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Overview

Accops Biometric Service (ABS) is a Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) system that authenticates users based on their biometric data - Face and Fingerprint.

Biometric Authentication

Current security processes rely on unique biological traits such as facial characteristics and fingerprints to verify a user’s identity. Biometric authentication systems store this data to confirm a user’s identity when accessing an account. Because this data is unique to each user, biometric authentication is generally considered more secure than traditional forms of multi-factor authentication.

The biometric authentication process involves the following stages:

  1. Measurement

  2. Data processing

  3. Pattern matching

  4. Decision making

Measurement involves sensing biometric characteristics. The reference model and each authentication trial must be created. For instance, fingerprint verification involves recording fingerprints through a fingerprint reader. Then, the digital data is processed mathematically. During the authentication process, the device compares the received data to the user model and performs authentication mainly based on a pre-calculated threshold.

ABS provides a secure way of authenticating users in the form of multifactor authentication for:

  1. System access (Windows login)

  2. Critical server access

  3. Critical application access

ABS Components

The following are the main components of ABS:

  1. Accops HyID client that can integrate with a biometric input device

  2. User biometric enrollment portal

  3. Biometric middleware

  4. Biometric backend offering secured storage of biometric data

  5. Authorizer service for issuing safe tokens

Note

  1. ABS can work with the following biometric input devices to collect biometric data:
    • Morphos
    • Mantra
    • GlobalSpace
  2. If an organization requires facial and fingerprint-based biometric MFA, two separate instances must be configured, each handling facial and fingerprint authentication.