TURBINE.

TURBINE (TrUsted Revocable Biometric IdeNtitiEs) is a research project awarded 6.3 Million Euro funding by the European Union under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for Research and Technology Development. Lastin three years, TURBINE aims to develop innovative digital identity solutions, combining: - secure, automatic user identification thanks to electronic fingerprint authentication - reliable protection of the biometrics data through advanced cryptography technology. Research efforts will focus on transformation of a description of fingerprints, so that the result can only be regenerated by the person with the fingerprints. TURBINE will hence provide the assurance that: - the data used for the authentication, generated from the fingerprint, cannot be used to restore the original fingerprint sample - the individual will be able to create different "pseudo-identities" for different applications with the same fingerprint, whilst ensuring that these different identities (and hence the related personal data) cannot be linked to each other, and - the individual is enabled to revoke an identity for a given application in case it should not be used anymore.

Trefwoorden:Electronic fingerprint authentication, Protection of the biometrics, Revocable key, eID management