Privacy-security tradeoffs in biometric security systems

Lifeng Lai; Siu Wai Ho; H. Vincent Poor

doi:10.1109/ALLERTON.2008.4797566

Privacy-security tradeoffs in biometric security systems

Lifeng Lai, Siu Wai Ho, H. Vincent Poor

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Abstract

Biometric security systems are studied from an information theoretic perspective. A fundamental tradeoff between privacy, measured by the normalized equivocation rate of the biometric measurements, and security, measured by the rate of the key generated from the biometric measurements, is identified. The scenario in which a potential attacker does not have side information is considered first. The privacy-security region, which characterizes the above-noted tradeoff, is derived for this case. The close relationship between common information among random variables and the biometric security system is also revealed. The scenario in which the attacker has side information is then considered. Inner and outer bounds on the privacy-security region are derived in this case.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	46th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing
Pages	268-273
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ALLERTON.2008.4797566
State	Published - Dec 1 2008
Event	46th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing - Monticello, IL, United States Duration: Sep 24 2008 → Sep 26 2008

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Other	46th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing
Country/Territory	United States
City	Monticello, IL
Period	9/24/08 → 9/26/08

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Computer Networks and Communications
Software
Control and Systems Engineering
Communication

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