LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the latest research report released by Technavio, the global biometrics market in the government sector is likely to grow at a CAGR of over 11% until 2020.
This report titled ‘Global Biometrics Market in the Government Sector 2016-2020‘, provides an in-depth analysis of the market in terms of revenue and emerging trends. To calculate the market size, the report considers revenue generated from the sales of biometric solutions including hardware, software, integrated solutions, and services to the government sector.
The major end-users of biometric technology in the government sector are the following:
- The defense department: It includes military, aerospace, and federal organizations.
- The department of homeland security: It includes civil security organizations and ministries (including transportation and identity documentation).
- Others: It includes government spending on biometric solutions for healthcare organizations, financial services, education, energy, and government services.
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“Fingerprint recognition, which is the oldest biometric technology used in the government sector, accounted for the largest market share in 2015, with a 47.29% share. It was followed by facial recognition with 11.21%, iris recognition with 9.69%, and voice recognition with 7.35%. These three technologies will witness a high growth during the forecast period mainly due to their user-friendliness,” said Abhay Singh, one of Technavio’s lead industry analysts for automatic identification systems.
“In 2015, the defense department was the largest contributor to the market. The defense department uses biometric systems for monitoring purposes, access control, and identification of individuals. Governments across the globe allocate significant amounts in their defense budgets for biometric solutions, given their ever-rising importance. Defense spending on these solutions will remain high during the forecast period,” added Abhay.
Some of the other driving forces behind the growth of the global biometrics market in the government sector are as follows:
- Government initiatives
- Increasing volume of identity thefts
- Rising need for border security
- Wider adoption of cloud-based biometrics
Government initiatives
Biometrics is being used by many governments for different purposes such as monitoring the attendance of employees, rationing, and border control. In India, the government has taken an initiative to use Unique Identification Authority of India's Aadhar Card as a biometric attendance system in government organizations. With this initiative, the government looks to increase employee productivity and operational efficiency. The project features front-end and back-end systems where the front-end system is used to capture biometric scan, which is sent to the back-end system for real-time biometric authentication. The Indian government is also using biometrics for visa applications.
The Philippines's Commission on Elections is collecting voters' biometric data for election purposes. The commission uses signatures, digital facial photographs, and fingerprints as biometric data.
The US-VISIT is a biometric identity management capability that contains information regarding criminals, immigration violators, and suspected terrorists. It supports border management and immigration systems.
Nigeria's Kaduna State government uses biometrics to provide an accurate record of the numbers of its personnel. The payroll of each individual can be retrieved using biometrics identification process. These government initiatives make extensive use of biometric solutions, helping boost the market revenue.
Increasing volume of identity thefts
The increasing number of identity thefts is another driver contributing to the growth of this market. Lately, there has been an increase in the number of identity and data theft cases, primarily because of the growing use of websites and web applications. The growing popularity of online consulting and sharing of health-related results online is also resulting identity thefts as hackers are increasingly targeting servers of healthcare organizations. The increasing complexity of these attacks is prompting government organizations to implement secure authentication solutions, including biometric solutions. These solutions are highly reliable as they efficiently assess individuals on the basis of their physical or behavioral patterns, which are very difficult to forge.
Rising need for border security
Increased instances of terrorist attacks across North America and Europe have made airport security a priority for many governments. Fingerprint recognition solutions are one of the best options available for the authentication of passengers traveling across the country. These solutions enable airport officials to monitor passengers more effectively and efficiently. Moreover, the chances of error are fewer in biometric solutions. Fingerprint recognition solutions provide complete information about passengers entering and exiting the airport, and this information can be used to track terror suspects. Governments across the world are looking to counter terrorist attacks with the increased adoption of biometric solutions in airports. Therefore, the demand for biometric solutions for adoption at airports has increased.
Wider adoption of cloud-based biometrics
Cloud-based biometric technologies utilize cloud services through a web-based user interface, which can be either a browser or a mobile application. Here, the biometrics infrastructure is managed by a cloud service provider and is available on demand. Cloud-based biometric infrastructure includes a server that consists of a biometric template database and all the processing data created during the individuals' identification and verification.
Governments can install biometric devices and set up accounts with hosting providers to select the services they need. Cloud-based biometrics are affordable for small and mid-sized organizations because the pricing of cloud biometrics is based on a pay-per-use model, where customers pay according to the utilization of services. In contrast, traditional security systems require a large one-time capital investment and additional operating costs.
This trend is driven by the mobile biometric technology as pairing mobile biometrics with cloud-based biometrics speeds up the identification process and sends the resulting data to the cloud instead of saving it as a local file that can be accessed by anyone. Cloud-based biometrics helps law enforcement avoid unnecessary travel to the station with a suspect. It enables law enforcement officials to identify criminals by comparing their biometric data against online databases. Fujitsu is providing cloud-based biometric identity management solutions and services to law enforcement in partnership with ImageWare Systems.
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