TR2007-005

Using Distributed Source Coding to Secure Fingerprint Biometrics

    •  Draper, S.C., Khisti, A., Martinian, E., Vetro, A., Yedidia, J.S., "Using Distributed Source Coding to Secure Fingerprint Biometrics", IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), April 2007, vol. 2, pp. 129-132.
      BibTeX TR2007-005 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Draper2007apr,
      • author = {Draper, S.C. and Khisti, A. and Martinian, E. and Vetro, A. and Yedidia, J.S.},
      • title = {Using Distributed Source Coding to Secure Fingerprint Biometrics},
      • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP)},
      • year = 2007,
      • volume = 2,
      • pages = {129--132},
      • month = apr,
      • issn = {1520-6149},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2007-005}
      • }
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    Information Security

Abstract:

We describe a method to encode fingerprint biometrics securely for use, e.g., in encryption or access control. The system is secure because the stored data does not suffice to recreate the original fingerprint biometric. Therefore, a breach in database security does not lead to the loss of biometric data. At the same time the stored data suffices to validate a probe fingerprint. Our approach is based on the use of distributed source coding techniques implemented with graph-based codes. We present a statistical model of the relationship between the enrollment biometric and the (noisy) biometric measurement taking during authentication. We describe how to validate or reject a candidate biometric probe given the probe and the stored encoded data. We report the effectiveness of our method as tested on a database consisting of 579 data sets, each containing roughly 15 measurements of a single finger. We thereby demonstrate a working secure biometric system for fingerprints.

 

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