Showing posts with label Fingerprint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fingerprint. Show all posts

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Challenges of Fingerprint Scanning

!±8± Challenges of Fingerprint Scanning

Biometric scanning has been included in the list of modern technologies incorporated in various applications, mainly providing reliable security features for personal computer or workstation security, businesses, enterprises, medical information systems and other password-based applications. This technology mainly involve the process of reading and identifying a physical attribute like iris, face, voice and fingerprint to recognize one's account or identity. With more and more companies realizing the effectiveness of this security system, various biometric authentication applications have been adopted. Of the many options for biometric based security, fingerprint scanning systems and more widely used.

Fingerprint scanning has somewhat relieved people from the need to memorize multiple security codes and passwords or deal with the fuss of carrying smart cards or buying tokens to access to various entry points. While it presented a reliable, accurate and more feasible means of heightening the security features of organizations and huge corporations. The technology has established another layer of network security for building and company administrators, providing remote monitoring of all the passageways and entries of their facilities.

Fingerprint scanners match and verify identity using fingerprint images. However, the quality of the fingerprint obtained may be compromised by a number of factors. For instance, the oil in the surfaces of human skin helps is helpful in producing quality specimens or fingerprint images. However, climate changes such as cold and winter months might cause problem with the quality of obtained prints. In absence of the oil on the skin, people may have to press harder on the scanning machine to obtain quality and identifiable prints.

On the other hand, the constant and continuous use of scanners might also present a problem. Depending on the quality of the scanners, they may be subject to wear and tear. This presents a serious problem since worn machines are subject to inconsistencies. The complex algorithm involved in fingerprint scanning and identity verification can solve this problems since is designed to deal with inconsistencies. With security systems using two or more factors for security authentication, worn fingerprint scanners may not compromise the reliability of the security system used.

Just like other machines, fingerprint scanners may also be subject to damage. A fingerprint reader that fails to recognize you can cause quite a hassle. In this light, fingerprint sensors are incorporated to provide better scanning quality, reading fingerprint patterns right from the dermis instead on relying on the prints left on the smooth surface of the scanner. Some scanners even include pulse and heat sensors for heightened security measures. This kind of systems is used in controlled and limiting the access on company owned laboratories as well as access to classified information.

Since fingerprint scanning has various operating challenges, it is a good idea for security system to incorporate this form of biometric analysis with other security authentication means like conventional means of identification like passwords or PIN codes.

However, while more and more companies jump into the bandwagon of installing fingerprint scanners, this form of security system comes with several challenges. The first challenge would be the cost. Implementing fingerprint as well as other biometric security features is still expensive. This explains why some companies still use ID badges, waiting until fingerprint scanners become more feasible for the company to adopt.


Challenges of Fingerprint Scanning

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Monday, October 31, 2011

How a Fingerprint Reader Works

!±8± How a Fingerprint Reader Works

Has this ever happened to you? You haven't been to a website in a few weeks and you just can't remember the password and now you have to go back through your email and fish it out. Or, do you do this major no no of security? Use the same username and password for every website and application you can.

It's time you tried a password storing finger print reader. Basically all consumer finger print readers work the same; you install the software and connect the fingerprint device. You then install the fingerprint reader into an available USB port, scan your finger (usually the right index finger), and now as you surf the web the software will ask you if you want to store the user id and password associated with that site.

Now the fun part, once you visit that site again in the future all you need to do is place your finger on the reader and it fills in those pesky user id and password fields for you. No need to ever forget or use the same password again.

So how does this all work?

Before we start it's good to know that this technology exists because we all have our own uniquely identifiable piece of information, our finger prints. While our forerunners did not develop this adaptation for password protection, more for gripping and holding, it's a nice side effect. Since each set of fingerprints in developed in its own way through thousands if not millions of environmental factors there is almost no chance that anyone has, has ever had or will ever had the same fingerprint as you; even if you are an identical twin.

So now the fingerprint reader just has to scan your finger and make sure all the ridges match, sounds easy right? Well, it does take a quite of bit of technology to actually make it work. First the scanner uses either an optical or capacitance scanner to take a "picture" of your finger using either light or electricity respectably.

They then "read" if what it's looking at is a ridge or valley and uses your computers processing power to compare the captured fingerprint with the fingerprints on file, from setup, in your system. They do this by using very complex algorithms and focusing in on the very fine parts of your actual fingerprint and comparing specific features called minutiae.

The scanner doesn't take your whole fingerprint into account when making a match; it just has to find some parts that match both the minutiae and the record of your print on file. Once the threshold of matches is reached voila you have access to that password protected page you wanted and you didn't even have to think about it.


How a Fingerprint Reader Works

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