While all biometrics deployments can be categorized according to technology & application, vertical analysis cannot account for all biometrics sales.

1. Law Enforcement
Use of biometrics is to identify individuals apprehended or incarcerated because of criminal activities, suspected of criminal activity or whose movement is restricted as a result of criminal activity. Biometrics may be used to identify non-cooperative or unknown subjects, to ensure that the correct inmates are released, or to verify that users under home arrest are in compliance.

Eg : Biometrics help the Police dept as well as the other intelligence agencies work collaboratively to identify suspects, share past records/evidences and create a legitimate case to bring the accused to justice.

2. Government Sector
Use of biometrics is to identify or verify the identity of individuals interacting with government entity or acting in the capacity of a government employee or official. Military use of biometrics is best viewed as government sector usage such as individuals providing biometric data to an applicant processing system (forwarded to CID for background checks), a government employee accessing an internal network, and applicants for state welfare benefits, interacting with Civil AFIS (Automatic Fingerprint Identification System).

Eg : Biometrics can be used to secure networks, for workers not affiliated with the government, in transferring medical patients and in flight line areas requiring special authorizations.

3. Financial Sector
Use of biometrics is to indentify or verify the identity of individuals interacting with financial sector entity or acting in capacity of a financial sector employee. The market includes usage such as individuals accessing a bank account through biometrically protected telephony system and a bank employee accessing biometrically protected internal networks.

Eg : Banks can apply Biometrics in the form of Voice Recognition to identify and grant transactions over the phone. Transactions like Money Transfers over a secured network across the Globe can be validated through Biometric verification of the Sender and the Receiver.

4. Healthcare
Use of biometrics is to indentify or verify the identity of individuals interacting with a healthcare entity or acting in a capacity of a healthcare employee or professional. The market includes usage such as patients accessing medical information online through Use of biometrics is to indentify or verify the identity of individuals interacting with authentication, or a hospital employee entering a room secured by a biometric.

Eg : Authorized access to critical storages like Blood Banks, Chord Blood bank, Pharmacy; testing centers with sensitive machinery like Radiology Departments etc. could be secured through the Biometric System.

5. Travel & Immigration
Use of biometrics is to indentify or verify the identity of individuals interacting during the course of travel, with a travel pr immigration entity or acting in a capacity of a travel or immigration employee. This market includes usage of such as an individual being authenticated by a ticket-issuing kiosk, an individual providing biometric authentication to a checkpoint, or an employee entering a secured area of an airport.

Eg : Biometrics solution can be used for registration for enrollment, verification & identification of individuals applying for resident permits or travel permits. The same can cross-checked & verified on the airport when they travel.