Biometrics

This text offers a comprehensive tutorial on the four categories of authentication: something you know (PINs), something you have (tokens), something you do (signature) and something you are (fingerprint).

Part I Authentication and Biometrics Overview
Chapter 1 How Authentication Technologies Work	p. 3
Chapter 2 How Biometrics Work	p. 25
Part II Types of Biometrics
Chapter 3 Fingerprint and Hand Geometry	p. 45
Chapter 4 Facial and Voice Recognition	p. 71
Chapter 5 Eye Biometrics: Iris and Retina Scanning	p. 89
Chapter 6 Signature Recognition and Keystroke Dynamics	p. 101
Chapter 7 Esoteric Biometrics	p. 115
Part III Issues Involving Biometrics
Chapter 8 Biometric Liveness Testing	p. 139
Chapter 9 Biometrics in Large-Scale Systems	p. 151
Chapter 10 Biometric Standards	p. 167
Chapter 11 Biometric Testing and Evaluation	p. 183
Part IV Privacy, Policy, and Legal Concerns Raised by Biometrics
Chapter 12 Biometrics and Privacy	p. 197
Chapter 13 Legal Considerations of Government Use of Biometrics	p. 217
Chapter 14 Case Study: Super Bowl Surveillance	p. 247
Chapter 15 The Law and Private-Sector Use of Biometrics	p. 259
Part V Review of Selected Biometrics Programs
Chapter 16 Government and Military Programs	p. 283
Chapter 17 Searching the FBI's Civil Files: Public Safety v. Civil Liberty	p. 307
Chapter 18 Private-Sector Programs	p. 329
Chapter 19 Biometrics and the Feasibility of a National ID Card	p. 353
Part VI Appendixes
A Resources	p. 381
B Publicly Held Companies Offering Biometric Services	p. 403
Index	p. 407

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