What is biometrics based strong authentication?
Biometrics based strong authentication uses a unique, non-transferable, physical characteristic such as a fingerprint as an additional factor for personal identification to verify who they say they are. It is a system that recognizes a person based on who they are and does not rely on what a person knows or is able to remember such as PIN numbers and passwords (Factor 1) or something you have such as an ATM card (Factor 2) which can be lost, forgotten or stolen. Strong authentication requires at least two of the three factors to provide a stronger authentication than any single factor. Biometrics can provide the third factor for strong authentication by using a factor that cannot change, you.
