Server-specific add-on biometric security layer model 2 to enhance the usage of biometrics
With high paced growth in biometrics, and its easy availability to capture various biometric features, it is <a>emerging as one of the most valuable technologies for multifactor authentication to verify a user’s identity, for data security. </a>Organizations encourage their members to use biometrics, but <a>they are hesitant to use due to perceived security risks. Because of its low usage rate, many medium and small segment organizations find it unfeasible to deploy robust biometric systems. </a>We propose a “server-specific add-on biometric security layer model,” to enhance confidence in the usage of biometrics. We tested this model via a biometric mobile app, and the survey showed a favorable response of 80%. The innovative mobile app was tested for its usability and got a score of more than 71%. For test tool reliability, we examined the equal error rate (EER) of the app and got a reasonably low score of 6%. The results show a good potential of this framework to enhance users’ confidence-level in the usage of biometrics. Higher usage rates may make deployment of biometrics more cost-effective for many organizations to decrease their information security risk.