Biometric technologies:frontiers and threats

Gian Luca MarcialisAssociate ProfessorLeader of Biometric Unit – PRA LabUniversity of Cagliari

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Biometric technologies

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Applications

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The “myth” of infallibility

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Emerging biometrics

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Threats

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http://livdet.diee.unica.it

International fingerprint liveness detection competition (6th ed.)

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State of the art

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Presentation attacks for recognition evasion or impersonation

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10Source: Acuity Market Intelligence - Market Analysis and Forecasts 2016 to 2022

Market expectations

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• The technology around many traits reached a good degree of maturity especially for the fingerprint verification technology

• Strong protection infrastructure against fraudulent attempts• Biometric technologies exposed to presentation attacks• Promising expectations from the biometric market• More biometrics in our future

To be continued…