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Finanz Informatik offers customers biometric authentication from T-Systems
March 22, 2011
- Workstation log-in with fingerprint and password
- Approx. 10,000 Sparkasse employees to use the procedure by the end of 2011
Fingerprint log-in: Finanz Informatik, which provides IT services to the Sparkasse financial group, has now incorporated a biometric authentication procedure from T-Systems into its customer portfolio. The solution enables companies to check the access authorization of employees logging into their IT applications and business data. This strict authentication process is planned for roll-out in particular in Sparkasse banks that use single sign-on.
According to current estimates, the Sparkasse banks intend to equip 10,000 of their around 254,000 workstations with fingerprint scanners and corresponding software until December 2011. This will mean that employees log in using a password and confirm their identification with their fingerprint, thus eliminating the need for chip cards, which are often lost or stolen.
The biometric solution operated by T-Systems has been integrated into the existing IT landscape of the Sparkasse banks together with Finanz Informatik and support from the company MTRIX. The USB fingerprint scanner and the software from digitalPersona can be operated without the need for additional server infrastructure, and any problems with scanner-hardware can be rectified by simply exchanging the part.
Companies are increasingly looking to biometric authentication when it comes to protecting access to their IT landscapes. A study commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology predicts that the market volume for solutions of this nature will grow by more than 30 percent to around EUR 10.5 billion by 2015.
About Deutsche Telekom AG
Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies with around 129 million mobile customers, approximately 36 million fixed-network lines and more than 16 million broadband lines (as of December 31, 2010). The Group provides products and services for the fixed network, mobile communications, the Internet and IPTV for consumers, and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in over 50 countries and has around 247,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR 62.4 billion in the 2010 financial year - more than half of it outside Germany (as of December 31, 2010).
Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies with around 129 million mobile customers, approximately 36 million fixed-network lines and more than 16 million broadband lines (as of December 31, 2010). The Group provides products and services for the fixed network, mobile communications, the Internet and IPTV for consumers, and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in over 50 countries and has around 247,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR 62.4 billion in the 2010 financial year - more than half of it outside Germany (as of December 31, 2010).
About T-Systems
Drawing on a global infrastructure of data centers and networks, T-Systems operates information and communication technology (ICT) systems for multinational corporations and public sector institutions. T-Systems provides integrated solutions for the networked future of business and society. The company's some 47,600 employees combine industry expertise and ICT innovations to add significant value to customers' core business all over the world. T-Systems generated revenue of around EUR 9.1 billion in the 2010 financial year.
Drawing on a global infrastructure of data centers and networks, T-Systems operates information and communication technology (ICT) systems for multinational corporations and public sector institutions. T-Systems provides integrated solutions for the networked future of business and society. The company's some 47,600 employees combine industry expertise and ICT innovations to add significant value to customers' core business all over the world. T-Systems generated revenue of around EUR 9.1 billion in the 2010 financial year.
