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Identity Management with Biometrics

By : Lisa Bock
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Identity Management with Biometrics

By: Lisa Bock

Overview of this book

Biometric technologies provide a variety of robust and convenient methods to securely identify and authenticate an individual. Unlike a password or smart card, biometrics can identify an attribute that is not only unique to an individual, but also eliminates any possibility of duplication. Identity Management with Biometrics is a solid introduction for anyone who wants to explore biometric techniques, such as fingerprint, iris, voice, palm print, and facial recognition. Starting with an overview of biometrics, you’ll learn the various uses and applications of biometrics in fintech, buildings, border control, and many other fields. You’ll understand the characteristics of an optimal biometric system and then review different types of errors and discover the benefits of multi-factor authentication. You’ll also get to grips with analyzing a biometric system for usability and accuracy and understand the process of implementation, testing, and deployment, along with addressing privacy concerns. The book outlines the importance of protecting biometric data by using encryption and shows you which factors to consider and how to analyze them before investing in biometric technologies. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed with a variety of recognition processes and be able to make the right decisions when implementing biometric technologies.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Section 1 –Understanding Biometric Authentication
6
Section 2 – Applying Biometric Technologies
12
Section 3 – Deploying a Large-Scale Biometric System

Summary

The next time you look into someone’s eye, you will be able to better appreciate how the iris can be used to identify and authenticate.

In this chapter, we reviewed the evolution of iris recognition, from the early days of Alphonse Bertillon dabbling into using the eye as an identifier in the 1880s, to John Daugman’s studies in the 1980s, to today’s modern systems. You now can see how the iris provides an optimal biometric that can be used in a wide range of applications. We took a closer look at the eye itself, and, more specifically, the colored portion or uvea. In addition, we evaluated some diseases and conditions that could affect iris recognition.

We then stepped through the process of iris recognition. We learned how using IR light enhances the ability to obtain an iris image with greater detail. We saw how the Hamming distance can be a metric for determining a match, and we covered some ways an iris recognition system can be spoofed, along...