Biometrics: Security and Privacy Implications

Running head: BIOMETRICS: SECURITY AND PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS
BIOMETRICS: SECURITY AND PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Literature Review.......................................................................................................................2
Recent advances and developments.......................................................................................2
Gaps in literature....................................................................................................................4
Future Research..........................................................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
Biometric authentication refers to the procedure of validating identity of individuals
using some unique characteristics of the individuals’ body and then allowing him to log onto
any app, a service or a device. The technology on which it is based is complicated and is a
new way to verify authentication of people. It is the other name for measuring and calculating
body parameters. Identification based on this technology is a process of verifying that the
person concerned is authorized and the authentication technique goes a step ahead by using
the information that has been fed into the system to compare the data stored in a database and
then provides the information in a particular service (Akhtar, Micheloni & Foresti, 2015).
Biometric system provides security and is much more convenient than the traditional methods
related to personal recognition. It relies on the distinct biological features of an individual to
validate their information and confirms access only if the information in the database matches
that with the captured data (Aono et al., 2015). The technology mainly applies to managing
access to digital resources and physical resources such as computing devices, building and
rooms. Individuals consider privacy as their fundamental right and the security and privacy
issues related to the biometric technologies is a major concern. According to the individuals it
is infringement of their personal rights as biometric system stores and keeps records of their
data.
Literature Review
The technology involved in the biometric recognition dates back to the 20th century
when the concept was developed for bringing effective changes in the statistical and the
mathematical methods that were applicable mainly to the data analysis problems referring to
biological sciences (Biggio et al., 2015). The recent developments in the biometrics
technology address the key problem of authenticating individuals and have been a revolution