Abstract

ISO/IEC 24745:2011 provides guidance for the protection of biometric information under various requirements for confidentiality, integrity and renewability/revocability during storage and transfer. Additionally, ISO/IEC 24745:2011 provides requirements and guidelines for the secure and privacy-compliant management and processing of biometric information.

ISO/IEC 24745:2011 specifies the following:

  • analysis of the threats to and countermeasures inherent in a biometric and biometric system application models;
  • security requirements for secure binding between a biometric reference and an identity reference;
  • biometric system application models with different scenarios for the storage of biometric references and comparison; and
  • guidance on the protection of an individual's privacy during the processing of biometric information.

ISO/IEC 24745:2011 does not include general management issues related to physical security, environmental security and key management for cryptographic techniques.


General information 

  • Status
     : Withdrawn
    Publication date
     : 2011-06
  • Edition
     : 1
    Number of pages
     : 50
  • Technical Committee
     : ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection
  • ICS
     :
    35.030 IT Security

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