Threats to biometric systems and the threats they can cause

Abstract

There is a great interest in use of biometric identification systems in wide area of application since they have some advantages over other systems for authenticity check. Nevertheless it is necessary to emphasis their limitations regarding security on the occasion of different sources of attacks. Also it is important to consider possible threats of biometrics systems on the people as result of their implementation, especially it is necessary to notice the endanger of privacy aspect in inadequate use of biometric systems.

Postoji veliki interes za korišćenje biometrike u širokom spektru aplikacija za identifikaciju zbog toga što oni imaju niz prednosti u odnosu na druge sisteme za proveru autentičnosti. Međutim sa aspekta sigurnosti nužno je ukazati na mogućnosti biometrijskih sistema i odrediti stepen njihove ugroženosti od različitih vrsta napada. Takođe je potrebno razmotriti moguće pretnje i neželjene posledice upotrebe biometrijskih sistema uz poseban naglasak na problem ugrožavanja privatnosti pri neodgovarajućem korišćenju ovih sistema.