Chapter 5, Problem 4CTQ

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Use of biometric devices in protection of data and equipment:

Biometric devices use unique characteristics of personnel, such as fingerprint patterns, or voice pattern, or retina pattern of the eye.

With biometric devices, it can be exceptionally difficult for illicit personnel to break into a system...

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Fingerprint readers:

Product:

• The product taken into consideration is the Universal Serial Bus (USB) finger print reader.
• A USB fingerprint reader is a type of biometric technology that can identify and authenticate the fingerprints of a person in order to deny or grant access to a physical facility or a system.
• The device can utilize the combination of software and hardware techniques for identifying the fingerprint scans of personnel.

Cost:

• The USB fingerprint reader is one of the cheapest biometric devices available in the market.
• The cost of a fingerprint scanner would be around 50 dollars.

User reviews:

• Accuracy of this biometric type is medium.
• Stability of the fingerprint reader is low.
• Security level of the fingerprint reader is low.

Face recognition systems:

Product:

• The product taken into consideration is the face recognition USB camera.
• Face recognition USB camera is a type of biometric device that can map a person’s facial features mathematically and can store the information as a face print.
• The device utilizes deep learning algorithm for comparing a digital image or live capture to the stored face print in order to verify a person’s identity...

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Recommendations:

“Yes”, the user would recommend biometric device for security purposes would be fingerprint recognition system...