NAME : EUGUNE CHOW CLASS : 4 SC 5

CONTENT
DEFINITION OF BIOMETRICS AND

AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM USES OF BIOMETRIC AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM DEVICES OF BIOMETRIC AND AUTHENTICATION ADVANTAGES OF BIOMETRIC AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM

DEFINITION OF BIOMETRIC AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM

the automatic identification of living

individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification";

USES OF BIOMETRIC AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM

Biometrics is used to provide for Homeland Security including applications for improving airport security, strengthening the country national borders, in travel documents, visas and in preventing ID theft. Now, more than ever, there is a wide range of interest in biometrics across federal, state, and local governments. Congressional offices and a large number of organizations involved in many markets are addressing the important role that biometrics will play in identifying and verifying the identity of individuals and protecting national assets.

DEVICES OF BIOMETRIC AND AUTHENTICATION

All the optical fingerprint readers comprise of the source of light, the light sensor and a special reflection surface that changes the reflection according to the preassure.

The PC iris uses a hand-held personal iris imager that functions as a computer .The user holds the imager in his hand, looks into the camera lens from a distance of 10 cm and presses a button to initiate the identification process. The Iris Access is more advanced. It is auto-focus and has a sensor that checks whether an individual has stepped in front of the camera.

The company EyeDentify is the only producer of the retinal eye scanners. It has been founded in the late seventies . The current model 2001 is equipped with the memory for 3300 templates and is able to verify an individual in 1.5 seconds or run an identification in less than 5 seconds.

ADVANTAGES OF BIOMETRIC AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM

It is safer than using PIN number and Id cards

which will be stolen easily and forgotten it is more secure that it could protect nasional assets . Examples of country using: USA, FRANCE , ITALY and many European countries Asian Countries like Japan and India are using this system.