id: "IA-05(12)" title: "Biometric Authentication Performance" family: "IA" family_name: "Identification and Authentication" sort_id: "ia-05.12" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "system" parent: "IA-05" enhancement: True
Statement
For biometric-based authentication, employ mechanisms that satisfy the following biometric quality requirements {{ insert: param, ia-05.12_odp }}.
Guidance
Unlike password-based authentication, which provides exact matches of user-input passwords to stored passwords, biometric authentication does not provide exact matches. Depending on the type of biometric and the type of collection mechanism, there is likely to be some divergence from the presented biometric and the stored biometric that serves as the basis for comparison. Matching performance is the rate at which a biometric algorithm correctly results in a match for a genuine user and rejects other users. Biometric performance requirements include the match rate, which reflects the accuracy of the biometric matching algorithm used by a system.
Assessment Objective
mechanisms that satisfy {{ insert: param, ia-05.12_odp }} are employed for biometric-based authentication.
Identification and authentication policy
procedures addressing authenticator management
system security plan
system design documentation
mechanisms employing biometric-based authentication for the system
list of biometric quality requirements
system configuration settings and associated documentation
system audit records
other relevant documents or records
Organizational personnel with authenticator management responsibilities
organizational personnel with information security responsibilities
system/network administrators
system developers
Mechanisms supporting and/or implementing biometric-based authenticator management capability