Glossary
A
- Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS)
- System for large-scale biometric matching and identification using algorithms an...
B
- Biometric Matching
- Comparing a biometric sample against stored templates to verify or identify an i...
- Biometric Spoofing
- Attempt to deceive a biometric system by presenting artificial traits like masks...
- Biometric Template
- Digital representation of biometric features extracted from a sample for matchin...
C
- Consent
- Voluntary agreement by a person for their personal data to be used for specific ...
D
- Deep Learning
- Subset of machine learning using neural networks with multiple layers to model c...
E
- eIDAS
- EU regulation on electronic identification and trust services for secure electro...
F
- FIDO Alliance
- Industry consortium promoting standards for strong authentication like U2F and F...
G
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- EU regulation enforcing data protection and privacy for individuals within the E...
I
- Identity Proofing
- Process of verifying that a person is who they claim to be, often using ID docum...
M
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- Authentication method requiring two or more verification factors, such as someth...
N
- NIST Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT)
- A series of evaluations by NIST to benchmark face recognition algorithms under c...
P
- Presentation Attack Detection (PAD)
- PAD refers to techniques used to detect artefacts (masks, photos, deepfakes) int...
- Privacy
- The right of individuals to control the collection, use, and disclosure of their...
U
- Universal 2nd Factor (U2F)
- Open authentication standard that adds a second factor using hardware tokens for...