Security is a vital issue in the usage of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) for cash, cashless and many off the counter banking transactions. Weaknesses in the use of ATM machine could not only lead to loss of customer’s data confidentiality and integrity but also breach in the verification of user’s authentication. Several challenges are associated with the use of ATM smart card such as: card clo...

Biometric advances apply to a range of disciplines to ensure the safety and security of individuals and groups. To stress the value of biometrics, this study focuses on the application of biometric techniques to a vast range of individuals and groups, irrespective of their age. This report covers biometric development within three generations. For the younger age group, biometrics can play a si...

This paper investigates the applicability and potential use of biometrics for EGovernment services. An in-depth case study is presented outlining the development of E-Government services in Ireland, highlighting potential areas for growth in biometrics and also areas for caution in the implementation of the underlying technologies. Biometrics is becoming an important international standard as a...

Biometrics-based personal identification attempts to answer the questions ‘‘Who are you?’’ and ‘‘Are you who you claim to be?’’ Personal identification, regardless of method, is ubiquitous in our daily lives. For example, we often have to prove our identity to gain access to a bank account, to enter a protected site, to draw cash from an ATM, to log in to a computer, to claim welfare benefits, ...

Biometrics, which refers to identifying an individual based on his/her physical or behavior characteristics, is an emerging topic in the field of signal processing. Nevertheless, biometric applications have failed to become as widespread as once anticipated. After a very brief review of the field of biometrics, the present tutorial focuses on three main aspects of biometrics: maturity of techno...

The biometrics authentication systems take attentions to cover the weakness of password authentication system. In this paper, we focus attention on the multi modal-biometrics of behavior characteristics. For the integration of multi modal biometrics, some variations of Self Organizing maps and its incremental learning method for implementing adaptive authentication system are implemented and th...

Face and palmprint are two biometric characteristics with the highest user-acceptance. This paper presents techniques used in palmprint and face recognition as well as techniques used in biometric fusion. Some recent research trends directions in palmprint and face recognitions are described, such as the face recognition in video and touchless hand biometrics. Keywords-biometrics; face recognit...

Biometrics offers natural and scientific solution to key aspects of security management problems. Due to the increased security concerns in the past decade, biometrics has seen enormous growth and has found widespread applications in our everyday life. Widely researched biometrics traits include face, iris, fingerprint, hand geometry, palmprint, voice and signature. Of these, face and hand geom...