Security of Biometric Authentication Systems

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Authors

MATYÁŠ Václav ŘÍHA Zdeněk

Year of publication 2011
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Informatics

Citation
Web http://www.mirlabs.org/ijcisim/regular_papers_2011/Paper21.pdf
Field Informatics
Keywords IT security; biometrics; authentication
Description This paper outlines our views of actual security of biometric authentication and encryption systems. The attractiveness of some novel approaches like cryptographic key generation from biometric data is in some respect understandable, yet so far has lead to various shortcuts and compromises on security. This paper starts with an introductory section that is followed by a section about variability of biometric characteristics, with a particular attention paid to biometrics used in large systems. The following sections then discuss the potential for biometric authentication systems and for the use of biometrics in support of cryptographic applications as they are typically used in computer systems.
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