Springer Security and Privacy in Biometrics

This book describes applications from face and fingerprint recognition to biometrics-based electronic documents, discusses ethical implications of biometrics, offers advice on best practices for processing of biometric data in a legal framework and more. Review From the reviews:“This book presents perspectives on the issues of security and privacy in biometrics from international experts. It is meant for students, practitioners, and researchers. … The book will be useful for doctoral students … . I strongly recommend this book for researchers, practitioners, and all those interested in biometrics.” (S. V. Nagaraj, Computing Reviews, January, 2014) From the Back Cover Biometrics-based recognition systems offer many benefits over traditional authentication approaches. However, such systems raise new challenges related to personal data protection.This important text/reference presents the latest secure and privacy-compliant techniques in automatic human recognition. Featuring viewpoints from an international selection of experts in the field, the comprehensive coverage spans both theory and practical implementations, taking into consideration all ethical and legal issues. Topics and features:Presents a unique focus on novel approaches and new architectures for unimodal and multimodal template protectionExamines signal processing techniques in the encrypted domain, security and privacy leakage assessment, and aspects of standardizationDescribes real-world applications, from face and fingerprint-based user recognition, to biometrics-based electronic documents, and biometric systems employing smart cardsReviews the ethical implications of the ubiquity of biometrics in everyday life, and its impact on human dignityProvides guidance on best practices for the processing of biometric data within a legal frameworkThis timely and authoritative volume is essential reading for all practitioners and researchers involved in biometrics-based automatic human recognition. Graduate students of computer science and electrical engineering will also find the text to be an invaluable practical reference.Dr. Patrizio Campisi is a Full Professor in the Department of Engineering, Section of Applied Electronics at the University of Roma Tre, Rome, Italy.