Biometrics- accounting for measurable human properties.

1. BIOMETRICS
SHUBHAM SINGH
(0902IT121057)

2. Presentation outlines
• Issues and concerns.
• Biometric.
• How biometric works?
• Biometric characteristics.
• Applications.
• Advantage and disadvantage.

3. What’s the issue?
A Survey Report in BBC News
• More than 70% of people revealed their computer password in
exchange of a bar of chocolate.
• 66% of staff have given their password to colleague
• 75% knew their co-workers passwords
• 60% use the same password for everything, including their
personal banking.
• The most common password was “password” (12%), dob (8%),
football team(11%).
Any security procedure is only as strong as their
weakest link
The users are the weakest link

4. What is a biometric?
• Biometrics refers to metrics related to human characteristics
and traits.
• Biometrics authentication (or realistic authentication) is used
in computer science as a form of identification and access
control .
• Biometric identifiers are the distinctive, measurable
characteristics used to label and describe individuals

5. Various Biometrics Technologies
Fingerprint Recognition
Facial Recognition
Voice Recognition
Iris Recognition
Hand geometry
Signature verification
DNA
Retina recognition
Thermo grams
Gait
Keystroke
Ear Geometry
Skin reflection
Lip motion
Grip recognition

6. Biometric characteristics
Biometrics
Physiological
Fingerprints
scan
Retina scan
Palm vein
scan
Etc...
Behavioural
Voice
recognition
Signature
dynamics
Etc...

7. Market distribution in 2007

8. How Biometric Works
 The flow of ridges and patterns has been classified into 5 broad classes.
 Classification helps down in narrowing down possible matches.
 In reality, the class distribution is skewed(>65% are loops).
 A fingerprint can be classified based on type of the ridge flow pattern.

9. Ridge Characteristics

10. Various Applications of fingerprints
 Banking/Credit
 Military ID and access control
 Computer/Network security
 Cellular phone security
 Business/Residential access control
 Time and attendance
 Personalization etc.

11. Advantages of biometrics
 Increase security - Provide a convenient and low-cost additional tier of security.
 Reduce fraud by employing hard-to-forge technologies and materials. For e.g .
Minimize the opportunity for ID fraud, buddy punching.
 Eliminate problems caused by lost IDs or forgotten passwords by using
physiological attributes. For e.g. Prevent unauthorized use of lost, stolen or
"borrowed" ID cards.
 Reduce password administration costs.
 Replace hard-to-remember passwords which may be shared or observed.
 Integrate a wide range of biometric solutions and technologies, customer
applications and databases into a robust and scalable control solution for
facility and network access
 Make it possible, automatically, to know WHO did WHAT, WHERE and WHEN!
 Make it possible, automatically, to know WHO did WHAT, WHERE and WHEN!
 Offer significant cost savings or increasing ROI in areas such as Loss Prevention
or Time & Attendance.

12. Disadvantages of Biometric
Biometric identification machines are
traditionally more expensive to buy than
traditional ones.
Some users may reject biometrics as whole,
seeing it as an invasion of privacy.
Biometric identification are not always entirely
accurate.
Change in users physical or behavioral
characteristics will result in loss of access to
data.

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14. THANK YOU