Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome

    • Your Background and Experience

    • Glossary

    • Introduction
  • 2

    Introduction to Biometrics

    • Introduction to Biometrics

    • Biometrics Basics, Definitions, and Biometric System Components

    • Physiological and Behavioural Biometric Modalities

    • History of biometric technologies

    • Applications and use cases of biometrics

    • What are biometric vulnerabilities?

    • Characterisation of biometric vulnerabilities

    • Assignment 1
  • 3

    Biometric Systems

    • General biometric systems' architecture

    • Vulnerabilities in biometric systems

    • Biometric presentation attacks

    • Non-biometric threat vectors

    • Recent biometric breaches

    • Assignment 2
  • 4

    Standardised Risk Assessment in Biometric Systems

    • Introduction to ISO/IEC

    • ISO 30107-3 overview

    • Presentation attack detection testing

    • Assignment 3
  • 5

    Mitigations and Best Practices

    • Mitigation strategies for biometric vulnerabilities

    • Behavioural mitigation

    • Policy mitigations

    • Technical mitigations

    • Best practices in biometric security – standards and frameworks

    • ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Information technology

    • ISO 31000:2018 Risk management

    • PMBOK Practice Standard for Project Risk Management

    • NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1 Guide for Conducting Risk Assessments

    • NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2 Risk Management Framework for Information Systems and Organizations: A System Life Cycle Approach for Security and Privacy

    • Assignment 4
  • 6

    Conclusion

    • Conclusion

    • Congratulations