...cheaper and easy to implement compared to other biometrics technology. The fingerprint only authenticates the validated student. SAS with the fingerprint features can make the system secure because no student can record their attendance except to be authenticated by the system. Besides provides security, this new system provides efficiency to both lecturers and students. SAS focused on the developing system using SDLC as the methodology. This system using personal computer that is run under Windows platform and develop using VB, PHP and MySQL. This system uses the questionnaire method in order to analyze the user acceptance among respondents. In conclusion, this is important to provide the reliable and efficient record. 1.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter will focus on background of this project, problem of the manual system, the objectives, scope and significance of the project. 1.2 BACKGROUND Biometrics refers to the automatic identification of a person based on his or her physiological or behavioral characteristics. It includes fingerprint, iris, facial and retinal. Biometrics technologies are becoming the foundation of an extensive array of highly secure identification and personal verification solutions. Today, biometric is being spotlighted as the authentication method because of the need for reliable security. Fingerprint authentication has been in use for the longest time and bears more advantages than other biometrics. It has been verified through various applications...
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...the near future. It has been called ''biometrics". The pioneers of this new domain intend to construct devices which would allow identification of a person on the basis of his or her ''biological'' characteristics which is voice, movements, features of face and other parts of the body, retina or iris pattern. Nature has made human beings with different characteristics which may vary from one person to another. This property is made use of by Biometric technology to distinctly identify each person. This paper gives an overview of key biometric technologies and basic technique involved. The various opportunities for biometrics are mentioned, followed by the the benefits of the biometric and identification, the actual issue or current potential problems and abuses, and appropriate guidelines of identification and biometrics technology. Introduction Biometric technology involves effective methods of individual identification/authentication through its recognition of unique physiological characteristics. Although still a developing technology which contains deficiencies, it is generally considered to be a highly accurate and widely applicable security measure. However, growing public awareness of this technology has been accompanied by increasing concerns about ethical issues associated with its use. Biometric Systems Biometrics are automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavior characteristics. Biometrics technologies are becoming the foundation...
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...A FINGERPRINT BASED BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR TIME AND ATTENDANCE MANAGEMENT ABSTRACT This project is about designing a system that automates the whole process of taking attendance and maintaining its records in an academic institute. Managing people is a difficult task for most of the organizations, and maintaining the attendance record is an important factor in people management. When considering academic institutes, taking the attendance of students on daily basis and maintaining the records is a major task. Manually taking the attendance and maintaining it for a long time adds to the difficulty of this task as well as wastes a lot of time. For this reason an efficient system is designed. This system takes attendance electronically with the help of a fingerprint sensor and all the records are saved on a computer server. In order to mark the attendance, student/staff has to place his/her finger on the fingerprint sensor. On identification student’s attendance record is updated in the database and he/she is notified through a screen. . TABLE OF CONTENTS Certification Acknowledgement Abstract Table of Contents List of Figures Chapter One Introduction Chapter Two Literature Review Chapter Three Methodology Chapter Four System Design Chapter Five Implementation Chapter Six Conclusion and Recommendation LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter focuses on the background of the project, the objectives, scope and...
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...BIOMETRICS BY: WILLIAM C. NEWTON SECR 5080 INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. TITLE PAGE………………………………………………………………………1 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………………….2 3. ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………..3 4. HISTORY…………………………………………………………………………..4 5. TYPES OF BIOMETRICS………………………………………………………….6 6. FACIAL RECOGNITION…………………………………………………………..7 7. RETNA SCANNER………………………………………………………………….8 8. FINGERPRINT……………………………………………………………………….9 9. HANDPRINT…………………………………………………………………………9 10. VOICE AUTHENTICATION………………………………………………………10 11. AUTHENTICATION………………………………………………………………...11 12. SUMMARY…………………………………………………………………………..11 13. REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………..12 ABSTRACT This paper previewed my research of biometrics from the early 500 BCs to the 21st century. Upon understanding some of the biometrics differences and earlier methods used, I think the world is definitely is a better place to live in, as well as a much safer world to be in. One example of how this was used to make the world a better place was where biometrics were used at the NFL Super Bowl game in Tampa, Florida. There are many different types and ways of using biometrics to prevent entry into certain places or even to catch criminals from further causing damage in society. Biometrics is the overall study of measurable characteristics, specifically in computer security biometrics refers to the different authentication techniques that rely on measurable physical characteristics...
