BioVault locks up biometrics: Using biometrics for encryption, digital signatures

Friday, July 31, 2009 - 10:28 in Mathematics & Economics

A system that allows biometric data to be used to create a secret key for data encryption has been developed by researchers in South Africa. They describe details of the new technology in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics this month.

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