Applied Biometric Technologies. 3 credits

Catalog description

The need for accurate automatic human identification has been increasing as people are becoming more electronically connected. Thus, the use of biometrics has spread rapidly. Identity is very valuable and the ability to establish identity is critical to many transactions. Biometric recognition has been incorporated in several high security applications such as protection of critical resources, fraud prevention and border control. This course concentrates on advantages that biometrics brings to computer security as well as on current challenging issues such as security strength, recognition rates, and privacy. Offered by Info Sciences & Technology . May not be repeated for credit.