The Importance Of Biometrics In 21st Century Cyber Security

The invention of biometrics has revolutionized 21st century cyber security like never before and has become an integral part of modern society. Biometrics recognizes an individual’s physical and behavioral characteristics through fingerprint scanning, handprint scanning, voice recognition, etc. However, the problem with biometrics is often times its reliability can be questionable. This issue comes with plenty of symptoms because it can be unreliable in a variety of ways. Previous attempts in finding solutions fail to recognize the replication of data is possible. By solving this problem, security can be ensured more than it is now. Therefore, the advancement of biometrics can only be beneficial. Action does not have to be taken immediately,

According to the Biometric News Portal, “if the biometric data are compromised, the user may quickly run out of biometric features to be used for authentication.” In other words, you only have a limited number of body parts that you can use for biometric security. If someone were to get ahold of that, the database will not be able to detect identity theft, so whatever is being protected will be accessible. Physical changes such as getting blisters or major changes like losing body parts due to amputation or sickness also contribute to its unreliability and complicate the recognition process. When there are technical difficulties in the database, they are often hard to fix. Recognition errors exist because some computers make approximations to match someone in the verification process. Other minor obstacles include background noise, dirt or sand on your hands, etc. When government surveillance cameras start including facial recognition, they can easily track anyone. Additionally, an article from Scientific American on biometric security states, “Currently if someone commits a crime, cops can go back and review sections of video. Equip the system with facial-recognition technology, however, and the people behind the controls can actively track you throughout your daily

With all the research put into improving it this will only improve. If we incorporate a certain pattern to go with the biometrics, then that is one more security measure being added. The individual would have a password in their head and a pattern that can only be done with something that they have on their body. This would mean the technology would scan something like their hand print, scan for their blood cells or pulse, and afterwards read a certain pattern that they set to confirm that it is them. We believe adding this pattern would be very simple to create and these patterns can be whatever anyone wants. Sure, biometrics already have keystroke patterns that have to do with your behavior (this is called keystroke dynamic), but what about a pattern that involves you tapping the scanner a certain way or with a certain set of fingers? This would not be too pricey considering it would just be a simple update instead of creating a completely new system. What biometrics would usually do is save key points of a pattern. All the system would need to do is save multiple key points in the order of that pattern. For example, they can first have an image of a whole hand along with the vascular patterns, then one of an index finger, then the middle, etc. The technological advancement of pre-existing systems and databases may not be perfect at first, but it can drastically change the