Introduction: Presently, the fingerprint is the most commonly used biometric identifier in authentication systems. It was responsible for more than 50% of the biometric revenue in 2009 [1]. According to Roberts [2], one way to overtake the security of those systems is providing to the sensor a fake physical biometric. Thus, an efficient technique for spoof detection [3,4] is an essential requir...

In general, the identification and verification are done by passwords, pin number, etc., which are easily cracked by others. In order to, overcome this issue biometrics is a unique tool to authenticate an individual person. Biometric is a quantity which consists of an individual physical characteristics of fingerprint, Finger Knuckle Print (FKP), iris, face and so on. These characteristics are ...

Fingerprint recognition is the most effective biometric to provide authentication. Fingerprint images are captured using an optical fingerprint scanner. The fingerprint images are then marked for unique points like bifurcation or ridge termination called minutiae. In this paper, we have surveyed fingerprints of 40 subjects and proposed a new factor in fingerprint image captured from the optical...

Much has been reported on attempts to fool biometric sensors with false fingerprints, facial overlays and a myriad of other spoofing approaches. Other attack vectors on biometric systems have, however, had less prominence. This paper seeks to present a broader and more practical view of biometric system attack vectors, placing them in the context of a risk-based systems approach to security and...

Multi-biometric system stores multiple templates for the same user corresponding to the different biometric sources. Infallible security should be provided to the stored biometric templates as biometric is not revocable. In this work, multi-modal biometric template security for palmprint and fingerprint is proposed which is based on the fuzzy vault generation. At first, the preprocessing steps ...

Biometric based authentication system provides robust security and ease of use than conventional methods of verification system. Among various biometrics namely iris, face and gait recognition, Fingerprint recognition has been extensively used by several organizations for recognition and authentication purpose because of its low cost, usability and reliable performance. However, the performance...

To ensure the secure transmission of data, cryptography is treated as the most effective solution. Cryptographic key is an important entity in this process. In general, randomly generated cryptographic key (of 256 bits) is difficult to remember. However, such a key needs to be stored in a protected place or transported through a shared communication line which, in fact, poses another threat to ...

According to the number of Internet in widely use and the development of the related application, the need of security system which can protect individual information has increased. Biometrics-based user authentication has several advantages over traditional password-based systems for standalone authentication applications. However, security of biometric data is particularly important as the co...

Fingerprint image enhancement is the basic and most required component of biometric verification system. This method proposes a fingerprint image enhancement and template based minutiae extraction techniques. For better enhancement the preprocessing stage includes global and local analysis. In the preprocessing and local analysis blocks, a nonlinear dynamic range adjustment method is used. In t...

Biometrics existed in antiquity but has in recent times re-emerged as a new field of study in Computer Science and Engineering. A biometric is a physiological (biological) or behavioral trait in a human, called an identifier that uniquely classifies each human. Fingerprint is one of the biological identifiers. Fingerprint recognition is largely used in several civil, governmental and commercial...