This report is to discuss the possible introduction of Biometric Authentication to the Dynamic Safe Deposit business. The report will go over the possible use of Finger Vein or Facial Recognition technologies, a comparison of the technologies and a recommendation for the company’s future selection. A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMS A Biometric authentication is the process of verifying if a user or the identity of a user is who they claim to be; using digital biological information of the user. Such pieces of information include finger vein scans, finger prints (ink) and face scans. This information would be compared to a known database of information where the security team can correctly identify and verify the …show more content…
Because vein patterns are uniquely located beneath the user’s skin and that must have blood flowing readily through them to be scanned, they are almost impossible to copy or change. This means that the a finger vein scan would be a very useful and unique way to identify users on our system and at the same time a very portable method with the size of some of the scanners today. The customer would approach our security team with their deposit box key. The customer would place their finger in our finger vein scanner. The finger vein scanner uses LED lights to scan the veins inside the customer’s finger beneath the skin. The system will compare the scan to pre validated scans taken from the customer previously and verify that the customer’s scan is correct. This useful diagram shows the customer placing their finger on the scanner being scanned by the LED lights and CMOS sensor. (2) Vein Scan – See references Our Deposit Box customer database would contain all the customers’ details as per normal; but also have this unique biometric finger vein scan information. The customer must provide an identical match to be approved to enter the deposit box area. FACE BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM Face recognition is the authentication by analysing specific features that are common to everyone 's face. These features can be the distance between the customers eyes, the width of customers the nose, the position of
Biometric systems are technologies that can scan physiological, chemical or behavioral characteristics of a subject for the sake of verifying or in other words authenticating their
During the identification phase, the user puts the finger on the same sensor, generating a new fingerprint image or template called query print. Minutiae points are carried out from the query print, and the matcher module compares the set of query minutia with the stored minutia templates or image in the enrollment database to find the number of similar minutia points. Because of variations present in finger placement and pressure applied to the sensor, the minutia points take out from the template and query fingerprints must be lined up, or submitted before matching. After line up the fingerprints, the matcher decides the number of pairs of matching minutiae-two minutiae points that have similar location and directions. The system decides the user's identity by comparing the match score to a
Biometrics is a method of identifying an individual based on characteristics that they possess, typically physiological features such as a fingerprint, hand, iris, retina, face, voice, and even DNA. Some methods of biometrics security even use multiple physiological features or multimodal biometrics to provide superior security than a single form of biometrics can provide. Why are biometrics important in the field of information security? Biometrics provide a remarkable amount of security for information because biometrics are unique to each person, and thus cannot be lost, copied, or shared with another individual. This security allows for biometrics to provide a means to reliability authenticate personnel. The importance of biometrics can be further divided into the history of biometrics and why it was devised, past implementations of biometrics, current implementations of biometrics, and future implementations of biometrics.
Biometric access control systems are so far the best type of access control we have today. The reasoning for this is because it relies on identifying unique human characteristics such as fingerprints, retinas, hands, etc. Since these characteristics are unique to each person like DNA, biometric access control systems are considered far better than the other systems I have listed.
We live in a world today, in which technology moves at a very rapid pace. Many of these technological advances can be used to make our everyday lives easier and safer. One of these new technologies is Biometrics. Biometrics is the process of measuring a person’s physical properties. This would include measuring things like fingerprints, retinas, odor, vein structure on the back of the hand and many other things. Biometrics is a very important topic because it would create better security precautions for certain places that need to be secure. Biometrics will make our society safer by only allowing authorized people out of secure facilities and by keeping the unauthorized people out. Throughout the rest of this
Biometrics is a term that refers to the broad amassment of various human characteristics. In computer science, biometrics authentication is used for access and a form of identification. Biometrics can also be used to survey and identify individuals in groups. Statistically, biometrics are unique and measurable to only one individual. When biometrics are used in authentication they can be broken down into two groups of measurability, physiological characteristics and behavioral characteristics. Physiological characteristic can be, but are not limited to, Biometrics that consist of a person’s Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), fingerprints, face, hands, eyes, ears or even odor. The second of the two characteristics, are the behavioral
Biometric recognition plays an important role in the field of security for any system. For embedded system it plays a significant role. As we know ATMs and smart phones are the most used smart devices that we interact daily, is needs to be secured. For this reason it must have a secure system that can provide security to save our personal things. For securing them there are lots of ways that are introduced in the past years. Biometric recognition is one of them. In the field of biometric recognition face, fingerprint, voice and retina are used to recognize an individual. Iris recognition is one of them. (Jain, A.K, 2004) Every human has a different body characteristic. One will never be same like another. Eye is one of them.
Biometrics, spanning several physical and behavioral features such as faces, eyes, fingers, gaits or voice patterns are made use of for identification purposes. Biometrics provide the added advantage that no additional thing such as token, card or passwords, are required for identification purposes.
Biometric systems are employed to provide a better security option but how are these systems protected themselves. With not just the amount of information protected by them but the information which is stored on them, thus making it crucial that these systems meet certain requirements to properly protect the information stored. (Jain, A. K., &
Applicants are provided alcohol wipes to clean and remove dust, dirt, debris and oils from their hands. Their hands are then inspected by the processing technician and the applicant is asked to look away in order to not assist in the process. Grasp the applicant’s right hang at the base of their thumb with your right hand. The processing technician will then cup their hand over the individual’s finger, tucking those fingers not being scanned by the fingerprinting machine (FBI — Recording Legible Fingerprints, n.d.). The process technician will then guide the finger being printed with their left hand. The right index fingers is then rolled on the electronic plate from the side of the finger bulb and then rolled to the other side until it is faced down (FBI — Recording Legible Fingerprints, n.d.). The image of the entire print will be displayed on the screen for acceptance or for the process to be deleted and redone. The step continues until all fingers are rolled and then the technician will scan views of four fingers together at a 45-degree angle and repeat the step on the other hand (FBI — Recording Legible Fingerprints, n.d.). Final scanning images of each thumb separately. Care should be taken in capturing all fingers in their appropriate space on the digital image. Upon completion of the captured image, the data will be forward to NCLAC to initiate background screening on the
Adding a facial recognition software on ATM will protect customers against identity theft and fraudulent transactions. The software is able to capture a customer’s face and
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been a longtime leader in biometrics. The FBI provides a continuous number of services, information, and training regarding biometrics. In an effort to connect new technologies and improve identifications, the Bureau established the Next Generation Identification (NGI) system. The NGI is used by the FBI for the state, local, federal, and tribal authorities to protect families in America. This system provides the criminal justice community with the world’s largest and most efficient electronic source of biometric and criminal history information. Biometrics is not only used to authenticate a person’s identity but to determine who someone is by scanning a database of records.
The technology works by taking measurements -- whether it is the weight and length of bones in the hand or the pattern of blood vessels inside the eye or the pattern of fingerprints -- and then storing the specifics, often called minutiae, in a database. When a user scans a hand or retina, the new mapping is compared with the stored data. Access is either granted or denied based on matching patterns that are
Palm print recognition is one of biometrics available at present. Biometric systems are used to authenticate identity by measuring physiological
Biometrics is used in many places and there is a bright future for them. Coca Cola has recently replaced time card system with hand scanning machines. Finger print scanners are being used in many states of the US. They have been used to trace social welfare fraud. An iris pattern identification system is being used in Cook County, Illinois to ensure that right people are released from jail. ATM machines have been installed with finger scanners to prevent theft and fraud in Indiana (Jain, 2005).