Facial recognition is an interesting technological development—while it’s meant to help further secure our lives, recently one big problem has been revealed: the thing meant to be protecting us, could be putting us at even greater risk due to the ease at which people are able to hack into it.

Cybersecurity solution or not?

Facial recognition is a kind of cybersecurity solution in which an individual's identity is confirmed or denied by scanning their face and comparing this image with what is stored in a particular database. This technology is used by firms around the world for added security, including retail stores, banks, hotels, and so forth.

Recognition of the cyber risk

Facial recognition is an attractive feature to cyber criminals. Why? Hackers can be granted access to a treasure trove of data within as little as 120 seconds. Cybercriminals can then access surveillance cameras at police departments, homes or prisons and even gain access to entire government databases.

Cyber risk alert

With facial recognition software quickly developing, we don't have time to waste. We must determine how to better protect the millions of new devices and systems which are being secured by such a cybersecurity solution, to ensure that people and institutions around the globe remain safe and secure.

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