Biometric identification (global market)

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2021

European Parliament calls for banning facial recognition systems

On October 6, 2021, it became known that the European Parliament called for banning law enforcement agencies from using facial recognition systems in public places and turning to predictive analytics in their work - a controversial practice of using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to profile potential criminals before the crime is committed.

In a resolution adopted by an overwhelming majority, members of the European Parliament also called for banning private databases of facial recognition systems like those used by Clearview AI. The European Parliament also supports the European Commission's bill on AI technologies, which prohibits social rating systems, such as in China, that assess the reliability of citizens based on their behavior.

The resolution, which is exclusively advisory in nature, gives a clear idea of ​ ​ how the European Parliament will vote at the upcoming discussion of the draft law on AI technologies.

The bill proposed by the European Commission restricts the use of remote biometric identification systems (including facial recognition systems) in public places, with the exception of special cases when necessary to combat serious crimes (for example, terrorism or kidnapping).

Brando Benifei of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and almost all his colleagues from other political groups of the European Parliament are calling for a complete ban on facial recognition systems. This is in stark contrast to the policy pursued in some countries European Union seeking to use these technologies to strengthen their security devices^[1]

EU countries will introduce additional restrictions on the use of AI in video surveillance and video analytics systems

On April 15, 2021, it became known that the European Parliament is preparing amendments to legislation prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence for mass video surveillance of people and assessment of social behavior. The exception is military systems. More details here.

2020

Market volume - $17.28 billion (ResearchAndMarkets data)

According to the results of 2018, sales of biometric technologies on a global scale amounted to $17.28 billion. Such data are provided by ResearchAndMarkets analysts, without indicating a comparison with 2017.

At the same time, experts say that the global market for equipment (readers, controllers, scanners, cameras, etc.) and biometrics software is on the rise and will remain so in the future. Spending on such products is expected to increase by about 18% annually and reach $17.28 billion by 2027.

Researchers name the following companies as the largest manufacturers of biometric solutions and give them in alphabetical order:

• ASSA Abloy; Aware;
• Bio-Key International;
• Cognitec Systems;
• Daon
• Facebanx;
• Fujitsu;
• Fulcrum Biometrics;
• NEC;
• Precise Biometrics;
• Safran;
• Secunet Security Networks;
• Securiport;
• Stanley Black & Decker;
• Thales.

The ResearchAndMarkets notes that several factors contribute to the growth of the biometric market, including the threats of terrorist attacks and the demand for surveillance systems. As for the barriers that hinder the development of the market, analysts mainly consider the high cost of introducing biometric technologies.

The most popular species biometric authentications in 2018 was voice recognition. Demand for such systems grew rapidly as consumers sought safer identification mechanisms. Technological advances in biometrics and the growing popularity of voice recognition capabilities in the financial sector contribute to the growth of this segment.

In 2018, the search for new forms of use of biometric technologies continued: there is a tendency to move from their use in traditional state security systems to commercial and user applications. Experts identify the following key segments of the biometric technology market by application industry:

• Public sector: electronic documents containing biometric data (e-passports, e-ID, e-driving permits), national biometric programs, as well as national security systems (except for systems used in transport and immigration control);
• Travel and migration: e-Visas2, e-Gates3, ABC-Kiosks4 and others (all biometric systems used in transport infrastructure and immigration control);
• financial sector: finance, banks, payment systems and insurance;
• Health, both public and private;
• retail: customer monitoring systems;
• corporate use: information security (virtual access control), physical access control, time recording in large organizations, etc.

The world's largest biometric identification system by the end of 2018 was the Aadhaar system, launched in India. More than 1.19 billion people were registered in it, which is more than 99% of the country's citizens aged 18 and over.

As for the regions, the largest sales of biometric technologies in 2018 fell on North America. There are several reasons for this: firstly, there is rapid digitalization in companies, and secondly, the popularity of intelligent technologies is increasing in the region, and thirdly, state initiatives to introduce biometrics are actively spreading in the USA and Canada.

In the United States, biometrics is actively used in security systems. For example, the country's law enforcement databases contain biometric information about 117 million American citizens, which is obtained based on the use of face recognition technology.^[2]

China has introduced standards for facial recognition systems

March 16, 2020 it became known that China it introduced updated standards for applications that collect, biometric data including for face recognition systems.

Chinese researchers and developers decided to carefully study the possibilities of facial recognition technology after several scandals erupted in 2019, including about data leaks the deep-fake application Zao. As a result, China has updated its recommendations on collection biometric data and consent requirements.

Initially, personal data safety standards, which entered into force in 2018, became China's response to the European GDPR specifications.

The latest updates to the law, which enter into force on October 1, 2019, provide that users must actively consent to the collection of biometric data using a pop-up window, tip or other means. Service providers should also inform users of the purpose, method and scope of data collection, as well as offer other information for study. The updated standards also recommend that companies keep biometric information separate from identity information and offer several explanations for data processing, including third-party access.

