It will be interesting to see how big a role the biometrics powerhouse created from the Viisage and Identix merger will play in meeting the requirements arising out of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) guidance “on the risks and risk management controls necessary to authenticate the identity of customers accessing Internet-based financial services” published last October.

Any commercial or government enterprise providing “Internet-based financial services” must be evaluating what strong authentication services are appropriate to mitigate risk within the FFIEC guidelines. Biometric authentication mechanisms provided by Viisage/Identix will certain be part of that mix.

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