The 5 Best Biometric Authentication Tools for Enterprises

Solutions Review’s listing of the top Biometric Authentication vendors is an annual mashup of products that best represent current market conditions, according to the crowd. Our editors selected the top Biometric Authentication products based on each solution’s Authority Score, a meta-analysis of real user sentiment through the web’s most trusted business software review sites and our own proprietary five-point inclusion criteria.

The editors at Solutions Review have developed this resource to assist buyers in search of the best biometric authentication tools to fit the needs of their organization. Choosing the right vendor and solution can be a complicated process — one that requires in-depth research and often comes down to more than just the solution and its technical capabilities. To make your search a little easier, we’ve profiled the best biometric authentication tools providers all in one place. 

Note: Companies are listed in alphabetical order.

The 5 Best Biometric Authentication Tools for Enterprises

Centrify

Product: Adaptive Multifactor Authentication

Description: Centrify’s Adaptive Multifactor Authentication reinforce privileged access policies. Additionally, it can leverage WebAuthn API to enable passwordless authentication. In fact, it integrates into device hardware for biometric authentication—whether built-in scanners or external authenticators. Its risk-based policies for password checkouts and privileged sessions incorporate role-based access controls and user context. 

Fischer Identity     

Product: Authenticator    

Description: The Fischer Identity Authenticator solution enforces privileged password management; it can enforce a check-in and check-out process that can scramble the password. Alternatively, Fischer can leverage mobile authentication and authorization to help eliminate the password for end-users. Additionally, Fischer offers up to five factors of authentication, including biometric fingerprint scanning. 

HID Global 

Tool: Extended Access Technologies

Description: HID Global designs its Lumidigm multispectral imaging technology from the ground up to provide biometric security in real-world environments. Also, it incorporates technologies such as liveness detection, spoof prevention, and proof of life. Further, HID Global’s biometric authentication tools feature tamper-proofing and data encryption; its Extended Access Technologies can couple and provide secure digital credentials on either a card, mobile, and other smart devices. 

Identity Automation

Product: RapidIdentity MFA

Description:  Identity Automation‘s RapidIdentity MFA extends protections across all access entry points; this includes the Active Directory, offline desktops, on-premise applications, and the cloud. Also, it incorporates fingerprint biometrics by capturing three or more of a user’s fingerprint templates and a user-selected PIN during enrollment. Moreover, RapidIdentity MFA supports embedded and USB connected fingerprint sensors. 

ImageWare

Product: Biometric Engine

Description: The ImageWare Biometric Engine offers a scalable, agnostic, multi-modal biometric technology for identity management; it helps ensure only valid users gain access to controlled network areas or obtain secure data. Also, it is available as part of a web-based, biometric enrollment, and biometric identification technology. The Biometric Engine uses one or more biometric factors to conduct 1:1 biometric searches to verify an individual’s identity.  

That concludes our list of the best enterprise biometric authentication tools for 2020. To learn more, check out our Biometric Authentication Buyer’s Guide. Additionally, be sure to check out our other identity management business resources: 

• The Identity Management Buyer’s Guide
• The Privileged Access Management Buyer’s Guide
• The Identity Governance and Administration Buyer’s Guide
• The Identity Management Vendor Map