{"id":3133,"date":"2014-08-01T03:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.m2sys.com\/blog\/?p=3133"},"modified":"2025-07-31T07:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:45:55","slug":"top-5-reasons-deploy-multimodal-biometrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.m2sys.com\/blog\/biometric-hardware\/top-5-reasons-deploy-multimodal-biometrics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 5 Reasons to Deploy Multimodal Biometrics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many end users are now using multimodal biometric hardware devices for their deployments such as the M2-FuseID\u2122 “smart” finger reader that combines fingerprint and finger vein pattern identification.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The following post was written by\u00a0Ekhlas Uddin<\/a>, Senior Executive in our Business Development & Interactive Marketing Department<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Several years ago, if you questioned most identity management professionals whether they imagined the use of biometrics for individual identification management would turn out to become mainstream for authentication security, a majority would have said that the technology could be used in some areas, but only few could have forecasted the tremendous scale and scope of some larger deployments developing all over the world.<\/p>\n

The reason behind adopting biometric technology is because traditional authentication tactics like the once thought to be ubiquitous password\/username are insufficient for personal identity simply because they can only provide evidence of ownership or proof of knowledge whereas biometrics provides unique advantages as it relies on identifying someone by \u201cwho they are\u201d compared to \u201cwhat you know \u201cor \u201cwhat you have.\u201d<\/p>\n

For those who have adopted or are considering adopting biometrics for identification, the most recent pre-deployment question due in part to the evolution of the industry is whether to deploy a unimodal or multimodal biometric system<\/a><\/strong>. Multimodal biometric systems have become the best suited solution for any industry where high accuracy and security is required because they require two biometric credentials for positive identification instead of one in a unimodal system. Based on our own research, we have concluded that multimodal biometric systems have more advantages over unimodal biometric systems or traditional authentication systems. \u00a0We have done extensive research on this culminating in the release of our whitepaper available for download: The Necessity of Multimodal Biometric Systems for Large Scale Deployments<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here are the top 5 reasons that organizations may consider deploying multimodal biometrics:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Accuracy: <\/strong>Multimodal biometrics uses information from two or more biometrics \u2013 (e.g. fingerprint and finger vein pattern<\/a><\/strong>; or fingerprint and iris and voice) whereas unimodal biometric systems use information from one biometric \u2013 (e.g. fingerprint<\/a><\/strong>, iris<\/strong><\/a>, palm<\/strong><\/a>, signature, voice, hand shape, or face). The accuracy of a multimodal biometrics system is normally calculated in terms of image acquisition errors<\/strong> and matching errors<\/strong>. Image acquisition errors<\/strong> consist of failure-to-acquire (FTA) and failure-to-enroll (FTE) rate whereas matching errors<\/strong> comprise false non-match rates<\/a><\/strong> (FNMR) in which a legitimate person is rejected and a false match rate<\/a><\/strong> (FMR) where an impostor is granted access. Multimodal biometric systems have almost zero FTE, FMR & FTA rates because, in this system, each and every subsystem has a viewpoint or a determination on the user’s claim. The examiner module utilizes various fusion strategies in order to combine each single subsystem decision or opinion and then come up with a conclusion. This is the reason that multimodal biometrics are more accurate than unimodal or any other authentication system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Increased and Reliable Recognition: <\/strong>A multimodal biometric system permits a greater level of assurance for an accurate match in verification as well as identification modes. As multimodal biometric systems utilize multiple biometric traits, every single trait can offer additional evidence about the authenticity of an identity claim. For example, the patterns of movements (gaits) of two individuals of the same family or coincidentally of two different persons can be similar. In this particular circumstance, a unimodal biometric system based only on gait pattern analysis might lead to false recognition. If the same biometric system additionally includes fingerprint matching or finger vein matching, the system would certainly result in increased recognition rate, as it is nearly impossible that two different individuals have same gait as well as fingerprint\/finger vein pattern.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n