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SB204 Uses biometrics to access mobile device

People can access devices and accounts with biometric information (e.g. a fingerprint or facial scan). The unique biometric information is linked to a password/passphrase. This helps reduce security friction during the login process.


Why is it important?

Only you have access to your biometrics. No-one can fake them. This means, no-one else can access a device that's unlocked using your specific biometrics (without you there). Biometric locks significantly increase device security.

Priority Tier

Behaviours in SebDB are ranked by their impact on risk. Tier 1 behaviours have the biggest impact, Tier 4 behaviours the least.

Tier 1

Risk Mitigated

Account Compromise

Account Compromise

Account compromise happens when unauthorised people access them.

Data Theft

Data Theft

Data theft is the intentional stealing of data.

Further reading

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/18/6163
https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/1059524.1059552

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