...Abstract Biometrics has garnered considerable interest from both the Government and private industry. This interest has lead to a number of biometric technologies each with their own share of strengths and weaknesses. The process used in the verification and identification of people using fingerprint, retina-based, iris-based, hand geometry, and facial recognition biometrics are examined in this paper. The advantages and disadvantages of each of these methods are also explored. The future of biometrics is also considered given the current developments in the field. Organizations are constantly looking for a more secure authentication method for their users to gain access to e-commerce and other security applications. Biometrics continues to gain more and more attention. What is biometrics the right decision for your corporation? If you choose to use biometrics, which is the biometric solution for your corporation, there is no such thing as any one best type of biometrics. Different applications necessitate the use of different biometrics. In order to select the right biometric for your solution as a user you will need to investigate a myriad of vendor products while keeping an eye on future development and technology. Never before have there been more various and more varied options. Vendors have a wide variety of products to select from. Some are new to the market but even these can be considerably better and greatly improve your company security stance. The focus...
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...Biometric identification Advantages Numerous advantages for the biometrics make the technology for identification much easier than the traditional methods. The simplest theory starts with the knowledge that each person has unique features, which belong to him or her, even when passed from generation to generation. The most advanced technology for identifying criminal suspects are biometric identification systems. Biometric identification defined as the process for identifying a person by human physical characteristics. Because each human unique, various parts of the human body are analyzed for comparison, and identification. Some forms of biometric identification are hand geometry, palm vein authentication, retina scan, iris scan, and facial scan recognition. The advantages of biometric technology are the extreme accuracy, and secured access to information. Retinal scan technology offers the proof that this technology has a near zero failure rate, which means that fooling this technology almost impossibility. Identification is fast as well, providing a system that is almost foolproof. The main pro of iris reading technology accuracy and alternation near impossible. Iris patterns do not require direct contact, and some scanners can focus on the eye finding the streaking patterns. The advances made in this area of expertise makes the iris reader scanner an excellent choice for law enforcement, and military applications (Blumenthal, 2010). Biometric Identification Methods ...
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...the last few years a new area of technology has been established whose products are likely to create a large market in the near future. It has been called ''biometrics". The pioneers of this new domain intend to construct devices which would allow identification of a person on the basis of his or her ''biological'' characteristics which is voice, movements, features of face and other parts of the body, retina or iris pattern. Nature has made human beings with different characteristics which may vary from one person to another. This property is made use of by Biometric technology to distinctly identify each person. This paper gives an overview of key biometric technologies and basic technique involved. The various opportunities for biometrics are mentioned, followed by the the benefits of the biometric and identification, the actual issue or current potential problems and abuses, and appropriate guidelines of identification and biometrics technology. Introduction Biometric technology involves effective methods of individual identification/authentication through its recognition of unique physiological characteristics. Although still a developing technology which contains deficiencies, it is generally considered to be a highly accurate and widely applicable security measure. However, growing public awareness of this technology has been accompanied by increasing concerns about ethical issues associated with its use. Biometric Systems Biometrics are automated methods of recognizing...
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...springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-01793-3_20 Eigenvalue estimation plays an important role in biometrics. However, if the number of samples is limited, estimates are significantly biased. In this article we analyse the influence of this bias on the error rates of PCA/LDA based verification systems, using both synthetic data with realistic parameters and real biometric data. Results of bias correction in the verification systems differ considerable between synthetic data and real data: while the bias is responsible for a large part of classification errors in the synthetic facial data, compensation of the bias in real facial data leads only to marginal improvements. https://www.eff.org/wp/biometrics-whos-watching-you September 14, 2003 September 2003 Introduction Among the many reactions to the September 11 tragedy has been a renewed attention to biometrics. The federal government has led the way with its new concern about border control. Other proposals include the use of biometrics with ID cards and in airports, e.g. video surveillance enhanced by facial-recognition technology. The purpose of this document is to sketch out EFF's concerns about biometrics. In today's public arena, biometric technologies are being marketed as a "silver bullet" for terrorism; however, very little independent, objective scientific testing of biometrics has been done. Deploying biometric systems without sufficient attention to their dangers makes them likely to be used in a way dangerous...
