Biometrics: Identity Verification in a Networked World

✍ Scribed by Samir Nanavati, Michael Thieme, Raj Nanavati

• Book ID: 127452318
• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 2 MB
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library
• ISBN-13: 9780471099451

✦ Synopsis

Biometrics technologies verify identity through characteristics such as fingerprints, voices, and faces. By providing increased security and convenience, biometrics have begun to see widespread deployment in network, e-commerce, and retail applications. This book provides in-depth analysis of biometrics as a solution for authenticating employees and customers. Leading authority, Samir Nanavati explores privacy, security, accuracy, system design, user perceptions, and lessons learned in biometric deployments. He also assesses the real-world strengths and weaknesses of leading biometric technologies: finger-scan, iris-scan, facial-scan, voice-scan, and signature-scan. This accessible book is a necessary step in understanding and implementing biometrics.