BIOMETRICS IN SAFETY, PROTECTION AND SURVEILLANCE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Poticanje integracije u globalnom društvu u nastajanju, gospodarsko i kulturno povezivanje s ostatkom svijeta, svekoliki razvoj stvara nove mogućnosti kao i nove rizike. S jedne strane brišu se granice i povećava se mobilnost ljudi, protok roba, kapitala, te druge gospodarske aktivnosti. Brz razvoj digitalne, informacijske i komunikacijske tehnologije, sveprisutnost Interneta, postali su naša svakodnevnica i njihovog utjecaja često nismo ni svjesni. Rastuća povezanost infrastruktura prometnih, energetskih, zdravstvenih i drugih područja s informacijskim tehnologijama, povećava ranjivost modernog društva. Koliko god tehnologija svijet učinila naprednijim i sigurnijim, otvorila je vrata nekim novim dimenzijama kriminala. Kompleksnost stvaranja sigurnosnog okruženja iznimno raste. Bez pouzdanih sustava osiguranja osoba i imovine, ugrožene su brojne svakodnevne aktivnosti. Značajan čimbenik pri postizanju sigurnosti je identifikacija osobe. Do sada se provjera identiteta vršila isključivo pomoću sigurnosnih zaporki, kartica, pin kodova i vlastoručnih potpisa, no to u današnje vrijeme postaje sve nepouzdanje i ograničavajuće. Biometrija svakodnevno postaje sve češći oblik autentifikacije u različitim sferama života. Svaka biometrijska metoda ima svoje prednosti i nedostatke, a sam izbor ovisi o primjeni. No unatoč dostignućima biometrije, treba imati na umu da je ona samo jedan od alata koji se može koristi u sustavu identifikacije te da ne postoji savršena metoda koja ne podliježe pogreškama. Posebno je važno naglasiti da u pozadini stoji robusna tehnička infrastruktura kojom se vrši analiza, pohrana podataka u bazu, uspoređivanje, daljnja distribucija i da pristup takvim sustavima zahtijeva postavljanje posebni sigurnosnih protokola. Pitanja čuvanja pohranjenih biometrijskih podatka, pitanja sigurnosti i distribucije podataka te tko sve će imati pravo koristiti podatke su pitanja na koje zajednički trebaju dati odgovor čelnici država unije. Postojeća zakonska regulativa je dobar temelj za uređenje navedenih pitanja.Encouraging integration into emerging global society, economic, and cultural connections with the rest of the world, the overall development is creating new opportunities and new risks. On one side are deleted borders and increased mobility of people, the fl ow of goods, capital, and economic activity. The rapid development of digital information and communication technology, the ubiquity of the Internet, has become a part of we usually often are not aware of their impact. The growing connectivity infrastructure, transport, energy, health and other areas with information technologies, increases the vulnerability of modern society. As much as technology has made the world safer and more advanced, it has opened the door to some new dimensions of crime. The complexity of creating a secure environment is extremely growing. Without a reliable system of security of persons and property are threatened in many everyday activities. A signifi cant factor in achieving security is to identify the person. Until now, the identity checks were made solely by means of secure passwords, card, pin codes and personal signatures, but that nowadays is becoming more restrictive and distrustful. Biometrics is an increasingly common form of authentication in diff erent spheres of life. Each biometric method has its advantages and disadvantages, and the choice depends on the application. But despite the achievements of biometrics, it should be remembered that it is only one of the tools that can be used in the identifi cation system and that there is no perfect method that is not subject liable to errors. It is especially important to emphasize the complex technical infrastructure that is in the background, which are analyzed and data storage in a database, checking data, further distribution of data, and that access to such systems requires a special set of security protocols. Questions of keeping the biometric data stored, security and distribution of data and control that will be entitled to use the information are questions that need to provide a common response of the Heads of State Union. Existing legislation is a good basis for the regulation for these issues