Cognitec Systems has just announced that it has signed a contract with Intel that will see the two companies working together to apply facial recognition technology in electronic device access control. The software development and license agreement will lead to applications of biometrics in PC, laptop, tablet and mobile phone login procedures.
Alfredo Herrera, Cognitec’s managing director, explains the benefits: “Face recognition will enable the owners of millions of computers, tablets and mobile phones to protect their devices and access them conveniently and quickly without having to remember passwords.”
This is the second time in as many weeks that Intel has made the news in biometrics. Last week FindBiometrics reported that the corporation plans of releasing McAfee software that will allow for biometrics to be used for Windows login before the end of the year.
“Intel is driving exciting advances in security and biometrics,” said Manish Tangri, Intel’s director of new business and perceptual computing. “Our collaboration with Cognitec is a key ingredient in enabling secure yet easy-to-use, face-based authentication capabilities for consumers and enterprises.”
The move away from passwords has been developing for over a year, with major consumer facing companies putting biometric authentication in the hands of end users. The most popular of these deployments have been mobile in nature, with either embedded fingerprint sensors on smartphones or software that leverages the front facing camera on a phone or tablet.
A growing demand exists, however, for post-password security on laptops and PCs. Intel’s choice of Cognitec’s face biometrics is an encouraging step in the passwordless direction.
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December 3, 2014 – by Peter B. Counter
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