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Fingerprint template protection scheme based on partial minutiae patterns: a comprehensive non-invertibility analysis

Fingerprint template protection scheme based on partial minutiae patterns: a comprehensive... A crucial property of an effective fingerprint template protection scheme is non-invertibility, which ensures that the original fingerprint template cannot be recovered from its secured counterpart. Since it is extremely difficult to design a function that achieves a high degree of non-invertibility, it is unsafe to use an entire fingerprint template as the input to any such function. Most existing fingerprint template protection mechanisms, however, do exactly this. One scheme that stands apart from the rest, in that its protected template originates from only a small portion of the minutiae template, is a new fingerprint construct based on partial minutiae patterns. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the non-invertibility of this scheme. It is found that the new fingerprint construct has extremely strong non-invertibility and good resistance to a Record Multiplicity Attack in practice. We also propose a modification to improve the method's resistance to this type of attack. Keywords: biometrics; fingerprints; minutiae; minutiae template; fingerprint template protection; non-invertibility; cancellable biometrics; compact minutiae pattern; partial minutiae pattern; Record Multiplicity Attack; ARM. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Krivokua, V. and Abdulla, W. (2015) `Fingerprint template protection scheme based on partial minutiae patterns: a comprehensive http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Biometrics Inderscience Publishers

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Publisher
Inderscience Publishers
Copyright
Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
ISSN
1755-8301
eISSN
1755-831X
DOI
10.1504/IJBM.2015.076136
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Abstract

A crucial property of an effective fingerprint template protection scheme is non-invertibility, which ensures that the original fingerprint template cannot be recovered from its secured counterpart. Since it is extremely difficult to design a function that achieves a high degree of non-invertibility, it is unsafe to use an entire fingerprint template as the input to any such function. Most existing fingerprint template protection mechanisms, however, do exactly this. One scheme that stands apart from the rest, in that its protected template originates from only a small portion of the minutiae template, is a new fingerprint construct based on partial minutiae patterns. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the non-invertibility of this scheme. It is found that the new fingerprint construct has extremely strong non-invertibility and good resistance to a Record Multiplicity Attack in practice. We also propose a modification to improve the method's resistance to this type of attack. Keywords: biometrics; fingerprints; minutiae; minutiae template; fingerprint template protection; non-invertibility; cancellable biometrics; compact minutiae pattern; partial minutiae pattern; Record Multiplicity Attack; ARM. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Krivokua, V. and Abdulla, W. (2015) `Fingerprint template protection scheme based on partial minutiae patterns: a comprehensive

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International Journal of BiometricsInderscience Publishers

Published: Jan 1, 2015

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