Zeitschrift für Biometrie und Biostatistik

What is Biometrics? 10 Physical and Behavioral Identifiers that can be Used for Authentication

Abstract

Kouji Yamamoto and Sadao Tomizawa

Biometrics are physical or behavioral human characteristics to that can be used to digitally identify a person to grant access to systems, devices or data. Examples of these biometric identifiers are fingerprints, facial patterns, voice or typing cadence. Each of these identifiers is considered unique to the individual, and they may be used in combination to ensure greater accuracy of identification.