Chinese application manufacturers have been sharply criticized by users and the government for uncontrolled data collection. Studies conducted by Comparitech in December 2019 showed that China in almost all respects protects biometric data the worst. In November 2019, China filed its first lawsuit regarding facial recognition systems when law professor Guo Bing sued the wildlife park for introducing this technology without notifying and agreeing visitors^[3].

2019: Presented the ranking of countries by the use of biometrics

Comparitech experts studied 50 countries for the use and protection of personal data^[4]it. In particular, they were interested in the question of where biometric data are collected, for which and how they are stored. Based on this, each country was awarded a corresponding number of points (maximum 25). The higher the score - the more extensive and aggressive the collection of biometric data in this country. Low scores, on the contrary, indicate large restrictions and controls in the field of biometrics collection and government^[5].

The most points (24) scored, China followed by Pakistan Malaysia (21), (USA 20) and close the top five, India Indonesia Philippines and Taiwan (19). The top 5 "excellent" countries, where the collection of biometric data is not so tightly and better controlled, will make out as follows: (11 Ireland), (11) Portugal , Cyprus (12), (12) Great Britain and (12). Romania

As for Russia, the researchers awarded it 16 points out of 25. Canada, Argentina and Japan received the same amount.

In each country studied by researchers, biometrics are used in banking (for example, fingerprints for authorizing in banking applications or identifying customers in banks themselves). Biometric data of foreigners (through visas and airport checks) are also collected in many countries. Although biometric data are recognized as extremely sensitive information, in many countries they are allowed to be used everywhere. Moreover, most countries use or test facial recognition cameras.

As the study showed, in Europe as a whole, things with the protection of biometric data are better than outside it. According to experts, this is due to the action in the European Union of the "General Regulation on Data Protection" (GDPR).

2018

Spiceworks: Most companies use biometric authentication

Biometric authentication by 2020 will be implemented in 86% of companies in North America and Europe. Such data are provided by analysts of the Spiceworks IT network based on a survey of 500 of its members in these regions. The results of the study indicate that 62% of companies have already implemented this method of authentication, and another 24% will come to this in the next two years^[6].

Survey participants consider biometrics more reliable than a login-password pair or PIN codes. But at the same time, only 10% of respondents consider this method sufficient. The rest are inclined to the fact that some additional form should be present.

The most popular method of biometric authentication among respondents was fingerprint scanning, 57% of companies use it. This is followed by facial recognition (14%), hand geometry (5%), iris scanners (3%), voice recognition (2%), and palm scanners (2%).

The largest number of respondents said that their organization uses biometrics using a smartphone (46%). In every fourth company, such systems are installed on laptops, another 22% of enterprises chose tablets.

At the same time, only 23% of IT professionals believe that biometric authentication will replace traditional text passwords over the next two to three years. Others indicate vulnerabilities in biometric systems and the opacity of data collection and storage by service providers.

IBM: millennials may lead to a change in authentication system

The division of IBM Security of IBM corporation released at the beginning of 2018 global ^[7], devoted to opinion of consumers on digital identification and authentication. According to its results, when users log on to applications and devices, the level of security is more important than usability. Moreover, according to the study, young people devote less importance to the safety of traditional identification using a password. To log in, they prefer to use biometrics, multifactor authentication and password manager to increase their personal information protection.

Since today millennials are rapidly becoming the main link in the labor force market, ^[8] trends identified during the study could affect how employers and technology companies will provide access to devices and applications in the near future. In general, respondents noted the advantages of biometric technologies in the face of rapidly growing threats in the field of digital identification of users, for example, fingerprint readers, face recognition and voice.

About 4 thousand adult residents of the United States, countries of the Asia-Pacific region (APR) and Europe took part in the IBM Security study "The Future of Identification Systems." The purpose of the survey was to obtain user insights about the authentication process. Key findings include:

• Security is more important than convenience: people called security the most important parameter when logging in to most applications, especially when these applications are related to monetary transactions.
• Biometrics is becoming "mainstream": 67% of respondents successfully use biometric authentication, while 87% of respondents said they would use this technology in the future.
• Millennials leave passwords in the past: 75% of millennials already use biometric identification. At the same time, less than half of them use complex passwords to log in, and 41% reuse their passwords. Older people pay more attention to creating a reliable password, but are less likely to use biometrics and multifactor authentication.
• APR countries lead in the implementation of biometrics: Respondents from Asia-Pacific countries turned out to be most aware of this issue and more often than others turn to biometric authentication, while American users are significantly inferior to them in these indicators.