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...Title: STUDENT’S ATTENDANCE SYSTEM USING FINGERPRINT TECHNOLOGY by FARAHANUM BT MASRUNI (2004219959) FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECNOLOGY AND QUANTITATIVE SCIENCES BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Hons) IN DATA COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING Approved by the examining committee: ……………………………….. ( En. Syamsul Ariffin b Yahaya ) Project Supervisor ……………………………….. ( En. Farok b Azmat ) Project Examiner MARA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SHAH ALAM MAY 2006 CERTIFICATION OF ORIGINALITY This is to certify that I responsible for the work submitted in this project that the original work is my own except as specified in the reference and acknowledgement and that the original work contain here in have not been taken or done by unspecified sources or persons. ……………………………………….. Farahanum bt Masruni 2004219959 ii COPYRIGHT © UiTM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Alhamdulillah, praise to Allah s.w.t, the most gracious and merciful for giving me the strength and wisdom in finishing this research. At last after a period of time, I have completed my final year project. For this golden opportunity, first and foremost, I would like to express my hearties gratitude to my supervisor, Encik Syamsul Ariffin b Yahaya, my examiner, Encik Farok b Azmat and my coordinator, Encik Adzhar b Abd Kadir for their understanding, and professional way s in assisting and giving their encouragement, guidance, comment and ideas that are useful towards in the development of my project paper. Very special thanks also...
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...Biometrics 125 years ago, winter 1879, Paris First agency police prefecture clerk Alphonse Bertillion was sitting in dark cold corner of huge file-cabinet room, where there were stored files on all Parisian criminals. A.Bertillion was entering the criminals’ description. He found out that there is no classification system, since: a) Criminals could easily change their names, and attempts to try different systems (by age, criminal method) end up in failure. Bertillion, son of Lui Bertillion – president of the Anthropological society, came up with an idea to utilize anthropological parameters (height, length and volume of the head, length of the hands, fingers, etc.) to identify personality. This was a break-through in criminalistics. With the development of electronics, Bertillioon’s theory was recalled and scientists realized that human beings have numerous unique characteristics beginning from the iris of the eye to the fingerprints and all these characteristics can be used in personality identification. With the rapid development of computer technologies, the concept of information security is becoming more and more important. Crime scene investigators have been using behavioral and physical characteristics for centuries in order to identify the criminals, nowadays; we have a great need for identification and authorization in information security. Information Security is being understood as a protection of the information and informational infrastructure...
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...Biometric Authentication System for Information Security Objective To explain about biometric system that can be used by the organization. By understand the biometric differences; organization can decide which technique is the most suitable for the business. Methodology The method used to know about biometric is scientific literature which will develop quantitative identification as the measurement for the authentication. Outcome To give better understanding about biometric system, biometric techniques as well as the advantages and disadvantages of biometric use in organization. Conclusion Organization can understand better value of biometric system and what is needed to implement the biometric system into the company. Keywords Biometrics CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Since January 2008, the technology had developed rapidly causing the world advancing towards a new era. A survey on 2008 had estimated about 541.7 million computers are connected in more than 250 countries on every continent even Antarctica. The internet is not a single network but it is a worldwide network that connected every individual computer hosts to network connection, in a variety ways. Thus, individuals and organizations can reach the internet without regard to national or geographic boundaries or time of day. However, along with the advantages and easy access to get information, there are also many risks such as the valuable information will be lost, stolen, changed or misused...
