Biometrics: A tool for information security

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-143

  Jain, Anil K ^a,b,e,f,g,h   Ross, Arun ^a,c   Pankanti, Sharath ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c West Virginia University   (United States)

^d IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ACM   (United States)

^g SPIE ^*  (United States)

^h IAPR (International Association of Pattern Recognition)   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Cryptosystems; Digital rights management; Grand challenge; Information security; Multibiometrics

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS; DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT; GRAND CHALLENGE; MULTIBIOMETRICS;

CRYPTOGRAPHY; DRIVER LICENSING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 33744779400     PISSN: 15566013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIFS.2006.873653     Document Type: Article

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