Performance Analysis of Biometric Systems: A Security Perspective

Abstract: In the modern era of digitization Security has become a critical and challenging issue not only for the defence or government departments but also for a common man because today we are very much dependent on machines that authenticate the person by some identity to allow for use of them. Biometric Systems are automated methods of verifying or recognizing the identity of a living person on the basis of some physiological characteristics, like a fingerprint or face pattern, or some aspects of behaviour, like handwriting or keystroke patterns. In this paper we have studied the physiological and behavioural characteristics of biometric systems by means of performance analysis in context with security perspective.

Keywords: Biometric, Security, Authentication, Digitization