Biometrics market forecast: Middle East

UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey And Israel Spurring The Demand For Biometrics Systems In Middle-East Biometrics Market (EFY Times)

Increasing investments, surging government security spending, rising number of tourists, government projects, upcoming UAE’s World Expo 2020 and increasing IT spending are fueling the demand for biometrics systems in Middle-East market. In global biometrics market, share of Middle-East region is expected to surge due to countries such as UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel.

Saudi biometric market to hit USD1.5b by 2019

MENAFN.com: USD1.5 billion by 2019. This growth and will be mainly controlled by fingerprint biometrics technology, which is already being adopted in the country due to its low cost and ease in its installation and usage.

Oman: Bank Muscat to use biometrics for customer ID

Bank Muscat launches biometric customer ID system (Hispanic News)

To authenticate banking transactions, the national identification card is required to be inserted in the biometric machine and customers have to validate their identity by scanning their finger print on the machine.

Sri Lanka Adopts Biometrics for Better ID Management of Expatriate Domestics in the Middle East

Hi-tech measures to stop job swindles in the Middle East (The Sunday Times - Sri Lanka)

Sri Lankans seeking jobs in the Middle East will now face electronic fingerprinting and biometric scanning prior to departure to crack down on rampant fraud and other irregularities in the recruitment trade, a senior official said yesterday. Scanning devices would be installed at the departure and arrival areas of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and at all Sri Lankan diplomatic missions in the Middle Eastern countries where there were large numbers of Sri Lankan workers, Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLFEB) Chairman Amal Senadhilankara said.

Click through to the whole story for a great example of the convoluted way people try to game well-intentioned systems.

Can't Hide From SEEK

In other international fingerprint news, a look at what the military is doing with biometrics in Afghanistan (StrategyPage.com)

SEEK (Secure Electronic Enrolment Kit), this is a portable electronic toolkit that collects biometric from people.

Biometrics Industry in the Middle East

Changes in security legislation under the spotlight at Intersec Conference (AMEinfo.com)

There is a marked increase in demand for biometric access and egress control systems, video surveillance systems and perimeter control machinery in countries around the region, which is expected to impact the market for these products quite significantly.

The Intersec security conference has been going on since 1998.