Gartner Says 30 Per Cent of Organisations Will Use Biometric Authentication for Mobile Devices by 2016

The consumerisation of IT and business bring your own device (BYOD) programmes have resulted in potential security problems for IT leaders, according to Gartner Inc. User expectations of a clean and simple mobile user experience often outweigh security concerns, and the same valuable data guarded by complex passwords and security measures on PCs can be left vulnerable on mobile devices. Gartner predicts that, by 2016, 30 per cent of organisations will use biometric authentication on mobile devices, up from five per cent today.

Additional information is available in the report "Good Choices for Mobile Authentication Must Balance Conflicting Security, Technical and User Experience Needs." The report can be found on Gartner's web site at //www.gartner.com/doc/2595417.

This topic will also be discussed in more detail at the Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit 2014, held from 17 to 18 March in London, UK For more information about the Summit, please visit europe.gartner.com/iam.