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...Biometrics Technology in Healthcare sector Miss Chawisa Srisinthara Mr. Sangsan Poonyapotapirata Miss Chadaporn Champangoen Miss Tanwarat Trangpanich Mr. Ekapol Koosuwan NIDA Business School National Institute of Development Administration 118 Seri Thai Road, Bangkapi, Bangkok 10240, Thailand Email : Caocao_akatsuki@hotmail.com Tel. +66890710010 Biometrics Technology in Healthcare sector ABSTRACT Nowadays, Biometrics has become an important system in a process for all industries due to this technology can help the companies to manage the data such as gathering, integration, and summary. The companies can also apply this system in every working process steps. Besides, the data can be transferred from paper-based data into computer-based data which is convenience, safety, and accuracy. Moreover, The Biometrics system provides excellence operation and improves productivity. Especially, the biometrics system should be executed in healthcare industry because the patient information is classified and considerable for healthcare providers. 1. Introduction The “Biometrics” is the combination of “Bio” which means a creature and “Metrics” which means a characteristic that can be measured and estimated an amount. So, Biometrics is the biological technology that integrates between biological, medical, and computer technology. It use for measure physiological characteristics and behaviors that is the individual character of each person for identification...
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...Evolution of Biometrics kody Saylor Computer security Keisha Nelson December 10, 2013 Biometrics is the use of individual’s physical or behavioral characteristics to uniquely identify them for authentication or identifications purposes. Types of biometrics include: fingerprints, hand geometry, retina and iris patterns, facial recognition, and signature, voice, and keystroke patterns. There has been an evolution between man and machine. Technology has grown in leaps and bounds and today, flesh and machine have been fused together as one. There have been many science fiction novels and movies of chip implantation representing quick identification to a mainframe. Biometric technology has taken the form of this fantasy and turned it into an immeasurable reality. There are potential benefits of an integrated biometrics-based identification system include but not limited to: * The cost of administration. * The reliability of identification. * Access to information held by organizations. * The accuracy and quality of research and statistics. * The level of technical security of communications. In America, there has been a huge debate over whether or not security is taking away our freedom. One instance of security verses freedom is about the recent legislation regarding driver’s licenses incorporating biometric technology. Biometrics is “the statistical study of biological phenomena” (American Heritage Dictionary) or more commonly known as “a technology that...
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...A FINGERPRINT BASED BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR TIME AND ATTENDANCE MANAGEMENT ABSTRACT This project is about designing a system that automates the whole process of taking attendance and maintaining its records in an academic institute. Managing people is a difficult task for most of the organizations, and maintaining the attendance record is an important factor in people management. When considering academic institutes, taking the attendance of students on daily basis and maintaining the records is a major task. Manually taking the attendance and maintaining it for a long time adds to the difficulty of this task as well as wastes a lot of time. For this reason an efficient system is designed. This system takes attendance electronically with the help of a fingerprint sensor and all the records are saved on a computer server. In order to mark the attendance, student/staff has to place his/her finger on the fingerprint sensor. On identification student’s attendance record is updated in the database and he/she is notified through a screen. . TABLE OF CONTENTS Certification Acknowledgement Abstract Table of Contents List of Figures Chapter One Introduction Chapter Two Literature Review Chapter Three Methodology Chapter Four System Design Chapter Five Implementation Chapter Six Conclusion and Recommendation LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter focuses on the background of the project, the objectives, scope and...
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...Title (2) Biometric scanning system types and which one is more effectiveness in a workplace Biometric recognition, or biometrics, refers to the automatic authentication of a person based on his or her physiological or behavioural characteristics (Jain, Bolle, and Pankanti 1999a; Maltoni, Maio, Jain, and Prabhakar 2003). One of the most important technologies which acts as a human being identify required purpose. Nowadays there were great progresses in technology of access for companies which it using human being body to identify the identity of the person. In the past Human beings used fingerprint to identity for signature. Biometric technology looks like a revolution for modern society for example, Iris and AFIS (Automatic Finger Print Identification System). Although fingerprint has a good feature to identify people but I will argue that iris system has shown the best performance to do the required purpose of scanning and identification more accurately than fingerprint. Reliability Fingerprint is a biometric device by which the people been identified through scanning fingerprint of the person and save the data to store the fingerprint image. Furthermore fingerprint identification scanning is reliability because fingerprint identification and authentication is the mature biometric technology (Komarinski, 2005). Firstly, the fingerprint is reliable because it includes quite huge information and will keep for all life of human being, In spite of the fingerprint just...
