Cyber Security Awareness 006: Biometric

Have you ever unlocked your phone or laptop using your fingerprint or face? If so, you've already experienced the convenience of biometrics. Biometrics, also known as "something you have" authentication, is a technology that uses unique physical or behavioural characteristics to verify your identity and grant access to information. In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, simple measures like passwords are no longer sufficient to keep up with sophisticated cyber threats. Biometric authentication systems, which gained widespread popularity around the 2010s, offer a more secure and efficient way to protect your data. By leveraging complex algorithms that analyse a user's unique physical and behavioural traits, biometrics provide a fast and easy way to authenticate individuals. Biometrics utilise various human attributes, including fingerprints, facial recognition, iris scanning, and voice recognition, to verify identity. Unlike passwords, which can be easily c...