Unit 1
Introduction – Biometric fundamentals – Biometric technologies – Biometrics vs traditional techniques – Characteristics of a good biometric system – Benefits of biometrics – Key biometric processes: verification, identification and biometric matching – Performance measures in biometric systems.
Unit 2
Physiological Biometrics – Leading technologies: Finger-scan – Facial-scan – Irisscan – Voice-scan – components, working principles, competing technologies, strengths and weaknesses – Other physiological biometrics: Hand-scan, Retinascan – components, working principles, competing technologies, strengths and weaknesses – Automated fingerprint identification systems. Behavioural Biometrics: Leading technologies: Signature-scan – Keystrokescan – components, working principles, strengths and weaknesses.