Biometrics are even less accurate than we thought
Biometrics is supposed to be one of the underpinnings of a modern authentication system. But many biometric implementations (whether that be fingerprint scanes or face recognition) can be wildly inaccurate, and the only universally positive thing to say about them is they’re better than nothing.
There are a variety of practical reasons biometrics don’t work well in the real world. Roger Grimes, a defense evangelist at KnowBe4, explains that any biometric vendor or algorithm creator can submit their algorithm for review to NIST. NIST accuracy goals depend on the review and scenario being tested, but NIST is looking for an accuracy goal around 1:100,000, meaning one error per 100,000 tests. “So far, none of the submitted candidates come anywhere close,” says Grimes.
Source: Biometrics are even less accurate than we thought | Computerworld