The evolution of threats and technologies has led to common problems with traditional login based on passwords and personal information during online identity authentication. So, in 2017, due to data leaks, passwords, personal information and even social security numbers of millions of users were in the public domain. In addition, the average Internet user in the United States manages more than 150 online accounts with passwords. This number is expected to increase to 300 accounts in the coming years.

2017: Asia is ahead of Europe in terms of biometrics implementation

According to the report "Faith in Technology," prepared in May 2017 by HSBC, the countries of Asia and the Middle East are ahead of the West in the implementation of biometric technologies. Heads the list of the countries with the greatest distribution of means of biometric identification India which residents are three times more often (9%) used "recognition on an eye iris of the eye" for identification, than residents of any other country (3%) which took part in ^[9].

The Chinese are more willing to use fingerprint scanners (40%). They are followed by Indians (31) and UAE residents (25%). At the same time, the report says that only 9% of French and Germans, and 14% of Canadians used fingerprint scanning technology for identification.

At the same time, the regular use of traditional technologies, such as password-based identification, is most common in the West. When it comes to money management, residents of India (50%) and China (48%) are much more likely to trust computer advice than people, while for Canada and the UK this figure was 18% and 21%, respectively.

In addition, Germany has the lowest level of banking using smartphones or tablets: only 4% of respondents said they prefer to use mobile banking services. For comparison, in Hong Kong, the share of mobile banking adherents was 9%, in the UAE - 15%.

The report is based on a study of 12019 respondents from 11 countries and regions - Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Singapore, the UAE, Great Britain and the USA.

2016

Tractica

Annual global revenue from the implementation of hardware and software biometric solutions will grow from $2.4 billion in 2016 to $15.1bn by 2025. The combined annual average growth rate (CAGR) will be 22.9%. During the entire ten-year forecast period, the cumulative income of biometrics will amount to $69.8 billion. Recognition of fingerprints, voices, iris and facial patterns will prevail among biometric technologies, Tractica analysts say.

The biometric solutions market is now experiencing rapid growth, which is due to the merger of development companies. Integration processes allow you to create more efficient solutions. In addition, biometrics is rapidly developing in the consumer, industrial and government segments. This is because users gradually become disgusted with traditional methods of identification and authentication (such as password and questions for restoring a lost password).

J’son & Partners Consulting и Acuity Research

According to J'son & Partners Consulting estimates, the global biometric systems market will reach more than $14 billion at the end of 2016. For the next 6 years, the average growth rate of CAGR for the biometric market will be 18.6%, and the projected market volume by 2022 will grow to $40 billion.

The given estimates of the biometric market volume are based on the revenue indicators of key players depending on the segments and take into account the equipment, software and integration, while not taking into account the costs associated with the further maintenance of the systems, if it is intended by the project.

Government initiatives

Government initiatives aimed at ensuring national security continue to be a key focus for the global biometric market. Acuity Research estimates that the annual number of e-ID documents in the world will grow from 600 million in 2015 to 740 million in 2018. In total, by 2018, the world will have about 3.5 billion electronic documents (biometric passports and others). At the same time, Europe is a region where the growth rate of transition to e-ID is the highest in the world: according to Gemalto, by 2018, 150 million people will become e-ID owners in Europe (this is 30% of the population of the entire region).

More than half of the UN member states already issue biometric passports. Prominent examples of the implementation of programs for the transition to biometric electronic documents in 2015-2016 are:

• five-year SGI (Canada) contract with Veridos for the production of cards and the supply of software for driver's licenses and other IDs (identification by person, contract value $10.7 million);
• Colorado Department of Revenue's Division of Motor Vehicles (USA) six-year contract with Gemalto to introduce biometric driving licenses (fingerprint and face identification);
• delivery in 2016 year of 10 million ID cards in Chile as part of the National Biometrics Program (Safran was the supplier, 57% of the population already have electronic IDs in the country, it is planned that by 2022 the program will cover the entire population);
• as well as other projects in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania, Hungary, Bangladesh, Senegal, Rwanda, etc.

A significant role in shaping State needs for biometric technologies is played by the immigration control segment to identify refugees and people crossing the border illegally. Such systems are being introduced especially actively against the backdrop of the consequences of the Arab Spring. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has developed special plans for the use of biometric technologies. In 2015-2016, test projects were implemented in the USA, Great Britain and Germany and systems were launched to collect biometric data on foreigners at checkpoints, biometric identification and registration of refugees (fingerprints and iris).

Separately, large-scale government projects of the "biometric census" of the population should be distinguished. In particular, the SIBIOS program in Argentina, according to which all 40 million inhabitants of the country, including infants, will be gradually introduced into the system. In India, the country's authorities in September 2010 launched the world's largest biometric program Aadhaar to identify the 1.2 billion population of their country with a total budget of more than $30 billion.

Other important uses of biometric technologies are electoral voting systems (voter identification). Such projects are being implemented in Brazil, Mexico and several African countries.

