Samsung Looks to Expand Biometric Sensors in Mobile Devices

Samsung is working to use biometric sensors in its mobile security system which the company expects to be available even for low-end smartphone models, an executive said Monday.
Biometric authentication in mobile devices today consists mainly of using a user’s fingerprint as a scanner. Samsung first adopted fingerprint scanning into its smartphones with the Galaxy S5 launched in April, about seven months after Apple’s iPhone 5S.
Samsung has long been struggling to win corporate clients for its mobile devices, a challenge that the company hopes to overcome with its Knox system, to compete with rivals like Blackberry, which has traditionally been strong in the enterprise space. But so far, results haven’t been stellar.
There are  87 million devices that come embedded with Knox, Rhee said. Among those devices, about 1.8 million are actively using the Knox, including regulated industries such as banks, healthcare and financial companies, he said Monday.
Samsung’s Knox system has been subject to studies for a possible security gap, adding to challenges in building a new corporate client base. The company later clarified that the potential security flaw is not specific to Samsung  devices.
 

source:androidcentral