8 and 11 characters long.

The software maintains individual privacy and security where multiple users exist and can be easily integrated into existing ERP, KMS, groupware and legacy applications.

BiometricPIN keyboards are suitable for use in high security applications such as e-borders, national ID cards and patient healthcare records.

The software is compliant with Common Criteria, the European Data protection Act and HIPAA Security Compliance.

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