New Delhi, September 09: Close on the heels of the Home Ministry installing biometric identification system in North Block, Railways have decided to install the same at its vital installations across the country.
“We have sanctioned a pilot project at an estimated cost of Rs 4.4 crores for installing biometric identification at vital installation and offices of Indian Railways,” said a senior Railway Ministry official involved in the project.
The project is aimed at enhancing the protection of major IT installations and PRS (Passenger Reservation Service) data centres in view of the threat of attacks which could disrupt train operations and damage data base.
Zonal railways are to identify vital installation and offices where biometric identification system is to be provided, he said, adding all server centres and control offices have to be covered under the system and later the system would be extended to all production centres.
–PTI