Take advantage of biometrics in your print security strategy by implementing fingerprint readers for secure print authentication. Biometric authentication has many inherent advantages over traditional PIN, password or RFID authentication methods.

For starters, a fingerprint cannot be left at home or forgotten, and as such is in many ways more secure than other methods. If biometric readers are already in use for access controls at your organisation, it might be worth considering using them for your managed print software (MPS) authentication method as well, to keep everything standardised.

With biometrics becoming more widely used, it makes sense to implement a biometric solution for secure print release authentication - thereby improving security and level of convenience at the same time.

There are many different ways to integrate a biometric solution for MPS services. For smaller installations, or where keeping costs down is an important factor, basic "plug and play" local devices with internal fingerprint databases, which are easy to configure, might be a good option. For larger implementations, more advanced networked readers which can use a centralised fingerprint database will keep maintenance of the readers to a minimum. The top end installations might integrate with your directory services, providing the best level of management - but also come in at the higher end of the scale in terms of cost.

When considering a biometric solution, the level of security in itself is an important consideration. Although biometrics are widely considered to be more secure than other methods, for the highest levels of security, multi-factor authentication is ideal.

ePaper can recommend a solution to fit your requirements and budget. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us so that one of our experienced team members can get back to you with a biometric solution to suit your organisation.

For more information on Sentinel secure printing with biometrics, please contact us by emailing contact@epapersign.com