Biometrics

Something I have: the card. Something I know: my PIN. Something I am: my biometric. MULTOS protects identities by storing and matching biometric images and templates on card, and is deployed in some of the world's most advanced biometric border control, eCitizen, biometric banking and military ID projects, including Hong Kong Smart ID card and ePassport, Major Middle Eastern National ID card project, finger vein matching for cash withdrawals at ATMs in Japan, and access control on Turkish Military bases.

Implementing Biometric applications on MULTOS.

Match On Reader:

Images or templates of any biometric technology can be stored on a MULTOS chip: Face, fingerprint, finger vein, palm print, palm vein, iris, voice pattern, DNA profile. In this case, the cardholder's biometric data is passed by the card to a reading and scanning device, which matches the cardholder's biometric in the device. Biometrics combined with smart cards are preferable to database matching systems, as they protect privacy - allowing only a one to one match rather than one to many, and can function "off line", without the need to connect a reader to a network.

Match On Card:

MULTOS provides an Application programming Interface (API) for smart card programmers to express their biometric matching algorithm in software that can be installed into the MULTOS chip. Instead of the biometric match taking place off card in a reader, the match can now be performed inside the highly secure confines of the MULTOS smart card. From a privacy perspective, on card matching is preferable, as the biometric data of the user is never exposed by the card.

Issue biometric MULTOS cards:

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