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...Biometrics is a tool used to identify and reliably confirm an individual’s identity on the basis of physiological or behavioral characteristics (or a combination of both), which are unique for a specific human being (Future of Identity in the Information Society [FIDIS], 2009). Such characteristics are facial image, fingerprints, hand geometry,thestructureoftheretinaoriris,DNA,gait,heartpulse,voice,andothers. Biometric recognition offers many advantages over the traditional personal identi- fication number or password and token-based (e.g., ID cards) approaches. Because a biometric is tightly linked to an individual and it is difficult to duplicate a biometric trait, it can prevent identity theft and rule out the use of several identities by a single individual. It is also more convenient than passwords or personal identification number (PIN) codes because the characteristics cannot be forgotten and are always at hand (Dass & Jain, 2007). For these reasons, biometric systems are being used by governments and private companies in very diverse settings: social security entitle- ment, border control, health systems, banking, election management, insurance, and commerce. The use of biometric characteristics for the identification of people and things is not new. Archaeological evidence from China has established that fingerprinting was a common method since at least the Qin dynasty, around the third century BC. Tablets have been discovered where impressions of fingerprints are displayed alongside...
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...| Biometric Identification Technology | | By Group C: | HUMN432 | 6/10/2012 | | Table of Contents Introduction History of Biometric Identification Biometric Identification Advancement Timeline * Types of Biometric Identification Technologies and How They Work Benefits of Biometric Identification Technology How and Where Biometry is Used In the USA Controversial Issues and Legalities of Biometric Identification Conclusion Bibliography Introduction Biometric Identification Technology is the world-wide used computer science that identifies humans based on physiological and behavioral traits for access control and security. The computer processing idea has been around for hundreds of years but the equipment has only been available for the past several decades evolving to become better with each step. The need for a formal system to record and identify first-time and repeated offenders in the 1800s led the known Bertillon to develop anthropometrics to identify individuals. This advancement was later linked with computer systems to create a true biometric system identifier. The several types of biometric identifiers, later discussed, have evolved from a mere idea to an implemented security system used in airports, government programs, and even small businesses. The technology is used globally from the US to the UK, India, Germany, and many more. Its long history has created responsiveness and allowed countries to embrace the welfares of such a...
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...“Biometric attendance in the workplace is a threat to privacy”. How far do you agree? (30 marks) Ref - http://www.biometrics.org/html/introduction.html Biometrics are automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Among the features measured are; face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, iris, retinal, vein, and voice. Biometric technologies are becoming the foundation of an extensive array of highly secure identification and personal verification solutions. As the level of security breaches and transaction fraud increases, the need for highly secure identification and personal verification technologies is becoming apparent. Biometric-based solutions are able to provide for confidential financial transactions and personal data privacy. The need for biometrics can be found in federal, state and local governments, in the military, and in commercial applications. Enterprise-wide network security infrastructures, government IDs, secure electronic banking, investing and other financial transactions, retail sales, law enforcement, and health and social services are already benefiting from these technologies. Biometric-based authentication applications include workstation, network, and domain access, single sign-on, application logon, data protection, remote access to resources, transaction security and Web security. Trust in these electronic transactions is essential to the healthy growth of the global economy...
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...Advanced Clinical Trials Portfolio By Indian CRO’s The field of biometrics studies and analysis can be described as a set of technologies and methods that are used to recognize humans, depending on a certain set of traits. Biometrics traits can be divided into two principal groups. First, the physiological traits that are associated with the body shape, where we can include face recognition, palm print, fingerprint, iris recognition, DNA, hand geometry and many more. Second, the behavioral traits that are related to an individual’s behavior, such as typing speed and style, walking gait, voice quality and many more. Clinical research organizations (CRO) in India today offer a complete range of data management services in bio-equivalence along with Phase I-IV clinical trials. The objective is to convert raw data into accurate, inconsistent and dependable trial output staying in compliance with regulatory services. The CRO’s have the ability to manage multi-centric studies for global and domestic needs in various therapeutic areas. The Biometric services provided by them are used by several biotechnology, device, and pharmaceutical and other medical research organization. Indian CRO’s (Clinical Research Organizations) that conduct various clinical trial have their own dedicated Biometrics teams capable of helping clients at multiple levels of the trails and medical studies. They assist the clients with their advanced technologies and skill to come up with study designs, analysis...
