Reportlinker.com is offering a new report on the biometric industry that calculates the market’s growth at a compound rate of 21% from 2012 to 2014.

Entitled “Biometric Market Forecast to 2014,” the report discusses the drivers of this growth, including national security, maintaining individual identity, corporate security and fighting identity theft. Both civil and private enterprise are implementing a number of biometric applications, including point of sale, ATMs, passports and customer IDs.

The report looks at the market trends and envisions the future of the industry through different verticals, applications and regions. It also examines the dominant technology, fingerprint recognition, and it also looks at recent technological developments, including gait recognition, ear shape recognition and keystroke dynamics.

The report is available for $1,500 from Reportlinker’s website.