I. INTRODUCTION
Today, Secure and reliable user-authentication is an unavoidable need, and hence for user- authentication
Biometric systems are widely used. Biometric technologies are becoming the foundation for highly secure identification and personal verification solutions./ Biometric applications have the potential to offer much more robust authentication/identification security than traditional systems (eg: passwords or pass codes ,PINs , tokens). The main goal of applying biometrics to user authentication is to provide security to users and detect imposters in terms of users physiological (e.g. fingerprint, face, iris, hand) or behavioural characteristics (e.g. speech, keystroke dynamics). Owing to the unique biometric characteristic that every person possesses, utilization of the same can be done in a form of identity access management.
Ever since their inception, Fingerprint based biometric authentication and verification systems have gained immense popularity and acceptance. This is primarily because of the ease of operation, installation and easy acquisition of the biometric feature, which in this case is a fingerprint. Implementing fingerprint recognition system is secure to use since the uniqueness of one’s fingerprint does not change in user’s lifetime.
The popularity of mobile devices is undeniable. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), more smartphones were sold in 2012 than desktop and laptop computers combined. This rise may be due to increasing functionality and technological advances which in turn supports greater functionality. Thus, the frequency with which smartphone owners use their devices, these devices can be used along with biometrics to provide certain advantages. The main characteristics of the proposal system are:
1) Dependency on biometric hardware is reduced.
2) Due to reduced