What does security mean for an authentication system?
Often “security” is said when the ability to prevent false authentication is meant. False authentication could happen through: • too high a false acceptance rate (FAR) • fraud or forgery attempts • technical deficiencies Perfect protection cannot exist. However, one can try to make the FAR as small as possible, forgery attempts as costly as possible, and through intensive testing minimize the technical deficiencies. The security realm also includes protecting biometric and other personal data against misuse.
