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Generating cancelable fingerprint templates.

Nalini K Ratha1, Sharat Chikkerur, Jonathan H Connell

  • 1IBM Research, Hawthorne, NY 10598, USA. ratha@us.ibm.com

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
|February 15, 2007
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Biometric authentication is convenient but risky. This study introduces cancelable biometric identifiers from fingerprints, allowing users to revoke and replace compromised data, ensuring privacy and preventing cross-matching across applications.

Area of Science:

  • Computer Science
  • Information Security
  • Biometrics

Background:

  • Biometric authentication offers usability benefits over traditional methods.
  • Biometric data is permanent, posing privacy risks if compromised or cross-matched across applications.
  • Current systems lack robust mechanisms for managing compromised biometric credentials.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate methods for generating multiple, revocable biometric identifiers from fingerprint images.
  • To address privacy concerns associated with the permanent nature of biometric data.
  • To enable users to replace compromised biometric identifiers without losing authentication capabilities.

Main Methods:

  • Generation of cancelable biometric identifiers using transformation "keys" applied to fingerprint minutiae.

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  • Empirical comparison of transformation algorithms: Cartesian, polar, and surface folding.
  • Non-invertibility testing to ensure original biometric data cannot be recovered from transformed versions.

    • Main Results:

    • Demonstrated successful generation of multiple cancelable fingerprint identifiers.
    • Achieved revocability, allowing compromised identifiers to be cancelled and replaced.
    • Prevented cross-matching of biometric databases by using unique transformed identifiers.
    • Empirically confirmed the non-invertibility of the proposed transformations.

    Conclusions:

    • Feature-level cancelable biometric construction is a practical solution for large-scale deployments.
    • The proposed methods effectively mitigate privacy risks associated with biometric authentication.
    • Revocable biometric systems enhance user privacy and security in biometric applications.