Identification of travelers

This segment shows active growth due to the use of passenger identification systems in key transport points: e-Visas, e-Gates, ABC-Kiosks, as well as using video surveillance systems technologies. Around the facial recognition world, traveler identification programs are actively developing around the world (many of which are initiated by the United States): NEXUS in, To Canada CLEAR in the United States, FAST in Singapore, SENTRI (USA, Mexico, Canada), Program Viajero Confiable in Mexico, Registered Traveller Citizen, Leizen Ireland in France, etc. Until 2018 European Union , it plans to introduce electronic control over the border crossing of EU member states (smart borders project).

According to Acuity, by the end of 2017, the number of ABC kiosks installed in the world will be about 1.5 thousand units. Self-service biometric kiosks will be used at 49 airports around the world. Key regions for further distribution of ABC kiosks: Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. e-Gates systems have similar growth rates. Smart gates systems at airports are also planned to be introduced by 12 European countries (Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Romania).

Despite the fact that the public sector continues to "hold" a significant share of the global biometric systems market, in the next 5-7 years, biometrics, passing the piloting and testing stages, will shift towards active use in commercial and consumer segments. At the same time, mobile biometrics and the financial sector are key drivers of the growth of the global biometric system market.

Mobile devices with biometrics

According to Juniper Research, in the next 6 years, the average annual growth rate of the mobile device market with biometrics functions will be almost 26%, and their number in the world will increase from 160 million to 760 million units in 2016-2022. The smartphone is gradually becoming a multibiometric device. In addition to fingerprint sensors, technologies are already being used to allow face identification using a smartphone camera. Cameras that allow you to scan your fingerprint in a contactless way will become widespread. All phones (not only smartphones) can be used to integrate voice biometrics.

Experts consider iris identification technologies the most promising for the mobile segment:

• The introduced flagship Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is equipped with an iris scanner. In addition, Samsung plans to introduce a vein pattern scanner into the Galaxy Gear S3 smartwatch (the company has filed a patent application).
• The integration of the front camera with a built-in iris scanner (in the G6 smartphone) was announced in 2016 by LG. The company plans to launch its own contactless payment system.
• Hitachi announced in 2016 that it had developed a technology that allows you to scan your finger veins with high accuracy using a regular camera built into your smartphone.

Fujitsu also introduced an improved palm vein scanner, which is 80% less than the previously produced scanner, which makes it possible to install it in a tablet and even a smartphone. Fujitsu already has a Stylistic Q736 tablet that recognizes the identity of the owner by drawing veins in the palm of the hand.

Biometric technologies in payment systems

Biometric technologies are beginning to be actively used by payment systems. For example, PayPal it plans to work with the manufacturer electronic engineers Lenovo and the largest semiconductor manufacturer to Intel enable users to identify payments on personal computers using fingerprints. Earlier (in 2014), PayPal made its debut in the biometric payment market for (smartphones an application using fingerprint for the Galaxy S5).

MasterCard Back in 2014, together with Zwipe, he developed a plastic card with a built-in sensor for recognizing fingerprints of cardholders, which allows you to conduct banking contactlessly and without entering a pin code. In 2016, MasterCard also launches Identity Check Mobile technology (already available in the UK, Austria,, Belgium, Czech Republic Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Norway, and Netherlands; Spain plans are Sweden to deploy the technology around the world in several stages in 2017). The technology allows online customers to confirm their identity using a fingerprint scanner on a smartphone or using facial recognition technology by taking a selfie. The company also considers the prospects for using the so-called "internal" biometric identification technologies (beat, hearts venous pattern), considering them quite progressive and more reliable.

A real breakthrough in the market was the launch of mobile wallets: Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay (70% of all transactions are accounted for by Apple and Samsung), where a mobile phone and biometric technologies built into it are used to make a payment.

Biometrics in the banking sector The key promising areas for using biometrics in the banking sector are:

• ATM;
• call centers;
• identification of users for access to the mobile banking application, as well as for making payments;
• identification of clients by credit departments;
• Access to deposit boxes.

Banks around the world are launching pilot projects to test different biometric technologies. For example, two major banks in Singapore - DBS and OCBC use voice recognition systems in their call centers. CityGroup also integrated voice biometrics into its divisions in the Asian region, the bank plans to connect about 1 million customers to the service. In the UK, Barclays (in partnership with Hitachi) uses fingerprint identification technology - access to mobile applications and authorization of payments. The number of examples of biometric technologies in the banking and insurance sectors is growing exponentially. According to estimates by J'son & Partners Consulting, between 2015-2016, 26% of all biometric projects reviewed worldwide belong to the banking sector, and their geography is very wide - Canada, USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, the Netherlands, Great Britain, France, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Qatar, South Africa, and Kuwait.

