How Biometrics Impact Digital Security

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Digital security means, first, protecting your own information from competitors and cybercriminals; second, protecting your customers from third-party threats, writes independent business consultant Larry Alton on the InformationWeek portal .

For these purposes, biometrics are used - authentication or identification by body part (face, fingerprints, etc.). The idea of ​​opening a door after reading the retina or registering a user by the pattern of the auricle sounds futuristic. Do we need such progress?

Advantages
Fingerprint and face identification have already become widespread thanks to smartphones that allow their use. It must be admitted that it has some significant advantages over conventional identification and authentication methods:

The most obvious advantage is the uniqueness of the india mobile database basis. If a fingerprint is successfully read, it guarantees that it is the same person. In addition, most biometric indicators are incredibly difficult to counterfeit;
Biometric identification is convenient for users. Instead of remembering numerous passwords or carrying identification documents, it is enough to show an eye, an ear, a finger or smile at the camera. Setting up biometrics is also quite simple;
high accuracy. The latest research has shown that the accuracy of recognizing one fingerprint is 98.6%, two - 99.6%, four or more - 99.9%;
Low total cost of ownership. A biometric system may be expensive, but it costs less to manage than a traditional system. There is less paperwork. The cost of changing passwords is almost completely eliminated. And if biometrics prevent more fraud or abuse than a traditional system, it will save a company millions of dollars.
Weaknesses
But biometrics also has its weaknesses:

limited capabilities of devices. Currently, the most convenient and portable device with biometric capabilities is the smartphone, but it has limitations. It has a small fingerprint scanning surface, allowing only part of the fingerprint to be examined. Research has shown that the system can be fooled with specially prepared fingerprints and that only five such fingerprints allow entry into 65% of devices;