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With all kinds of crime on the increase, including white collar crime, and criminals using sophisticated technology to their advantage, new security systems are also put in use. There are already systems which use biometric fingerprints and even retina reading systems so that unauthorized personnel cannot break in any way.

Aditech has launched high security biometric face recognition systems which can be used as a business solution for small and large businesses. For instance it has the JustLook Time Attendance system which actually captures and matches the faces of employees and tracks the times they are in and out and also calculates the payrolls on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Using this eliminates the possibility of other employees punching in for those who goof off.

Additionally, it has the JustAccess system which is used for high security zones and areas which require total security. Images are recorded and can be monitored in real time. It eliminates the need for cleared employees to carry cards or keys.

It also has the JustLook Visitor management system which will record all first time visitors, print out an ID card and keep records if he is cleared to visit so that next time there is no problem. It can also keep records and has the facility to black list visitors, too.

Any and all these systems can be customised to business needs. A biometric face recognition system provides an extra layer of security, very important for sensitive businesses.

However, there is always a possibility of false negatives or even false positives, especially if a person changes his physical features or the photos in the system are old or taken in poor light. The camera can always be fooled one way or the other.

Even governments are getting into the act by installing face recognition systems at airports, in an effort to catch terrorists. Some experts say face recognition is perhaps the most promising biometric technique for overcrowded airports because it relies on distant cameras to identify people–not finger scanners or other devices requiring people to click, touch or stand in a particular position.

Takeo Kanade, a professor of computer science and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, holds that if the picture is taken from the side, if the person has an animated expression, or even if a person is wearing sunglasses, all can make recognition more difficult.

While this may be true of large public places like airports, in the private sector, in a company or organization where there are only a certain number of people, the system is bound to be more effective, particularly if the kinks, if any, are ironed out.