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...Project: Biometrics and the Future Biometrics and the Future An identity is stolen every second; at least ten were stolen in the time it took to read this sentence (Chaflin, 2005). On a daily basis people all over the world are subject to navigating the ins and outs of life depending on an assortment of cards and passwords that confirms their identity. If they were to lose their bank card an ATM will refuse to give them money. Forget a simple password, and their own computer will not respond to them. By far the worse outcome is to allow their cards or passwords to fall into the wrong hands, and what was intended to be a security measure can become the tool of fraud or identity theft. The time for a more secure form of identification is upon us. A potential solution can be seen in the form of biometric identification. To understand the benefits of biometric identification one must understand the concept of biometrics. By combining the Greek words “bio”, which stands for “life”, and “metrics”, which stands for “measure”, a person can produce the term “biometrics” or “life measurements” (Woodward, 2003). Everyone has at least, once in their lives seen a movie where a villain or hero accesses a secret area by the use of a handprint or voice command. What was considered science fiction many years ago, today biometrics is being used in a variety of ways and the average person may not even be aware of it. To begin to grasp the concept and to truly understand biometrics at the most...
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...Biometrics Technology Biometrics Technology Biometrics technology is an authentication method used for measuring a person’s unique physical or behavioral characteristics. When referring to biometrics in information technology, characteristics like fingerprints, DNA, eye retinas and irises, voice pattern, facial patterns, and hand measurements are all used for authentication purposes. Biometric science did not originate at one single place as people all over the world have been using it for identifying individuals from each other. The history of biometrics dates back to as early as the 14th century in the form of fingerprinting by China. This was reported by explorer Joao de Barros who wrote that the Chinese merchants were stamping children’s palm prints and footprints on paper with ink so young children could be identified from one another. This primitive form of biometrics is still being used today. Biometrics was used in the 1800 in for form of photographic memory. It wasn’t until the 1890’s that an anthropologist and police desk clerk in Paris, Alphonse Bertillon, created a field of study to find a way to identify convicted criminals. Bertillon developed the technique of taking multiple body measurements and was used throughout the world until it was discovered that some people have the same measurements making this technique unusable. After this failed the police went to fingerprinting which was created by Richard Edward Henry of Scotland Yard, who just reverted...
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...Biometrics and Privacy Strayer University SEC 305 Biometrics implements a process used to identify or authenticate an individual’s identity using a physical or behavioral characteristic. The goal is to provide access control at the logical and physical levels. An individual's voice, fingerprint, iris, and hand geometry are examples of physical characteristics. Behavioral characteristics could include signature or writing style. The implementation of a biometrics system requires coordination between the individual and the organization or business implementing the technology. During the enrollment process an individual provides a sample of a biometric: a fingerprint, an iris scan, voice recording, and so on. The sample, taken multiple times for the sake of accuracy, is averaged and stored within a database, token, or smartcard as a compressed digital representation of the sample. When a live sample of a biometric is presented to the system it is compared to the recorded information, or template, provided during the enrollment process and a match is determined to within an acceptable threshold value. This response determines an individual’s right to gain access to a privileged area, data, or just a PC. The advantage to a biometric is that it doesn’t change. It goes where you go, so it’s difficult to lose. It’s also very difficult to forge or fake. In some cases, it is next to impossible. It provides a very strong access control security...
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...The Proper and Ethical Application of Biometrics IFSM 201 – A Practical Introduction to Computers and Communications As the advancement of technology continues to flourish within the modern age, so too have the capabilities and ruthlessness of predators looking to exploit the weaknesses of some for their own personal gains. In order to safeguard and protect the privacies of technological users, technology has also adapted its growth to find better and more fail safe measures by which to guard the individual users. Having evolved from rudimentary passwords, to pin codes and card readers, to encrypted data relying on the application of the aforementioned safeguards, one of the newest and more failsafe applications to guard a person or companies privacy has become the application of biometrics. Biometric devices have helped institute a safeguard that, while not completely “hack proof,” is exponentially harder to replicate as it requires almost 100% reproduction on an individual’s personal body characteristics. Using a variety of biometric devices, a person or company can safeguard their privacies by relying on the one thing they think is immune to a host of scams to gain access – themselves. While the applications of such devices are gaining a stronger foothold among the masses, now enters an additional task to the workforce. Employers and individuals must ensure that they are using the technology practically, and ethically, in order to achieve maximum results without...
