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| Emerging Biometric Technology |
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| What do you get when you cross biology statistical analysis, computer science and engineering? You get biometrics, the use of a distinctive and relatively stable physical or behavioural characteristic of a person for purpose of recognition. |
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| In the last few years, biometrics has become the new growth market in security. However, most of the biometric security systems available today focus only on a limited range of what are considered to be “mainstream” biometrics, such as fingerprint, iris, face, hand, voice and signature recognition systems. In fact, such mainstream systems represent only the tip of the iceberg with regards to possible biometric identification techniques. |
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| There is a plethora of alternative biometrics technologies currently being developed, some of which are complementary (assisting an existing biometric system, such as skin type recognition for facial recognition), while others are essentially
orthogonal - providing additional biometric checks leading to improved resistance to attack (such as pulse recognition). There are even a few that propose using exotic new sensor types for recognition such as brain wave detection. |
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| The esoteric biometric system referred to in this article is related to the biometric type, although not by means of capture. Fingerprint capture can, for instance, be achieved in several different ways, many of them quite niche, including ultrasonic
Dr Ted Dunstone reading and special light emitting polymers. |
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| These capture systems, however, still use the same or similar fingerprint information as the more common optical or capacitance readers and as such are not ‘esoteric’. |
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| True esoteric biometrics provides several useful benefits when combined with the mainstream biometric identification techniques. The additional information gathered by the newer esoteric biometrics can help ensure inclusiveness for those
people who are unable, or find it difficult, to use one or more of the traditional biometric identifiers. These newer esoteric systems also improve the security and accuracy of the traditional identifiers. |
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| Source: Security Solutions Magazine - Issue 31 |
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