Cyber Security in Biometrics Using Fingerprints

Nowadays, industries are experiencing technological advancement. With the rise of globalization, it is essential to have an easier and more effective system. Security is a major concern for organizations nowadays as security related risks may affect the organization's information assets badly. One method of ensuring a secure system is the Biometric System. It is a system that uses information about a person that identifies a person. Biometric identifiers are the distinctive, measurable characteristics used to label and describe individuals. Biometrics is an automated method of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Physiological biometrics works by analysing the human body characteristics such as face recognition, fingerprint, face, retina, and iris and behavioral biometrics is based on the person's behavior, e.g. voice recognition. Biometric technologies are becoming the foundation of an extensive array of highly secure identification and personal verification solutions. This paper covers the use of fingerprints scanning in biometrics. Fingerprint recognition is one of the most well known biometrics, and it is by far the most used biometric solution for authentication on computerized systems. Fingerprints vary from person to person (even identical twins have different prints) and don't change over time. Finger-scan technology is the most widely deployed biometric technology, with a number of different vendors offering a wide range of solutions. Thus biometrics is a means to protect security of data. This paper also covers biometrics recognisation, types of biometrics and application of biometrics. One primary conclusion is that identification should be considered as a component of development policy.