The Key Players in The Global Biometrics Market in Transportation Sector 2015-2019

Tuesday 14 April 2015, Amsterdam

The report recognizes the following companies as the key players in the Global Biometrics Market in Transportation Sector: 3M Cogent Inc., Cross Match Technologies Inc., NEC Corp. and Safran SA.
Other Prominent Vendors in the market are: 4G Identity Solutions, Animetrics, Aware, Cognitec, DataCard, DMP Systems, Fingerscan, ImageWare Systems and IRIS.

The report said: “The integration of biometrics in smart cards is one of the major trends in the market. The integration of biometrics and smart cards in various projects such as driving licenses and passports is expected to boost the growth of the market”

According to the report, increased demand for e-passports is one of the major drivers of the market. E-passports are electronic passports used for the identification of individuals traveling across borders. Nowadays, government agencies use e-passports for individuals in airport and border control. Hence, governments now provide e-passports to enhance the security infrastructure for public security, prevent loss of confidential data, and protect government installations.

Further, the report states that strong competition from inexpensive non-biometric technologies such as swipe cards, token-based two-factor authentication, and software authentication is one of the key challenges faced by the market.

The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors.