Computer (Digital) Forensics and Biometrics

Governments and organisations worldwide are increasingly adopting biometric technologies as an effective countermeasure in combating against Identification fraud. In particular, the worldwide adoption of biometric Identification documents means that the entire world population will eventually become holders of identification documents such as biometric e-passport, bankcards etc. This paper argues that any person who attempts to fraudulently obtained, illegally issued, forged and counterfeit documents, is likely to breach the law. This study considers the lay and non-technical people who may experience being hacked and do not understand how to go about in getting help. This paper describes the computer (digital) Forensic processes and applications to biometric systems. It explores some existing modern biometric Toolkits, discusses several digital forensic models and compares several modern Forensic Toolkits. Finally, the study proposes a generic computer digital forensic Model and applications for the non- technical and lay members of society.