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...Biometric Technology 1 Biometric Technology: Entry Control Rick Everroad Professor Jeffrey Fowler RC 507 October 12, 2008 Biometric Technology 2 Biometric Technology: Entry Control Biometric Technology is used for human recognition which consists of identification and verification to establish entry into secure areas. The terms differ significantly. With identification, the biometric system asks and attempts to answer the question, “Who is X.” In an identification application, the biometric reader reads a sample of the person in question and compares his traits to all the traits found in the system’s database. Depending on how the system is designed, it can make a “best” match, or it can score possible matches and rank them according to likelihood. Identification applications are common when the goal is to identify criminals, terrorists or any other person attempting entry to a controlled area, particularly through surveillance. Verification occurs when the biometric system asks and attempts to answer the question, “Is this X?” after the user claims to be X. In a verification application, the biometric system requires input from the user, at which time the user claims his identity via a password, which usually is a body part like a hand, eye or a voice command. The user inputs the part into the system and the system finds a match or does not find a match. Biometric Technology 3 Examples of Biometrics Retinal Scan ...
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...Title: STUDENT’S ATTENDANCE SYSTEM USING FINGERPRINT TECHNOLOGY by FARAHANUM BT MASRUNI (2004219959) FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECNOLOGY AND QUANTITATIVE SCIENCES BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Hons) IN DATA COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING Approved by the examining committee: ……………………………….. ( En. Syamsul Ariffin b Yahaya ) Project Supervisor ……………………………….. ( En. Farok b Azmat ) Project Examiner MARA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SHAH ALAM MAY 2006 CERTIFICATION OF ORIGINALITY This is to certify that I responsible for the work submitted in this project that the original work is my own except as specified in the reference and acknowledgement and that the original work contain here in have not been taken or done by unspecified sources or persons. ……………………………………….. Farahanum bt Masruni 2004219959 ii COPYRIGHT © UiTM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Alhamdulillah, praise to Allah s.w.t, the most gracious and merciful for giving me the strength and wisdom in finishing this research. At last after a period of time, I have completed my final year project. For this golden opportunity, first and foremost, I would like to express my hearties gratitude to my supervisor, Encik Syamsul Ariffin b Yahaya, my examiner, Encik Farok b Azmat and my coordinator, Encik Adzhar b Abd Kadir for their understanding, and professional way s in assisting and giving their encouragement, guidance, comment and ideas that are useful towards in the development of my project paper. Very special thanks also...
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...MSc thesis Information security Passport of the Future: Biometrics against Identity Theft? Marijana Kosmerlj NISlab Høgskolen i Gjøvik marijana@erdal.biz 30 June 2004 Sammendrag Formålet med biometriske pass er å forhindre ulovlig adgang av reisende inn i et land og å begrense bruken av forfalskede reisedokumenter ved en mer nøyaktig autentisering av reisende. Etter den 11. september 2001 har interessen for bruk av slike biometriske pass økt kraftig. Biometriske pass vil bestå av et høykapasitets smartkort som vil inneholde et bilde av passinnehaveren i tillegg til annen type identitetsinformasjon. I passkontrollen vil ett foto bli tatt av passeieren og sammenlignet med fotoet lagret i passet. Et systemdefinert parameter vil avgjøre om disse to fotoene er like nok til å fastslå om personen i de to fotoene er en og samme person. Mange utfordringer er knyttet til biometriske systemer slik som feilrater, “spoofing”angrep, ikke-universalitet og interoperabilitetsproblemer. Forskningen har vist hvor lett det er å lure biomtriske systemer ved bruk av for eksempel statiske foto. Denne rapporten går ett skritt videre og tar en nærmere titt på fiender og deres ressurser i et grensekontrollmiljø. Den tradisjonelle måten å beregne feilakseptraten til biometriske systemer på, vil ikke gjenspeile den virkelige feilakseptraten i dette miljøet. For eksempel, vil andelen av fiendene som har minst tyve ”look-alikes” i målpopulasjonen sett fra et biometrisk system’s perspektiv være...
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