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CY-503 (A) · Biometric Techniques for Security/Official Syllabus

Biometric Techniques for Security (CY-503 (A)) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Biometrics- Introduction

  • Biometrics- Introduction
  • benefits of biometrics over traditional authentication systems
  • benefits of biometrics in identification systems
  • selecting a biometric for a system
  • Applications
  • Key biometric terms and processes
  • biometric matching methods
  • Accuracy in biometric systems
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Unit 2

Physiological Biometric Technologies

  • Physiological Biometric Technologies: Fingerprints - Technical description
  • characteristics
  • Competing technologies
  • strengths
  • weaknesses
  • deployment
  • Facial scan - Technical description
  • characteristics
  • weaknesses-deployment
  • Iris scan - Technical description
  • characteristics
  • strengths
  • weaknesses
  • deployment
  • Retina vascular pattern
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Unit 3

Hand scan and Behavioral Biometric Technologies

  • Technical description
  • characteristics
  • strengths
  • weaknesses
  • deployment
  • Hand scan - Technical description
  • characteristics
  • strengths
  • weaknesses deployment
  • DNA biometrics
  • Behavioral Biometric Technologies: Handprint Biometrics
  • DNA Biometrics
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Unit 4

signature and handwriting technology

  • signature and handwriting technology - Technical description
  • classification
  • keyboard / keystroke dynamics
  • Voice – data acquisition
  • feature extraction
  • characteristics
  • strengths
  • weaknesses-deployment
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Unit 5

Multi biometrics and multi factor biometrics

  • Multi biometrics and multi factor biometrics
  • two-factor authentication with passwords
  • tickets and tokens
  • executive decision
  • implementation plan

Reference Books

  • Biometrics for Network Security — John Berger — Prentice Hall — 1st Edition
  • Biometrics -Identity verification in a network — Samir Nanavathi, Michel Thieme, Raj Nanavathi — Wiley Eastern — 1st Edition
  • Implementing Biometric Security — John Chirillo, Scott Blaul — Wiley Eastern Publication — 1st Edition
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