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A Novel Security Architecture for Biometric Templates Using Visual Cryptography and Chaotic Image Encryption

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Eco-friendly Computing and Communication Systems (ICECCS 2012)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 305))

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Protection of biometric data and templatesis a crucial issue for the security of biometric systems This paper proposes new security architecture for biometric templates using visual cryptography and chaotic image encryption. The use of visual cryptography is explored to preserve the privacy of biometric image by decomposing the original image into two images (known as sheets) such that the original image can be revealed only when both images are simultaneously available; the individual sheet images do not reveal the identity of the original image. The algorithm ensures protection as well as privacy for image using a fast encryption algorithm based on chaotic encryption. Chaos based cryptography is applied on to individual shares. Using this one can cross verify his identity along with the protection and privacy of the image.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology, Rajagiri Valley, Cochin, India

    Divya James & Mintu Philip

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, BS8 1UB, Bristol, UK

    Jimson Mathew  & Dhiraj K. Pradhan  & 

  2. Intel Corporation, 211, Northeast 25 th Ave., 97124, Hillsbro, Oregon, USA

    Priyadarshan Patra

  3. Department of Information Technology, Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India

    A. J. Kuttyamma

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James, D., Philip, M. (2012). A Novel Security Architecture for Biometric Templates Using Visual Cryptography and Chaotic Image Encryption. In: Mathew, J., Patra, P., Pradhan, D.K., Kuttyamma, A.J. (eds) Eco-friendly Computing and Communication Systems. ICECCS 2012. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 305. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32112-2_29

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