1. Biometrics: A Tool For Information Security Anil K.Jain, Arun Ross, Sharath Pankanti IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2006, pp. 125 - 143 Presented by Sumit Poddar Email: spod002@ec.auckland.ac.nz

2. Summary Biometrics: Recognition technique based on “who you are” rather than “what you know” or “what you have”.Biometrics: Recognition technique based on “who you are” rather than “what you know” or “what you have”. This paper provides an overview of biometrics.This paper provides an overview of biometrics.

3. Critical Comment In the section corresponding to template security the author uses “Hill Climbing Attack” in multiple places without describing it in detail. In the section corresponding to template security the author uses “Hill Climbing Attack” in multiple places without describing it in detail.

4. Appreciative Comment Explains the important aspects of biometric systems which are listed below The characteristics used in biometric systemsThe characteristics used in biometric systems Biometric VarianceBiometric Variance Operation of a Biometric SystemOperation of a Biometric System Functionalities of a Biometric SystemFunctionalities of a Biometric System Attacks on a Biometric SystemAttacks on a Biometric System Multi-Biometric SystemsMulti-Biometric Systems

5. Appreciative Comment Highlights the aspects which are currently areas of research and can make biometrics an improved technology.Highlights the aspects which are currently areas of research and can make biometrics an improved technology.  Effective representation and matching  Characterizing signal quality and enhancement  Empirical Performance Measurement

6. Appreciative Comment Failures in biometric systems can be clearly explained with the help of a fish-bone diagram. Figure1: Fishbone (cause and effect) diagram of biometric failures

7. Discussion How can we use a fish-bone diagram to model security failures in the example scenario mentioned below?  Example scenario: biometric passport