Abstract :
Biometric applications are growing rapidly and have reached different areas such as health monitoring, national ID cards, e-banking, e-commerce, etc. The European Visa Information System (VIS) and the Indian UIDAI System are large-scale deployed systems that validate the capabilities of today´s biometric products. However deployed systems are still facing challenges towards better biometric performance, interoperability, system reliability and usability. When biometrics is chosen to increase the security of an access control system then the security of the biometric system itself must be investigated. This includes fake resistance of sensors and biometric information protection. Beyond that critical issues such as the compliance to standards and the early assessment of sample quality with standardized metrics systems are important to guarantee successful use of biometrics in practical applications. BIOSIG 2012 offers you once again a platform for experts´ discussions on biometric research and the full range of security applications.
