Watermarking as a means to enhance biometric systems: a critical survey

Authors:
Jutta Hämmerle-Uhl;Karl Raab;Andreas Uhl
Affiliations:
Multimedia Signal Processing and Security Lab (WaveLab), Department of Computer Sciences, University of Salzburg, Austria;Multimedia Signal Processing and Security Lab (WaveLab), Department of Computer Sciences, University of Salzburg, Austria;Multimedia Signal Processing and Security Lab (WaveLab), Department of Computer Sciences, University of Salzburg, Austria
Venue:
IH'11 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Information hiding
Year:
2011

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Abstract

Watermarking is discussed as possible means to enhance biometric systems. Application scenarios for the employment of watermarks as found in literature are discussed and analysed with respect to required watermark properties, possible attacks, and eventual (cryptographic) alternatives.