10. Biometrics Biometrics is the study of computerized methods to identify a person by their unique physical or behavioral characteristics
11. Types of Biometrics Biometrics can be Divided into two classes: Physiological Examples: face, fingerprint, hand geometry and iris recognition Behavioral Examples: signature and voice
12. Application of Biometrics Access control Immigration checks Police records Customer identification, Loyalty programs Security systems Patient management in hospitals Public welfare programs management Preventing identity theft Membership management in clubs, libraries etc. Enterprise network security Transaction management Banking, ATMs
13. Advantages Unique Increase security No need to carry ID’s the pattern in iris, retina or fingerprint remain the same throughout our life. No duplication of individuals identity (no impersonation)
15. UID - Aadhar three pieces of biometric data- Consist of individuals biometric information finger print, iris scans and picture of face. Biggest implementation of biometrics in the world
16. Disadvantages False rejection False acceptance One password ‘ever’ Physical damage Biometric database compromised Corrupt matcher Changed feature set
17. Ethical issues Personal data used for something other than its advertised purpose. Privacy issues Who can access data Misuse of personal data Public concern What happens to biometric data after the intended use is over Security of biometric data assured during transmission and storage
18. Some case studies Biometric passports hacked – Britain "Vietnamese researchers have cracked the facial recognition technology used for authentication in Lenovo, Asus, and Toshiba laptops