Five years ago, if someone told you that a computer would enable you to shop, order food, work and talk while on the way to home from office, you would have probably not believed him. Today, when you look at tablet PCs like iPads, you find these features are the norm.

These small, handy devices are making our life increasingly convenient by the day, especially because they help you manage your professional and personal life better. But since they do so much, it is important that you protect them, too. While you may use protective covers and screen guards for its body, how do you ensure data safety? Until now, most people have used virus scanners and applications that provide customized locks, but these are not foolproof. The solution is to use biometric security systems for your tablet PCs.

These systems apply the technology used in popular biometric devices like the Suprema Biomini USB fingerprint scanner and Lumidigm Sensor, which are known for their accuracy and sharpness in identifying fingerprints.

There are two ways in which you can use these biometric security systems:

External Scanners

The first one is external, wherein you use fingerprint scanners like the Lumidigm Mercury 301 or the Lumidigm Sensor. These need to be attached to your tablet via a USB port. Your device would only unlock when an authorized fingerprint is provided to it.

This means that you may leave your tablet unattended at meetings or in office or even while having guests at home, and no one would be able to access your data!

Internal Security

This is more popular than the former as it is more convenient and helps keep your tablet secure even while on the move. Here, the tablet itself has internal applications that work on biometrics. The system is similar to that of the Suprema Biomini USB fingerprint scanner and Lumidigm Mercury 301, wherein the camera of the tablet helps scan your fingerprint and authorizes it.

The best part about using internal or external fingerprint scanners for your tablet is that it limits the access, thus also averting the risk of theft. You may also install a tracker along with the scanner for enhanced safety.

Over the years, it has been proved that biometric security systems are ideal for most facilities that require high levels of protection. If yours is one amongst them, then it is likely that you use USB fingerprint scanning devices like the Nitgen Fingkey Hamster, which is one of the finest and most efficient products available in the market.

The Nitgen Fingkey Hamster, like most fingerprint scanners works on a system that calculates the fingerprint algorithms to identify and authenticate a person. So what are these algorithms? In simple words, they are points in the fingerprint of a person that are stored in the USB fingerprint scanners in a mathematical series.

The algorithm of the fingerprint SDK is known as recognition and is divided into three parts:

• The matching algorithm is used to find out matches comparing two templates provided by the extraction algorithm. It specifically compares the position of each point and structure.
• The extraction algorithm creates a series of processes, which are used to provide different characteristics of a particular fingerprint. This is then used for matching. It also provides the core, delta and the number of ridges of the print along with other supplementary information.
• The final one of the classification algorithm helps put each of the above sequences into a specific mode, i.e. the software recognizes a series and the classification helps it locate its match or extract the sequence.

These algorithms are ideal to differentiate fingerprints as they can be found and created in multiple ways. And since it is only a mathematical process, the scope of errors in the USB fingerprint scanner is highly reduced. These sequences enable easy and fast recognition, accurate ratio and of course, excellent identification capability.

Nitgen is known to be one of the topmost brands for providing fingerprint reading devices as most of their products are based on these algorithms. Install them in your facility and enhance your existing biometric security systems.