Biometric-Based User Authentication

Rapid adoption of mobile platforms such as smartphones and tablet computers has increased the range of applications and data on mobile devices. The use of these devices to communicate sensitive or confidential data requires, among other things, strong front-end user authentication procedures and/or protocols to protect the sensitive or confidential data, the devices themselves, and the integrity of networks carrying such data. Traditional methods of front-end user authentication such as typed-in password or graph-match patterns on the screen can be stolen or obtained by coercion.