ThirdFactor | White Castle satisfies its craving for user authentication

Monday, February 11, 2008

White Castle Management Company has instituted biometrics for its 12,000 employees in order to save on paperwork, time and money. Each restaurant has a PC where workers can access paperwork and when an employee uses the PC, he types in a user ID to identify himself. Then he presses his fingerprint to a biometrics reader to verify he is who he says he is and has the ability to apply an electronic signature to documents. White Castle acquired a software development kit (SDK) from biometrics vendor DigitalPersona.

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White Castle satisfies its craving for user authentication