Other areas of application of biometric technologies in the corporate sector, retail, medicine, education and others are described in more detail in the full version of the report.

Biometric technologies, demonstrating higher growth rates, will continue to actively "supplant" card systems in the commercial corporate segment, where the retail sector continues to look especially attractive.

According to J'son & Partners Consulting, finger technology continues to lead the global biometric system market, but the fastest growing segments in the next 5-7 years will be iris, voice and vein identification technologies

Major Geographic Biometrics Markets

The most active countries for the implementation of biometric projects in 2015-2016 were the USA, Great Britain, Canada, India, Japan, China, Brazil, France, South Korea and Germany, the Netherlands, as well as South Africa, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Nigeria and Mexico. The biometric system market in North America, currently the largest, will lose its share by 2022, and Latin America, Asia and the Middle East are the most promising regions for the introduction of biometrics.

58% of mail.com users prefer biometric authentication passwords

A study conducted by YouGov found that 58% of Americans prefer passwords to biometric authentication methods, such as eye scans or face recognition. The study, commissioned by the American e-mail portal mail.com, involved more than 1000 Americans over the age of 18 ^[10].

42% of study participants do not want companies to retain and use their personal biometric data, and less than 10% of respondents are sufficiently confident that this technology does not carry risks. Other results show that only 10% of Americans use fingerprint sensors, and only 2% of participants resort to methods such as eye scans, facial scans and voice recognition.

The study also shows that 42% of respondents worry that they will not be able to access their online accounts in the event of failures. Almost a third of respondents said that their concern is the vulnerability of biometric methods, because criminals can access or bypass biometric methods.

2015

Grand View Research: Biometrics sales to exceed $24.6 billion in 2020

Grand View Research published a new review in February 2015, which outlines the development of the global biometric market for the next six years. The authors of the review are confident: in 2020, the volume of the industry market will be 24.6 billion. dollars

Analysts at Grand View Research highlighted the leading segments in the growth of global biometrics. Its development will be encouraged by the further integration of mobile and biometric technologies, and the need for this integration itself, in turn, will determine the needs of smartphone and tablet owners for reliable and convenient information protection, such as fingerprint scanners.

Another promising segment is transport and logistics: its share in 2020 will exceed 25% of the total biometric market. However, the authors of the review approach the definition of this segment very widely, including also biometric passports and other areas of application of biometrics in border control and the fight against illegal migration. There is logic in this approach, since biometric technologies are really widely used at airports and other transport hubs, but still it seems overly comprehensive.

More than 35% will be the share of biometric systems based on fingerprint identification and used for "civilian" purposes (access control, etc.), but not in the activities of law enforcement agencies. However, the latter will also increase the use of biometrics, as well as units of the armed forces, as well as banks and other credit organizations.

In terms of regional aspects, the biometric market will not undergo much change: its largest share will continue to fall on North America (primarily the United States). But the Asia-Pacific region will make a significant contribution to the development of biometrics; the fastest biometric market will develop in India, China and Indonesia.

Tractica: Biometrics market $2 billion in 2015, 14.9 billion in 2024

Tractica estimated at the beginning of 2015 that the global fund market biometric authentications will grow from $2 billion in 2015 to $14.9 billion by 2024. Annual sales growth for this period is estimated at 25.3% per year. In total, according to the company, suppliers of such funds will earn $67.8 billion over a ten-year period.

Biometric identification tools are expected to be used especially actively in government agencies, healthcare, the financial sector and the user segment. In addition, such funds will be widely used in corporate applications, military and legal fields, as well as in NGOs.

One of the factors for the rapid growth of the market will be the widespread use of mobile payment systems (according to 451 Research, the Apple Pay payment system will become a locomotive in this area). The dominant technologies are expected to be fingerprint scanning, iris scanning, as well as an electrocardiogram and voice recognition tools.

There is another forecast: for example, TechSci Research believes that the biometric authentication market will grow until 2020 at a rate of 14% per year, and will reach $21 billion by that time.

Tractica prepared the 'Voice and Speech Recognition^[11] Recognition' report in the summer^[12] 2015^[13]in which it calculated that the total number of projects that include elements of biometric user authentication using voice will grow worldwide from 49 million in 2015 to 565.8 million in 2024.

In general, the global volume of the voice recognition authentication market will increase, according to Tractica experts, in monetary terms from $249 million in 2015 to $5.1 billion in 2024. The annual market growth rate is estimated at 40%.

The company expects a sharp revival in the voice authentication market by actively implementing such capabilities in mobile devices. In addition, the company predicts a wider use of this method in medicine: for example, for access to medical records. In addition, this type of authentication is expected to be widely used to access wearable devices, to regulate access in contact centers, as well as to authenticate the owner of the car.

