BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS: EVOLUTION, APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
Deepti Kumar, Mamta Singhroha, V. Jagadeesh Kumar · COMPUSOFT: An International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology · 2014
Biometrics is a futuristic and yet a current technology, with an ever bigger role in the future. Biometrics will not be able to replace passwords, swipe cards, or pin numbers etc., rather work with them in enhancing security in a simple, reliable, and cost effective way. Biometrics revolution has led to over 1 billion people being already covered by biometric identification programs in the lower middle income countries. Biometric system covers application pertaining to Authentication, Transaction, Access Privilege and it relies on Credentials, Demographics and Sensor data to get a match score with certain degree of confidence using biometric recognition tools. Biometrics systems are extremely useful due to its traits such as security (stop unauthorised person from getting access), convenience (No need to carry credentials like Identity proofs etc.), Audit trail (creates an audit trail for say bank vault access etc.), Fraud prevention (verifying if credit card holder is rightful owner at PoS), and de-duplication (One person, one documentation). India’s well known and ambitious pan-India project of Adhaar Card is one good example relying on biometric application for generating unique identification and de-duplication for wide ranging government schemes.