DESIGNING A BIOMETRIC STRATEGY (FINGER PRINT) MEASURES IN ENHANCING ATM SECURITY IN NIGERIA E-BANKING SYSTEM

ABSTRACT Biometrics base authentication is a potential candidate to replace password-base authentication. Among all the biometrics, fingerprint base identification is one of the most mature and proven technique. At the transaction finger print image is acquired at the ATM terminal using high resolution finger print scanner. Security measures at banks can play a critical contributory role in preventing attacks on customers; these measures are of paramount importance when considering the vulnerabilities and causation in civil litigation. Banks must meet certain standard in order to ensure a safe and secure banking environment for their customers. These work focuses on vulnerabilities and the increasing ivave of criminal activities occurring at Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) where quick cash is the prime target for criminals rather than at banks themselves. A biometric measure as a means of enhancing the security for banking system for both customer and the bankers has emerged from the discourse. In this project work was implemented using visual basic.net as the programming language and Microsoft access to link the data base. The programming language was specially selected because of its capability in handling data base and forms. The visual basic.net form provides a good user interface for easy understanding.