Gartner: A third of businesses will use AD on mobile devices by 2016

Gartner predicts that by 2016, a third of enterprises will use biometric authentication on mobile devices. As of February 2014, this figure was estimated at 5%.

"Mobile users stubbornly resist the authentication methods that are needed to protect access from mobile devices," said Ant Allan, vice president of the Gartner study.

Most organizations require a strong password on laptops, but smartphones and tablets often have access to the same applications and critical data, but not the same level of protection. The growing number of devices used also increases the vulnerability of sensitive data. The introduction of standard password entry policies when powering on was significantly difficult with the adoption of BYOD realities, making a conflict between user rights and rights inevitable.

Gartner recommends that devices with access to corporate information have a password policy that requires at least six alphanumeric characters with word barring implemented by the Mobile Device Administration Tool (MDM).

Gartner recommends that IB managers consider biometric authentication methods in situations where greater reliability is required. Such methods can be: interactivity of the interface, recognition of the voice or facial features, as well as the iris. These methods can be used with the password to achieve greater authentication reliability without requiring any significant changes in user behavior.

Moreover, since the mobile device itself is a whole warehouse of contextual information certifying the owner, this information can also be used to increase confidence in its authenticity. It is likely that such a combination of passive biometric authentication and contextual authentication will provide sufficient confidence in medium-risk scenarios without requiring "pass" authentication events using passwords or tokens.

It is also important to consider the burden on organizations and users when planning a comprehensive authentication policy that includes mobile devices.

"The introduction of different authentication methods for different devices will eventually become unbearable," Allan writes. - Authentication methods suitable for mobile devices should also be suitable for PCs. Combining X.509 authentication on a connected device, simple biometric methods, and contextual authentication is likely to give you what you need. "

Goode Intelligence: More than 1 billion people will use biometrics for financial services by 2017

According to a Goode Intelligence study, by 2017, more than one billion people will use biometric technology to obtain financial services. The agency also predicts that by the end of 2015, 450 million bank customers biometrics will carry out such operations as cash withdrawals at ATMs, identification in a telephone conversation with the operator, as well as authorization in a mobile banking application.

The study indicates that the financial industries of the European Union, North America and China will come to a national identification system based on biometric technologies. Regulators, in turn, will refer to the need to use biometrics as part of two- or multifactor authentication and biometric bank cards tied to the national identification system.

The penetration of ATMs with biometric authorization will increase both among those regions where they have already appeared, and in those where the PIN code is still the main authentication method. Among other things, the technology of using the biometric capabilities of a smartphone to access the functionality of an ATM (OOBBA) will become more common.

2014

Transparency Market Research: By 2019, the biometrics market will grow by 20% per year

Transparency Market Research analysts predict (summer 2014 data) that from 2013 to 2019, the biometric technology market will grow by 20.8% annually. Biometric technologies mean face recognition systems, voice, signatures, iris, fingerprint, palm geometry and other features (for example, DNA or individual print rhythm).

The study, entitled "Biometrics Technology (Face, Hand geometry, Voice, Signature, Iris, AFIS, Non-AFIS and Others) Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Counterterrorism, claims that growth will be driven by growth, 2013 - 2019."

The most popular biometric technology will be fingerprint recognition. In recent years, the cost of fingerprint sensors has significantly decreased, which has led to an increase in their use in smartphones and tablets.

In second place is recognition of the iris of the eye. In this segment, the most active growth rate of market volumes is expected - by more than 28.6% per year. This is due to the high accuracy of the identification given by the iris.

Finally, active growth is expected in the multimodal biometric identification segment, that is, in the market for systems combining identification according to several unique features of the human body.

The most active users of biometric identification technologies will be sectors, transport logistics and border control. Already in 2012, these sectors owned more than 50% of the total procurement of biometric solutions. This situation will continue until 2019, analysts say.

The new trend will be the active deployment of biometric solutions in the banking and financial sector. This segment will be the fastest growing in the period described.

Among other applications of biometric technologies will be the public sector, defense, consumer electronics, healthcare, private property protection, commercial security, as well as, to a lesser extent, retail, the hotel sector, cars and even computer games.

Geographically, North America will become the most successful supplier of biometric technologies in the next 5 years. This region will own about 32.1% of the total income of the biometric market.

In turn, the most rapid growth of companies producing biometric solutions is expected in the Asia-Pacific region. This is facilitated by the active development of local economies, in particular, in India, China, Australia and Japan. In terms of growth, this region will overtake even Europe and the United States.

As for individual suppliers, analysts named Safran Morpho, 3M Cogent, NEC Corporation, DigitalPersona and Accu-Time Systems among potential market leaders.

