NEW DELHI, India: It was in November 2009 that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, thanks to its biometric system, discovered it had more than 22,000 "ghost employees" on its payroll. But indicating another ghost of a scam, Delhi Police sleuths say even this multi-crore* biometic apparatus is faulty -- it doesn't recognize finger impressions, nor does it detect duplications.It sounds like someone should call SecurLinx.
Biometric identity management systems are not magic. If you're just using a thumb print, there is nothing to prevent corrupt officials at the MCD from simply re-enrolling an accomplice over and over, slowly re-building his ghost worker fiefdom.
Our software allows customers to use multiple biometric systems simultaneously. It also facilitates the auditing of enrollment databases in order to cut back on shenanigans like those afoot at the MCD.
In response to the quoted section above: The apparatus is not faulty, the implementation was faulty. The apparatus allowed the discovery of 20,000 ghost workers. That's some good ROI.
The fact that the implemented system has cracks and that corrupt officials are still at the MCD is not a technological failure. It is a human failure.
Identity management is about people.
*Crore = 10,000,000
