• DocumentCode
    1205850
  • Title

    An Analysis of Lightweight Encryption Schemes for Fingerprint Images

  • Author

    Engel, Dominik ; Pschernig, Elias ; Uhl, Andreas

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. Sci. Dept., Salzburg Univ., Salzburg
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    173
  • Lastpage
    182
  • Abstract
    Two lightweight encryption schemes for fingerprint images based on a bit-plane representation of the data are assessed. We demonstrate a low complexity attack against a scheme recently proposed in literature which exploits one of several weaknesses found. A second scheme is evaluated with respect to two fingerprint recognition systems and recommendations for its safe use are given.
  • Keywords
    cryptography; fingerprint identification; bit-plane data representation; fingerprint images; fingerprint recognition systems; lightweight encryption schemes; Attack; bit-plane properties; fingerprint encryption; fingerprints; lightweight encryption; security in biometrics; selective bit-plane encryption;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Forensics and Security, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1556-6013
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIFS.2008.922058
  • Filename
    4505271