Cypress and AuthenTec Deliver Reference Design For Biometric Security

Cypress and AuthenTec Deliver Reference Design For Biometric Security

Cypress and AuthenTec have jointly introduced a reference design for adding biometric security to external hard disk drives (HDDs) using fingerprint recognition technology.

Cypress's USB Technology and AuthenTec's Fingerprint Sensing Offer Low-Cost, Fast-to-Market Solution for Securing Confidential Data on External Drives

As portable data storage has proliferated, users have begun to carry sensitive corporate and private data on these drives. If these drives are lost or stolen, the damage can be very severe, depending on who ends up with the drive. The new Cypress/AuthenTec CY4651 reference design allows manufacturers of portable HDD's or enclosures to easily add biometric security to these drives, limiting access to data on the drives to those with a registered fingerprint.

Reference design hardware demo is available at http://www.cypress.com/CY4651-photo.