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ISO/IEC Biometric Fusion Report Combats Security Concerns

August 16, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) released ISO/IEC TR 24722:2007 - Information technology - Biometrics - Multimodal and other multibiometric fusion, which offers technology solutions that may enable the fusion of multiple biometric indicators, such as face, fingerprint and hand geometry features, to improve multiple evidences of the same identity.

Biometrics uses personal characteristics to identify or verify the identity of users. The performance of a biometric system may be compromised if the biometric trait being sensed or measured is "noisy" (a fingerprint with a scar or a voice altered by a cold, for example), with the resultant matching score computed not reliable.

Experts said this problem can be addressed by installing multiple sensors that capture different biometric traits, known as biometric fusion or multimodal biometric systems.

For example, speech, iris and face recognition coupled with fingerprints and hand geometry samples can be stored on a passport or identity card, with identity verified by matching all samples. The potential benefits of multibiometric solutions extend to both physical access to controlled areas and access to sensitive data.

Using multiple systems from within the same biometric trait, or multiple systems from within different biometric traits, adds a complexity to identification systems that would be hard to reach with a single-based biometric approach. What's more, multibiometric systems are less subject to attacks due to artifacts or mimics by making it difficult for an intruder to spoof multiple biometric traits simultaneously.

"Solutions based on multimodal or multi-biometric fusion represent an emerging trend that for some applications promises to lead to better degrees of technical performance than systems based on a single method," said Fernando Podio, chair of the subcommittee that developed the new technical report.

"This latest ISO/IEC technical report provides an overview of multimodal and other multibiometric systems and gives a reference on multibiometric fusion for developers of standards and implementers of biometric systems that require more than one biometric modality."

ISO/IEC TR 24722:2007 contains descriptions and analyses of current practices on multimodal and other multi-biometric fusions. It also discusses the need for, and possible routes to, standardization to support multi-biometric systems, with a view to increasing interoperability and usability.

Source: International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Selected Biometrics Standards
ANSI INCITS 383
Information Technology - Biometric Profile Interoperability and Data Interchange Biometrics-Based Verification and Identification of Transportation Workers
ANSI INCITS 394
Information Technology - Application Profile for Interoperability, Data Interchange and Data Integrity of Biometric-Based Personal Identification for Border Management
ANSI INCITS 395
Information Technology - Biometric Data Interchange Formats - Signature/Sign Data
ANSI INCITS 398
Information Technology - Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework (CBEFF)
ANSI INCITS 409.1
Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting Part 1: Principles and Framework
ANSI INCITS 409.2
Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting Part 2: Technology Testing and Reporting
ANSI INCITS 409.3
Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting Part 3: Scenario Testing and Reporting
ANSI INCITS 409.4
Information Technology – Biometric Performance Testing and Reporting – Part 4: Operational Testing Methodologies
ANSI X9.84
Biometric Information Management and Security for the Financial Services Industry
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19784-1
Information Technology - Biometric application programming interface Part 1: BioAPI specification
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19785-1
Information Technology - Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework Part 1: Data element specification
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19785-2
Information Technology - Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework Part 2: Procedures for the operation of the Biometric Registration Authority
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19794-1
Information Technology - Biometric data interchange formats Part 1: Framework
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19794-3
Information Technology - Biometric data interchange formats Part 3: Finger pattern spectral data
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19794-4
Information Technology - Biometric data interchange formats Part 4: Finger image data
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19794-5
Information Technology - Biometric data interchange formats Part 5: Face image data
BSI BS ISO/IEC 19794-6
Information Technology - Biometric data interchange formats Part 6: Iris image data
CSA ISO/IEC 7816-11-05
Identification cards Integrated circuit cards Part 11: Personal verification through biometric methods-ISO/IEC 7816-11: 2004
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