TY  - JOUR
T1  - New Data Security Method Based on Biometrics
AU - Jerjees, Sally Antoin AU - Zeyad Ismaeel, Tarik 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 21
SP  - 9269
EP  - 9276
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.9269.9276
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.9269.9276
KW  - Cryptosystem
KW  -ciphering
KW  -fingerprint minutiae and random text
KW  -represent original
KW  -discovered
KW  -extracting proper
AB  - Merging biometrics with cryptography has become more familiar and a great scientific field was born
for researchers. Biometrics adds distinctive property to the security systems, due biometrics is unique and
individual features for every person. In this study, a new method is presented for ciphering data based on
fingerprint features. This research is done by addressing plaintext message based on positions of extracted
minutiae from fingerprint into a generated random text file regardless the size of data. The proposed method can
be explained in three scenarios. In the first scenario the message was used inside random text directly at
positions of minutiae in the second scenario the message was encrypted with a choosen word before ciphering
inside random text. In the third scenario the encryption process insures a correct restoration of original
message. Experimental results show that the proposed cryptosystem works well and secure due to the huge
number of fingerprints may be used by attacker to attempt message extraction where all fingerprints but one
will give incorrect results and the message will not represent original plain-text, also this method ensures that
any intended tamper or simple damage will be discovered due to failure in extracting proper message even if the
correct fingerprint are used.
ER  -