Encyclopedia of Biometrics

2009 Edition
| Editors: Stan Z. Li, Anil Jain

Multifactor

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73003-5_709

Multifactor authentication/identification solutions consist of a combination (integrated or loosely linked) of different categories of authentication and identification technologies. A multifactor solution could thus be composed of a fingerprint recognition system tied to a proximity card reader and a PIN-based keypad system.

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