Person Authentication Security System

To address the U.S. Army’s need, for a “Biometric Key Infrastructure” system that will use biometric signatures, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Person Authentication Security System (PASS) that imparts biometric signature as one of a two-factor authentication and uses it for data encryption. The PASS is based on use of a biometric signature reader as source of generating a unique personal digitized block of binary information (analogous to private key) that will be used both for data encryption and as part of a two-factor person authentication; a Security Server(s) that centrally manages policy according to an organization’s administrative structure and mission need, maintain(s) biometric key integrity, and control(s) access to system resources; and optional use of “device fingerprint” as an encryption key (analogous to private or public key) and a novel Erratic-Data-Stream (EDAS) highly secure method of data encryption. In Phase I POC will demonstrate the feasibility of the PASS technology by designing and assembling a proof-of-concept TRL 4 PASS system prototype that will use biometric-reader-digitized data as one encryption key used for encrypting data on mobile devices and removable storage media. In Phase II POC will demonstrate a TRL 6 prototype under representative operational environments.