[ Contributed by Kim Humborstad, CEO of Zwipe ] Yet, the biometric card works seamlessly with the ISO 14443 reader infrastructure – All of the recent news reports about the mishandling and hacking of card information has made both consumers and institutions more leery of using a card only to verify the card holder, especially at openings that need a higher level of security.

There is an increasing demand for an affordable way to use biometrics to authenticate the card holder without having to replace already-installed readers and equipment.

This is especially important for those concerns that have only a few such high security openings and need to authenticate only the employees authorized to enter those entrances. What’s being done today is unacceptable.

In today’s world, it has become very important that organizations start changing the password from something you know or something you carry to something you are.