September 20, 2006
Computer Security Using Facial Recognition Software
Written by: Juanchito
Today, someone stopped by my office from another doctor’s office. He asked about our operation and how we handled security in our place. There was so much to tell him, but the thing that he found most impressive was my biometric facial recognition software.
I can understand completely why he loves it. It is an incredibly amazing technology. It still amazes me each time I sit down at my computer and it logs me in. It was a great demo too because it logged me in so quickly he couldn’t even really see it working. He was in awe.
Despite the cool technology it has some major security roles in healthcare. With facial recognition software it is constantly watching to see if you are there. If it doesn’t see your face then it will automatically lock your computer. That means I don’t care if I leave my email open on my computer. It will lock automatically. It doesn’t matter if health information is open on my computer. It will lock automatically too.
Sure, you could secure your machine with an automatic logoff that is built into Windows, but anyone that has set that to 1 minute or 2 knows how annoying that is. I can set facial recognition software to lock after 5 seconds and work without any annoyances at my computer. Even if it does lock then when it sees my face it logs me right back in to where I left it.
That’s all I’m going to say here. Bottom line. Facial recognition software is not only cool, but also Much more secure.
This is very cool, I’m wondering if it could be adapted for door access ?
I’m sure that it could. However, door access wouldn’t give it nearly the advantages that it does on a computer doing continuous authentication and single sign on integration with various applications.
However, facial recognition would be better than something like retinal scans.