By: KV Sai Mounish, Department of computer science and technology, Student of computer science and technology, Madanapalle Institute Of Technology and Science, 517325, Angallu, Andhra Pradesh.
ABSTRACT-
Peculiarly, smart home and IoT devices and systems are a part of the modern home now, and so is about time that users’ security and privacy be included too. Here below is a brief review of this article, which is focuses particularly on the aspects of Biometric security systems in smart homes and IoTs for security and the challenges therein. Some of Smart technologies are Biometric confirmation; physical, facial or voice recognition, fingerprint scan, etc. Besides, this aspect also enhances the aspect of security as well as the smart homes comfort. However, several questions resulting from the use of such technologies include: use of the users’ privacy, ethical issues, and vulnerability. Therefore, this paper will move to review and analyse more recent trends in the smart home systems’ biometers, determine the efficacy of these applications in reducing risk and discuss the legal-law aspects concerning the usage of biometers in smart homes. Moreover, it reveals potential further additions and different variants of the use of the biometric security which might become one of the axes. Face aspects of society that originated with the idea of Connect ability. Thus, stressing on strengths and weaknesses and trying as much as possible to provide the data fairly, this article should be quite possibly able to contribute to the discussion about smart home and IoT devices security and the role of biometric security in it.
KEYWORDS –
IoT devices, Security, Voice recognition, Fingerprint, Ethical issue, Vulnerabilities.
INTRODUCTION –
The idea of smart homes and, more broadly, the Internet of Things (IoT) have rapidly expanded the possibilities for efficient and comfortable everyday life. Smart thermostats, smart locks as well as smart speakers and smart appliances, interconnected living space, and voice personal assistant empowers the daily environment of smart home continuously gadgets innovation. Yet this very interconnectivity brings forth new problems of security and privacy since smart homes and IoT devices are potential sources of security threats and breach of privacy. In order to solve these issues, one can define the use of biometric security systems as the most preferable solution. Biometric systems that are used to identify an individual and verify their identity by the use of physical traits as well as behaviours provide more security than the conventional methods that are common in the market such as passwords and PINS. Concerning the most utilized biometric modalities, facial recognition, fingerprint scanning, and voice recognition are popular in smart home access systems to offer optimum security mechanisms.
The integration of biometric security systems in smart homes and IoT devices has various advantages such as increased security from invasions, convenience and efficiency of the users and authentication of devices[1]. For instance, bio metrics type of security opens a door, identifies the homeowner and locks it from inside without use of keys or codes. In the same way, voice recognition can be applied for the identification of the user for voice-controlled assistants, so only a legally authorized person can command the device.
Nevertheless, there are some issues arising when using biometric security Furthermore, the following risks are associated with the actualisation of biometric security. The first challenge is data privacy since biometric data is generally considered as sensitive and any breach of the data is considered serious. The issue of privacy and abuse of Biometrics technologies because of its identification nature contributes to ethical issues in the effective implementation of the technologies. Also, biometric systems have limitations that include the risk of spoofing attacks and other similar issues. This article provides the information on how the concept of biometric security works in smart homes and IoT devices and their current state, the efficiency of the security measures used, and the legislation that regulates the use of biometric security.
Biometric Security in enhancing Smart Home Protection
Enhanced User Authentication
Biometric Modalities:
Facial Recognition: Uses the facial structure to sign a user in. It contains Password protected systems have been in use for such a long time and the basic forms of the automatic identification are the devices with cameras through which a given person seeking entry into the system can easily be identified making the entire system safer and much more convenient[2].
Fingerprint Scanning: has a biometric feature which is in form of finger print scan. It is implemented in smart devices and is present in most smart phones, and can be incorporated in smart home commodities like door, lockable safe among others[3].
Voice Recognition: Uses aspects of voice to be almost certainly sure that the person on the other side is the particular person. Some of the recommended devices to apply this modality include smart speakers and virtual assistant devices.
Advantages:
Higher Security: Biometric characteristics on the other hand are unique and hence; the subject in question must use his/her own biometric features to unlock the system.
Convenience: Second, biometrics is generally faster and less irritating than entering passwords or PINs, for each user.
Reduced Risk of Theft: Password or physical key means could be misplaced or duplicated or even plain stolen, but it is quite difficult for someone to steel or duplicate biometric data.
Implementation and Integration
Smart Home Ecosystem:
Smart Locks: a biometric that is installed at the door of the home to allow them to open by fingerprints or by scanning the faces of the owners is safe and easy.
Security Systems: Contemporary technologies offer opportunities to launch systems allowing recognizing the authorized persons, minimizing the number of false alarms and enhancing the response time from the security staff.
Personalized User Experience: As it was said, biometric systems can adapt the user’s choices to their level, which will boost the formation of a favourable climate in the smart home.
Mitigating Security Risks
Protection against Unauthorized Access:
Intrusion Detection: The special features of the biometric systems are for instances ability to notify the management in the event that there is somebody trying to gain access in the biometric system in a wrong way[4].
Secure Transactions: From the security point of view, financial transactions in smart homes that have features of e-commerce can be safeguarded by means of biometry.
Data Security:
Encryption: This information is normally encoded to avoid it being intercepted and / or changed in the course of trans- mission[5].
Secure Storage: The personal biometric templates are themselves the templates which are secured actual copies of the biometric data.
Comparative Effectiveness:
Password Vulnerabilities: Current password protection for example PIN can be easily hack, can be easily copied or even the user can easily forget the password. Being that it involves having biometrics as a form of identification; the method is secure compared to the other two categories.
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA): When biometric is combined with another type of authentication such as password or token the security becomes enhanced since there are two levels of authentication.
The common Recognition systems incorporated in smart home systems is shown in Figure 1.
CONCLUSION –
The use of Biometrics security systems incorporated in smart homes and IoT devices represent a paradigm shift in the fight for optimum of digital security and ease of user interface. Biometrics as a methods for authentication based on the peculiarities of the human body are distinguished by their high performance in addressing the security issues arising with the growth of the home automation environments, and which include facial recognition, fingerprint scan, and voice scan, among others. This is about the crucial associated benefits of biometric security; enhanced security measures, minimum theft incidences and enhanced usage by the end users. They reduce the time taken in authentications, replace key and password usage, and make interactions humanized in smart homes. Real-life usages like smart locks with fingerprint scan and voice controlled personal assistants and other similar technologies and their broad usage give the feel of how effective this form of security is becoming.
Although biometric systems have been implemented to various organizations, they are not without their problems. Privacy, ethical issues, and inherent issues such as spoofing attack are parts that require some real attention. Anything to do with the data must be taken with a lot of seriousness in order to safeguard the identity of the users their biometric data should at all instances be encrypted in order to minimize cases of the data falling into the wrong hands. Also, worrying legal and regulatory issues arising mainly from the usage of biometric data are crucial to mastering as well as building the trust of the users.
On this note, the trends of using biometric security for smart homes and IoT devices in the future seem to have indeed promising signs. New advancements and trends which are in future pipeline due to the integration of AI and machine learning for the biometric authentication system will likely to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and security of the biometric authentication system in near future. Over the time, these technologies will continue to be a major factor in protecting smart environments from intrusion and cyber related incidents.
Thus, biometric security systems are considered effective methods for improving smart home security; still, their implementation must consider technological factors alongside ethical and sufficient data protection mechanisms. Thus it becomes possible to explore all the possibilities that biometric security has to offer and to develop new and more secure living environments that are also intelligent and can be customized.
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Mounish K.V.S (2024) Biometric Security explored in smart homes and IoT devices, Insights2Techinfo, pp.1