What is a biometric and why use it for user authentication?
The term “biometric” is derived from the Greek words bio (life) and metron (to measure). In this context, biometrics refers to technologies for measuring and analyzing a person’s physiological or behavioral characteristics, such as fingerprints, irises, voice patterns, typing patterns, facial patterns, and hand measurements, for the purpose of identification and verification. Biometrics are well-suited for user authentication because they can confirm an individual’s identity by examining a unique physiological trait or behavioral characteristic. BioPassword uses a behavioral biometric, the unique way we each type, to authenticate a users’ identity ion. By analyzing your keystroke rhythm as you type your username and password, BioPassword can add biometric security without requiring any additional work on the part of a user. A user’s typing rhythm cannot be lost, shared, stolen or forgotten.