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...enterprises are run to make profit for a private individual or group of individuals. This includes small business while social enterprise functions to provide services to individuals and groups in the community. These shows that an enterprise security service is a form of protecting the services or the product of individuals and groups in the community from harm (preventing unauthorized users from gaining access). Enterprise now uses Biometric, Encryption and some others forms of security to form the backbone of its services. The term "biometrics" is derived from the Greek words bio (life) and metric (to measure). Biometrics refers to the automatic identification of a person based on his/her physiological or behavioral characteristics. This method of identification is preferred over traditional methods involving passwords and PIN numbers for its accuracy and case sensitiveness. A biometric system is essentially a pattern recognition system which makes a personal identification by determining the authenticity of a specific physiological or behavioral characteristic...
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...Biometrics Technology Biometrics Technology Biometrics technology is an authentication method used for measuring a person’s unique physical or behavioral characteristics. When referring to biometrics in information technology, characteristics like fingerprints, DNA, eye retinas and irises, voice pattern, facial patterns, and hand measurements are all used for authentication purposes. Biometric science did not originate at one single place as people all over the world have been using it for identifying individuals from each other. The history of biometrics dates back to as early as the 14th century in the form of fingerprinting by China. This was reported by explorer Joao de Barros who wrote that the Chinese merchants were stamping children’s palm prints and footprints on paper with ink so young children could be identified from one another. This primitive form of biometrics is still being used today. Biometrics was used in the 1800 in for form of photographic memory. It wasn’t until the 1890’s that an anthropologist and police desk clerk in Paris, Alphonse Bertillon, created a field of study to find a way to identify convicted criminals. Bertillon developed the technique of taking multiple body measurements and was used throughout the world until it was discovered that some people have the same measurements making this technique unusable. After this failed the police went to fingerprinting which was created by Richard Edward Henry of Scotland Yard, who just reverted...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Staff attenda nce management of an institution or organization can be very laborious using the conventional method of paper sheets and old file system method. Every corporate organization poses some standards concerning how attendance is to be confirmed for staff in offices. This is to enable the management of the organization identify those staff that are punctual and competent, that is why keeping the accurate record of attendance is very important. Also in institutions, tracking and monitoring staff time of attendance could pose a tedious task, time consuming and as well prone to errors. As an alternative to the traditional manual clocking process by staff in offices, biometrics characteristics can be used for authenticating staff. This research will focus on developing a Fingerprint based Biometric Clocking System. The fingerprint Biometrics is adopted in this research work due to the fact that it is one of the most successful applications of biometric technology. In the manual signing processes, where a sheet of paper is placed at the entrance of the office for staff to write their names and signature as a form of confirming their presence for a particular day in the office, falsification in staff attendance mostly occur. A situation whereby a staff can sign on behalf of his or her colleague as being present in the office when that is not true. This can be so difficult to prevent from happening especially for large...
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...Project: Biometrics and the Future Biometrics and the Future An identity is stolen every second; at least ten were stolen in the time it took to read this sentence (Chaflin, 2005). On a daily basis people all over the world are subject to navigating the ins and outs of life depending on an assortment of cards and passwords that confirms their identity. If they were to lose their bank card an ATM will refuse to give them money. Forget a simple password, and their own computer will not respond to them. By far the worse outcome is to allow their cards or passwords to fall into the wrong hands, and what was intended to be a security measure can become the tool of fraud or identity theft. The time for a more secure form of identification is upon us. A potential solution can be seen in the form of biometric identification. To understand the benefits of biometric identification one must understand the concept of biometrics. By combining the Greek words “bio”, which stands for “life”, and “metrics”, which stands for “measure”, a person can produce the term “biometrics” or “life measurements” (Woodward, 2003). Everyone has at least, once in their lives seen a movie where a villain or hero accesses a secret area by the use of a handprint or voice command. What was considered science fiction many years ago, today biometrics is being used in a variety of ways and the average person may not even be aware of it. To begin to grasp the concept and to truly understand biometrics at the most...
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