According to the November Unisys Security Index performed by Newspoll, Australians are welcoming the idea of adopting biometrics in their country for the purpose of protecting sensitive data such as credit and debit card numbers, according to a CRN Australia article.
Despite the conclusion of 70% of respondents being willing to share their biometric data with institutions such as government and banking being rousing good news for the biometrics market in Australia, the poll results were not entirely surprising as a similar poll taken two years prior yielded results saying that Australians were eager to have extra measures in place protecting their personal sensitive data.
One of the larger concerns among the remaining 30% who do not wish to share their biometric information is privacy and security of their information as, unlike a PIN number or password, it cannot be changed. To combat this potential issue, however, IBM has created a safer process for which a system can store and authenticate without worry of stolen information or images being able to be used in to defraud the owner.
The process, called cancelable biometrics, involves randomly filtering or distorting all sample images so that if the system is compromised a genuine image of a user’s biometric sample is not gained. Further, if the system is compromised, the system administrator need only have original images distorted again.
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