The Authentication Problem

The haphazard system of PINs, typed passwords, and personal information that characterizes the security of most corporate and personal information systems is insecure, intrusive, and inconvenient:

• Insecure: The problem with identifying yourself with a PIN, password or personal information is that anyone who knows or discovers this information can pretend to be you. Unfortunately, personal information is very easy to obtain, and identity theft is a growing problem. Every year, billions of dollars are lost because of people stealing passwords and credit card numbers. Every few days, we hear of reports that another e-commerce site that has been hacked,  compromising the customer information stored on merchants' computers. In the short run, merchants get stuck with the bill for fraud. In the long run, the customer pays for this fraud with higher prices.
• Intrusive: Services that require a person to authenticate his or her identity by giving personal or financial information, such as a social security number or credit card number, are intrusive. They require the customer to give information that may have no relevance to the transaction and offer the customer no control over how this information is stored, used, or disseminated.
• Inconvenient: The number of different PINs and passwords you have to remember seems to increase daily. Since most of us do not want to remember dozens of different passwords, we end up using one or two easy-to-remember passwords for all services. That, in itself, is insecure, since passwords that are easy to remember are also more easy to break. Using the same password for several accounts or services also compromises security. Anovea's biometric authentication technology provides the solution.

The Anovea Solution

Instead of basing authentication on PINs, passwords or information that can be discovered or stolen, Anovea's authentication system is based on biometrics -- the measurement of physical or behavioral characteristics which are unique to each individual. Biometric authentication methods include voice authentication, fingerprint identification, face recognition, hand geometry, iris scans, and more. At Anovea, we have developed a unique and innovative voice authentication technology that is secure, nonintrusive, and convenient, based on a speaker's unique voiceprint:

• Secure: Biometric identification replaces or complement any conventional system that currently uses PINs or typed passwords. Unlike conventional systems, which are based on information which is either easily available or can be "hacked", voice authentication systems are based on something that only you have: your voice. The most common type of voice authentication application only requires one to say a simple, short spoken passphrase. A passphrase is a natural phrase you can easily remember and feel comfortable saying, such as your full name or your street address. Even if someone were to discover your passphrase, your account would not be compromised, as would certainly happen if someone were to discover your PIN or typed password in a conventional authentication system. That's because the security of a Anovea voice authentication system depends not only on what you say, but on the unique way you say it.
• Nonintrusive: Anovea voice authentication protects privacy by obviating the need to ask for personal information. Access depends only on individual characteristics of your voice and does not require you to reveal any corroborating personal information.
• Convenient: The enrollment process takes only a matter of seconds. You can change your passphrase at any time.
  

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