Re: biometric technology

["Basgen, Brian" <bbasgen () PIMA EDU>]

Connie,

 We did a pilot for biometric thumb drives around 18 months ago, and found that the reliability of the drives dropped 
off a cliff after acouple of weeks of use. 

 We stopped the use of biometrics on laptops after we deployed full disk encryption, since the software we are using 
isn't able to handle biometric authentication. 

 If you get feedback, I'd love to hear it as well. 

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Brian Basgen
Information Security
Pima Community College
Office: 520-206-4873

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Barrera, 
Connie
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 11:34 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] biometric technology

Greetings to all:

At the University of Miami we're exploring different authentication solutions and we're wondering how many schools have 
deployed biometric technology, the scope of use, and what vendors/solutions are working well.

Any information is you're able to share will be greatly appreciated.

Connie Barrera, MCSE, CCNA, CISSP 
  University of Miami
  Security Manager, Information Technology
  5915 Ponce de Leon, #41
  Coral Gables, FL 33146-2500
  O&F:  305-284-2773
  connie () miami edu