Next Generation Biometric Technologies Market - Global Forecast & Analysis: Biometric sales to reach $13.8 billion by 2017

The forecast, entitled Next Generation Biometric Technologies Market- Global Forecast & Analysis (2012-2017), states that the total revenue from the sale of biometric technologies worldwide by 2017 will reach $13.89 billion. The annual growth at the same time will be 18.7%, analysts say. Data for December 2013^[14]

By "biometric technologies," experts mean all technologies related to recognizing and authenticating people by the features of their bodies, such as face, fingerprint, voice, iris, DNA, as well as handwriting - in particular, personal signature.

According to analysts at Markets & Markets, biometric technologies have become an important part of the security market. This was not least facilitated by an increase in border crossing fraud: illegal immigration, forgery of visas, unauthorized crossings.

Biometric identification devices are increasingly installed in airport terminals, train stations, shopping complexes and centers. Biometric technologies allow you to correctly authenticate a person with a minor level of error, experts say.

The forecast considers various types of applications for biometric identification - recognition of faces, fingerprints, iris, voice, signature, vein pattern and DNA.

Of the above types, three have the greatest market potential: facial recognition, fingerprint and iris. At the moment, they are used in most identification applications - for example, in banks, ATMs and various government organizations.

Biometric identification technologies have the potential for use in the public sector, banking and financial sector, border control, the defense industry, consumer electronics, ensuring the security of individuals and organizations, as well as in healthcare.

The spread of biometric technologies can be expected in any industry where security is the main focus. Of the above, these are, first of all, the public sector, defense and the banking sector, analysts say.

Possible areas of application in the public sector include electronic voting, electronic passports, licenses for various types of activities (for example, carrying weapons), access to state institutions, etc. In the banking sector, biometrics will be used to control access to accounts, ATMs and security systems.

Geographically, the largest share of the biometrics market will be in the United States and Canada. They are followed by the European Union and, finally, the Asia-Pacific region, to which Western analysts traditionally include the Russian Federation. In addition, the spread of biometrics can be expected in Africa and the Middle East.

2013

WinterGreen Research: $16.7 billion biometrics market in 2019

16.7 billion dollars - this will be the volume of the global biometric market in 2019 according to the forecast of WinterGreen Research. Data as of November 2013.

Compared to 2012, when the mentioned indicator amounted to $5.2 billion, the volume of the global biometrics market in the next seven years will grow by more than three times. Analysts at WinterGreen Research believe that the increase in requirements for the use of biometric systems will be due to the desire to minimize threats to global security, more effectively counter terrorist attacks, reduce crime, and ensure reliable protection of airports and other transport hubs. The development of biometric passport and ID-card systems, the issuance of biometric driver's licenses, and the further distribution of biometric border control systems will contribute.

The authors of the forecast allocated three countries to a special group - Russia, India and Mexico. In these states, the biometric market will grow at an extraordinary pace, experts at WinterGreen Research say.

GIA: BA sales forecast by face and voice - $2.9 billion in 2018

The marketing company GIA published in early 2013 a review on the development of biometric identification technologies by face and voice. According to the forecast authors, the volume of the corresponding segment of the world market may reach $2.9 billion by 2018.

GIA analysts believe that increased interest in ensuring security and countering terrorist attacks, racial and ethnic violence, crime and other illegal actions will increase the need for the use of biometrics (including face and voice identification technologies).

The largest regional market in the analyzed segment will be the United States. As for the speed of development of biometric identification technologies by voice and face, here the countries of the Asia-Pacific region will demonstrate the highest results: the average annual growth rate of the technologies under consideration, calculated in complex percentages (CAGR), will reach 28.5% in them. For the segment of biometric identification technologies by face, the global CAGR will be 19%.

MarketsandMarkets: BA sales forecast by face - $6.5 billion

The Agency MarketsandMarkets published in the summer of 2013 a survey on the current state and prospects for the development of the world market biometric for face identification systems. The volume of this market may increase from 1.92 billion dollars in 2013 to $6.5 billion in 2018.

Thus, the average annual growth rate of the analyzed market, calculated in complex percentages, will be 27.7% in the next five years. The market progress will primarily be facilitated by the needs of state structures, as well as the continued distribution of video surveillance systems. In addition, according to the authors of the review, the use of the technologies under consideration in consumer electronics devices and mobile gadgets opens up good opportunities; it is possible that "cloud" services based on biometric identification by face will receive further development.

Now remain the largest regional segment of the considered market gosudarstvaseverny America, however in five years this picture can change, and leadership will be taken by the countries of the Pacific Rim.

2012

Frost & Sullivan: Biometrics sales in APR countries will grow by 12% per year until 2017.

The company Frost & Sullivan published in the fall of 2012 a new forecast for the development of the biometric market in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region (APR). According to the authors of the forecast, in 2011 the volume of this market amounted to about 500 million, and in the dollars next five years its average annual growth rate, calculated in complex percentages, will reach 12.6%.

