The first and probably most blanket answer to this conundrum is actually fairly simple: since biometric processes are inherently hardware-focused, they don’t really scale effectively, because large-scale networks wind up with a vast array of endpoint machines to coordinate and process information from. At the same time, though, biometric security applications are not only mission critical for a lot of collocated data centers, they are often the point of setting them up. There are few contributing factors to the current state of biometric applications that need to be addressed as part of the move to scalability, and they are a lack of standardized deployments, falling short on options to integrate access control, amd underdeveloped enterprise support
First: Dealing With Standardized Deployments
Implementation is really the issue when it comes to standardized deployments, and it is partially because there are not many well-documented and consistent approaches. That means that colocation providers looking to streamline their data processing and ensure scalability need to find a plan for replicating the same procedures with the same biometric identifiers and profiles across all the locations where they provide support to companies. This ensures streamlined processing and the ability to reduce the number of customer identities that have to be handled.
Second: Integrating Access Control
The users who work with biometric security systems the most are the security guards themselves, who are tasked with the implementation of biometric screening on the ground. Since their training is typically less technical than that of the IT staff but they form the front line for questions and concerns from users, integrating their access and maintaining the actual biometric systems that feed your access control the data it needs is paramount if the system is going to operate effectively. That means a combination of better training and regular system check-ups by qualified technical personnel to ensure that everything operates efficiently on both ends of the system.
Third: Underdeveloped Enterprise Support
Since biometric security systems are typically developed and sold from a mindset that is preoccupied with providing security and access control in a single location, the systems themselves often fail to anticipate the kind of large-scale deployment needed by enterprise customers. The result is that at the level of the hardware, network integration becomes difficult because it was not anticipated. Before a real path forward for easily scaled biometric solutions is possible, a biometric system supplier will need to step up with hardware that is specifically designed to work with and for those customers with a need to control multiple levels of access in multiple locations while coordinating information across systems.
