TY - GEN
T1 - Anonymous biometric access control based on homomorphic encryption
AU - Luo, Ying
AU - Cheung, Sen Ching S.
AU - Ye, Shuiming
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In this paper, we consider the problem of incorporating privacy protection in a biometric access control system. An Anonymous Biometric Access Control (ABAC) system is proposed to verify the membership status of a user using biometric signals without knowing his or her true identity. This system is useful in protecting the privacy of authorized users while keeping out potential imposters and attackers. In our proposed system, we employ homomorphic encryption to protect the probe biometric and propose a Secure Similarity Search (SSS) algorithm to authenticate the probe in an anonymous way. We demonstrate our proposed system using a gallery of iris biometrics and show the efficiency of the implemented anonymous biometric matching performed in encrypted domain.
AB - In this paper, we consider the problem of incorporating privacy protection in a biometric access control system. An Anonymous Biometric Access Control (ABAC) system is proposed to verify the membership status of a user using biometric signals without knowing his or her true identity. This system is useful in protecting the privacy of authorized users while keeping out potential imposters and attackers. In our proposed system, we employ homomorphic encryption to protect the probe biometric and propose a Secure Similarity Search (SSS) algorithm to authenticate the probe in an anonymous way. We demonstrate our proposed system using a gallery of iris biometrics and show the efficiency of the implemented anonymous biometric matching performed in encrypted domain.
KW - Anonymity
KW - Biometric access control
KW - Homomorphic encryption
KW - Privacy protection
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U2 - 10.1109/ICME.2009.5202677
DO - 10.1109/ICME.2009.5202677
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70449561426
SN - 9781424442911
T3 - Proceedings - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2009
SP - 1046
EP - 1049
BT - Proceedings - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2009
T2 - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2009
Y2 - 28 June 2009 through 3 July 2009
ER -