For Asia-Pacific countries, the development of infrastructure for national identification and border control systems is now a priority. The role of biometrics technologies in solving this problem is so large that the biometric market in ATP will develop faster than in North America, the Middle East and European states.

The most striking feature of the formation of the biometric market in ATP was the formation of national identification card systems containing information about the biometric parameters of their owners (primarily about fingerprints). Biometric ID maps help government agencies in the APR countries effectively identify respectable citizens and counter the activities of rebel groups.

However, the ongoing financial crisis is also affecting the implementation of national biometric programmes in Asia-Pacific countries. Frost & Sullivan analysts believe that in these conditions, biometric companies should present comprehensive solutions to government customers. This requirement applies to the composition of biometric identifiers, the information about which is used in ID cards and other identity documents, and the functionality of the biometric systems themselves, which, for example, should be more closely and effectively integrated with video surveillance.

Another feature of the industry market in the context of the financial crisis, the authors of the review consider the trend towards consolidation. Joining forces helps small companies overcome a fairly high "entry threshold" to the biometric market, but at the same time does not eliminate competition, but, on the contrary, strengthens it. A positive consequence of consolidation is the emergence of the possibility of introducing new innovative and high-tech products to the market.

Global biometrics are dominated by fingerprint identification technologies (they account for more than 60% of the total industry market). Frost & Sullivan estimates that the global biometric market for credit institutions will exceed two billion dollars by 2013, and nearly 90% of biometric information security sales in the financial sector come from fingerprint recognition solutions.

Biometrics Research Group: Biometrics sales on fingerprints will grow 2 times by 2015

In 2012, Biometrics Research Group published a forecast for the development of the global biometric market. According to estimates of the authors of the forecast, the volume of this market will grow more than 2 times in three years - from $7 billion. 2012 to $15 billion in 2015

The largest segment of the biometric market will still form fingerprint ID systems. While the segment accounted for $5 billion in 2012, it will reach $10 billion by 2015.

The total sales of biometric ID systems by face, iris, vein pattern and voice in 2010 are estimated at $2 billion; in 2015, this volume could increase to 5 billion.

According to analysts at Biometrics Research Group, biometric technologies have significant space for further development - especially in large corporate structures. Biometric technologies can enhance corporate security by eliminating the need for multiple identifiers, which can be successfully replaced with biometric characteristics unique to each person.

According to the authors of the forecast, the most actively biometric technologies over the next 3 years will be introduced in organizations of the financial sector, healthcare and e-commerce.

2011

GIA: Global Biometric Market Forecast 2011-2017 Years

Global Industry Analysts (GIA) published in November 2011 a review on the state and trends of the global biometric market. According to GIA analysts, by 2017 the volume of this market will be $16.47 billion. USA.

The main impetus for the development of world biometrics remains the need to effectively counter terrorist threats. The importance of biometric technologies in integrated security is steadily increasing, which is especially pronounced, for example, at airports and other important infrastructure facilities.

The authors of the review consider the implementation of projects on the transition to biometric passports and the active use of biometrics in the processing of visas and in the control of migration flows to be another important factor contributing to the growing need for biometric systems and technologies. Justifying this thesis, GIA analysts refer to the following major projects:

• EURODAC (European database on fingerprints of applicants for refugee status and foreigners crossing the borders of the European Union on an irregular basis);

• Visa Information System (VIS, which accumulates information about fingerprints of Schengen visa applicants);

• Schengen Information System - SIS II, containing, in particular, information about the biometric identifiers of persons who are wanted, missing or whose stay in the Schengen zone is undesirable).

According to the authors of the review, the development of biometric technologies is also stimulated by the widespread realization that other methods of identification (by passwords, photos, PIN codes) are very limited in their capabilities and are becoming increasingly vulnerable and unsafe.

GIA analysts are confident that the spread of biometric identification will grow both in the public sector and in commercial companies. The most important trend in the development of the industry is the convergence of various biometric technologies: it is it that can ensure the further growth of the global biometric market and the profitability of investments in biometric systems.

RNCOS: Biometrics sales to grow by 23% a year until 2013

RNCOS (India) published in March 2011 a short-term forecast for the development of the global biometric market. Indian experts confirmed optimistic estimates of the prospects of this market and now believe that its average annual growth rate in 2011-2013 will be 23%. (previously analysts spoke of a maximum of 20-22%).

Three grains of biometrics (fingerprint, face and iris identification technologies) will account for 84% of the total industry market by the end of 2013. According to the authors of the forecast, this is due to the growing popularity of these biometric technologies in the financial sector (including the widespread use of biometric ATM), retail, new generation passport systems and border control systems.

The development of fingerprint identification technologies is particularly promising, as these technologies have been and remain the most common and familiar to the vast majority of users. RNCOS analysts also believe that the use of biometrics technologies will expand in the next 3 years to ensure the safety of e-commerce and remote payments.

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