OTS - Fingerprint PAD Competition: First place for DERMALOG
2021. October 06. 13:19
Hamburg, 06 October 2021 (APA/OTS) - Plastic fingers are known to
be able to outsmart many fingerprint scanners. Therefore, special
hardware and software have since been developed to prevent cases of
such counterfeit. The LivDet competition compares the efficiency of
these detection methods. The software of the German company
DERMALOG is again number 1 in protecting identification systems
against fake fingerprints.
Plastic fingers or other artificial fingerprints can trick
fingerprint scanners. There are many cases where unauthorized
persons have gained access to smartphones, databases and other
protected areas. This is possible by copying the fingerprint
pattern of a real-life person onto plastic or other materials,
creating an artificial finger or fingerprint overlay that can be
used to spoof fingerprint-based systems with a false identity.
What can be done against these known fraud attempts? The answer
is provided by a technology called Presentation Attack Detection
(PAD), also known as liveness detection. PAD detects via hardware
or software whether a real or a fake finger is placed on a scanner.
Every two years, software-based liveness detection solutions
are benchmarked in the so-called LivDet competition, hosted by the
University of Cagliari in Italy since 2009. This year, a total of
23 companies and academic institutions submitted their solutions to
LivDet. First place again was awarded to DERMALOG from Germany with
the highest overall score in detecting fake fingerprints.
Furthermore, the Hamburg-based company achieved first and second
place with two different liveness detection algorithms.
"Presentation Attack Detection is an essential part of all
fingerprinting systems today to prevent fraud and identity theft.
We are very proud to be a leader in this technology for many
years," says DERMALOG CEO Gunther Mull.
DERMALOG is the largest German manufacturer of biometric
systems for fingerprint, face and iris identification, with 250
large-scale installations in more than 100 countries. The company
also provides hardware and software for multi-biometric systems
combining different biometric features such as face and
fingerprints.
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Press contact
DERMALOG Identification Systems GmbH
Sven Böckler
Media Relations
Telefon: +49 (0)40 413 227 - 0
info@dermalog.com
www.dermalog.com
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