You Can’t Change Your Fingerprints, But Do You Need To?

The Evolution of Biometric- and Password-Based Authentication Security

In a two-part article, David Kalat writes about potential risks and benefits of password- and biometric-based information security. In part 1, he discusses topics including the five components of AAA security, the origin of password insecurity, and the history of encryption. In part 2, he covers the Bertillon System, feature transformations, and biometric identification, security, and cryptography.