6 June 2014
Ephemeral Biometrics Alternative to Passwords
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:17:36 -0500
From: Gregory Foster <gfoster[at]entersection.org>
To: cypherpunks[at]cpunks.org
Subject: "Ephemeral" Biometrics
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Federal Business Opportunities (Jun 4) - "Ephemeral Biometrics: An
Alternative to Traditional, Event-based Authentication" by Sandia
National Laboratories:
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=06e9abca57
bdd9dac64902e39f039c4f&tab=core&_cview=0
> Sandia National Laboratories is engaged in ongoing research and
> development into transformational upgrades in the area of cyber
> identity management as well as Insider Threat Monitoring by using
> Ephemeral Biometrics (EB). EB is unique because individual
> identities are tied to living biometric data that is active and
> continuous. The purpose of the research is to derive convenient
> authentication techniques (e.g., alternatives to passwords) that
> are both active and continuous while at the same time significantly
> improving authenticity and integrity of cyber identities.
"Ephemeral Biometrics: What are they and what do they solve?" by Sung
Choi and David Zage of Sandia National Laboratories (2013):
https://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/zagedj/docs/iccst2013.pdf
I'm not really sure what's ephemeral about redefining authentication
to mean continuous monitoring.
This work directly targets insider threat concerns raised
post-Snowden, and provides further evidence that entities obsessed
with secrecy will destroy their own effectiveness in pursuit of an
improbable if not impossible definition of "security" which attempts
to hermetically seal systems that include human beings.
Good luck with that!
gf
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Gregory Foster || gfoster@entersection.org
@gregoryfoster <>
http://entersection.com/
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