Protection against attempts at deception

The digitalisation of identity and administrative processes

A key component of secure identification systems is what is known as liveness detection. It ensures that a real person is actually present during the identification process and that there is no deception involving photographs, videos or masks.

Many systems attempt to detect such attempts at deception solely through algorithmic image analysis. This involves interpreting patterns in images without any actual physiological measurements being available.

More reliable methods, on the other hand, rely on the measurement of genuine vital signs and physical characteristics of the human body. By combining various sensors and perspectives, it is possible to detect genuine signs of life and reliably rule out attempts at deception.

This form of liveness detection significantly enhances the security of biometric identification systems and ensures that identity verification is based not on mere probabilities, but on characteristics that can actually be measured.

Modern biometric identification systems analyse not only individual visual characteristics, but a combination of a person’s various physiological traits. This ensures that a person remains identifiable even if their physical appearance has been deliberately altered, for example through cosmetic or plastic surgery.Identification is based on a multi-perspective analysis of biometric features and physiological characteristics. This ensures that a person’s identity is not determined solely on the basis of individual external features, but on the basis of a comprehensive biometric profile.