1. Biometric Authentication
Luke Hollen

2. Overview Basic Principles of Authentication Biometrics Weaknesses
Evaluation Criteria

3. Authentication Three Types Something the User Has
Something the User Knows
Something the User Is

4. Biometrics Something the User Is Classes of Biometrics
Physical Biometrics
Behavioral Biometrics

5. Biometrics Basic Biometric Authentication Processes
Enrollment / Profile Creation
Factor Submission
Profile Comparison
Variance Tolerance
Admission / Denial

6. Weaknesses
Spoofing
An attack whereby one person successfully masquerades as another to gain illegitimate access.
Mythbusters

7. Evaluation Criteria Security Feasibility
Measurement of the success of the biometric authentication system at providing access control.
Feasibility
Measurement of the difficulty of implementing a particular biometric authentication system as an access control method.

8. Evaluation Criteria: Security
False Positive
Falsely accepting a biometric factor as matching a defined profile.
Liveness Detection
Detecting that a biometric factor presented is actually part of a living person.
Can still be fooled.

9. Evaluation Criteria: Feasibility
Ease-Of-Use
False Negative: Falsely rejecting a biometric factor that does match a defined profile
User Inconvenience
Scale
5 Users vs. 500 Users
Cost
Biometric units are not cheap
Residential Door Locks start at $200

10. Questions