A configuration mistake that left over nine million facial recognition images exposed highlights the growing privacy risks businesses face when they collect and store biometric information.
Protecting Your Company's Biometric Data If you don't want your facial recognition images exposed, consider the following proactive measures.
Require authentication before users can access sensitive files and make sure your S3 buckets and similar resources don't allow unintended public access.
Reducing the amount of biometric information you store also reduces what attackers could obtain during a breach.
ClarityCheck's mistake that left millions of facial recognition images exposed shows that you don't need a sophisticated zero-day attack to create a major privacy problem.