Service integration for biometric authentication

Multimodal biometric authentication systems offer immunity to the threats imposed by unimodal biometric systems. However, this comes at significantly higher development and adaptation costs. In this paper we introduce an approach that allows automatic configuration and deployment of heterogeneous biometric systems for different business processes and related environments. The need for development and integration of scenario-specific compatible systems is replaced by repetitive scenario-specific configuration and deployment of multimodal biometric systems. We also present tools for configuration and deployment, which respectively configure and deploy multimodal biometric systems comprising of heterogeneous open source and/or commercial biometric systems required for fulfillment of domain specific authentication needs. In comparison to the prevalent practices, our approach reduces the effort required for developing and deploying reliable biometric authentication systems.