Front-end Biometric Authentication

Richard Rinaldo Konggoasa,  NIM       : 2301884141

Biometric authentication is a kind of security technique that depends on an individual’s unique biological traits to verify that he is who he claims to be. When a biometric data capture is made, biometric authentication systems compare it to previously recorded, validated genuine data in a database. Authentication is validated if the biometric data samples from both individuals match. Biometric authentication is often used to control access to physical and digital resources such as buildings, rooms, and computing equipment. Because of the fast expansion of the Internet and mobile devices, authentication systems have been extensively employed in the access to Internet services and mobile device access for the purpose of securing user devices, contents, and accounts, among other purposes. When users have a growing number of accounts, password management becomes more challenging in reality, since it is often difficult to remember several passwords for different system accesses, particularly those with high-security levels, as the number of accounts grows. In order to address this issue, biometrics have been researched and employed in individual authentication because of their distinct properties, as previously stated. Information security is concerned with the guarantee of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information in all of its forms, including electronic data. There are a plethora of tools and approaches available to assist in the administration of information security. However, systems based on biometrics have progressed to the point where they can assist certain elements of information security. Biometric authentication contributes to information security by supporting the aspects of identity, authentication, and non-repudiation. Biometric authentication is a rapidly expanding and contentious sector in which civil liberties organizations have expressed concerns about problems such as privacy and identification. Biometric rules and regulations are now being drafted, and biometric industry standards are currently being tested in the field. Face recognition biometrics has not yet achieved the level of widespread use that fingerprinting has, but with ongoing technological advances and the danger of terrorism, researchers and biometric developers will encourage the development of this security technology for the twenty-first century.
In recent years, biometric identification has become more prevalent.
Biometric verification has gained widespread appeal not just because of the security given by difficult-to-fake unique biological features, but also because of its convenience: fingerprints are difficult to forget or lose and are thus difficult to fabricate.
Fingerprinting is the most ancient known use of biometric verification. As far back as ancient China, thumbprints made on clay seals were employed as a technique of distinguishing one person from another. Modern biometric verification has become virtually immediate, and it is becoming more accurate as a result of the proliferation of digital databases and the digitization of formerly analog data sources.

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