Mouse Dynamics Biometric Technology

Different types of biometrics are currently available in the market, and are widely used in various security applications. Biometrics can be classified into two categories, “physiological biometrics” and “behavioral biometrics”. Physiological biometrics identify the user based on physiological characteristics, such as fingerprints and eye retina/iris scanning, whereas behavioral biometrics depend on detecting the behavioral features of the user, such as signature, voice, and keystroke dynamics. The utilization of biometrics, however, has so far been limited to identity verification in authentication and access control systems. Hence important security applications such as intrusion detection systems have been left out of this technology. We have identified two primary reasons for that. First, most biometric systems require special hardware device for biometrics data collection, which restricts their use to only networks segments that provide them, making the systems irrelevant for a significant number of remote users, who operate out of these network segments. Second, most biometric systems require an active involvement of the user who is asked to provide some data sample that can be used to verify his identity. This excludes the possibility of passive monitoring, which is essential for intrusion detection. There is also number of secondary obstacles to the use of biometrics for intrusion aBstract