Context for connections: improving security with behavioral biometrics

This is a guest post by Ethan Ayer, CEO of Resilient Network Systems. With faceprints, voiceprints and iris scans beginning to replace passwords in everything from police work to amusement park admission, behavioral biometrics is becoming one of IT security's hottest trends. With promising contenders in Scandinavia to stateside biometrics companies being snapped up by the likes of MasterCard and others, the security race is on as organizations move to understand--and adopt--behavioral biometrics technology. IT security is a central concern for organizations as they seek to keep intellectual property and customer information secure. In today's threat climate, passwords and security questions are no longer enough to dissuade hackers.