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Dig into biometric identification the fun and friendly Dummies way!
Biometrics -- the science of identifying humans based on unique physical characteristics -- is growing in popularity among security experts and security-minded organizations. Once the realm of futurists and sci-fi, biometrics is now commonly used to reliably control whether to let you into a facility or allow you to use a computer system. Here's what it is, what it does, and how to use it. * No lying eyes -- how scans of the retina and iris establish a person's identity * „Triple A“ gets you there -- understand how to use authentication, authorization, and audit principles * Security vs. privacy -- how various countries are handling the privacy issues and what can be done to protect citizens' privacy * Ethics, please -- understand the ethical issues raised by the growing use of biometric information * Palm reading, 21st century style -- how a scan of the palm, veins in the hand, and sonar imagery establish identity * Sign here -- what it takes to fully authenticate a signature * Walk this way -- using gait, speech, linguistic analysis, and other types of behavioral biometrics * Securing the security -- learn the many vulnerabilities of biometric systems and how to guard against them
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Biometrics -- the science of identifying humans based on unique physical characteristics -- is growing in popularity among security experts and security-minded organizations. Once the realm of futurists and sci-fi, biometrics is now commonly used to reliably control whether to let you into a facility or allow you to use a computer system. Here's what it is, what it does, and how to use it. * No lying eyes -- how scans of the retina and iris establish a person's identity * „Triple A“ gets you there -- understand how to use authentication, authorization, and audit principles * Security vs. privacy -- how various countries are handling the privacy issues and what can be done to protect citizens' privacy * Ethics, please -- understand the ethical issues raised by the growing use of biometric information * Palm reading, 21st century style -- how a scan of the palm, veins in the hand, and sonar imagery establish identity * Sign here -- what it takes to fully authenticate a signature * Walk this way -- using gait, speech, linguistic analysis, and other types of behavioral biometrics * Securing the security -- learn the many vulnerabilities of biometric systems and how to guard against them
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