Unlike key fobs or cards, which can be lost or forgotten, fingerprint offers many advantages over conventional methods.
The biometric scanner takes a digital image of the fingerprint and its sophisticated software identifies the points where fingerprints intersect or end, creating a map of these points, also known as a biometric template. Once the template is created the image is then discarded, meaning that there is no risk of any sensitive information being stored.
Biometric fingerprint technology cannot be lost or forgotten which is often the case with key fobs and RFID cards and the hardware also erases the possibility of buddy punching, which is where a co-worker clocks in for another employee.
