APPLICATIONS OF MULTIMODAL BIOMETRICS AUTHENTICATION FOR ENHANCING THE IOT SECURITY USING DEEP LEARNING

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) integrates billions of electronic devices into computer networks to provide advanced and intelligent services that enable devices to communicate with each other by exchanging information with minimal human interaction. The security issue is at higher risk in IoT systems than in other computing systems. Maintaining the security requirement when attacking the physical surface of the IoT system device is a challenging task. Implementing security mechanisms like authentication and access control for the IoT ecosystem is necessarily needed to ensure the security of IoT devices. The key used for security may be stolen, forgotten, or forged. Also, the key may be generated by intruders or men in the middle of traditional security mechanisms. Biometric security is becoming more advanced and sophisticated with technological advancements and is mostly used in authentication systems. In unimodal biometrics, only one biometrics character can be applied which does not apply to ensure the security of IoT systems. In this paper, Multimodal biometrics authentication was used for securing edge devices in the IoT ecosystems. Face image and fingerprint image were used as multimodal biometrics systems for authenticating users to secured IoT devices. A pi-camera module and fingerprint sensor were used to capture biometric data. Image processing techniques were then applied to the images. Then CNN algorithms were used for feature extraction and model creation. During model creation, the RELU function was used as an activation function, soft-max for image classification, and Max-pooling for image dimensional reduction which helped the model speed up the training process. Experimental results show that the accuracy of the face image and fingerprint image is 92% and 89% respectively, which is a promising result that achieves the objective of the study. Keywords: Internet of Things, Multimodal Biometrics, Authentication, CNN, Deep Learning