The case for biometric technology post COVID-19

Social distancing and low- (or ideally no-) touch requirements are forcing a rethink of many of the technologies used on a day-to-day basis to manage what were previously thought of as fairly straightforward administrative transactions. Given the core responsibility for facilities managers is to know who is accessing their building, processes such as access control and time and attendance should be top of their list to review. With the best will in the world, simply introducing hand washing and sanitiser to a process based on physical contact isn’t going to cut it.

Here’s why.