Digital document security by using different biometrics technologies

Today, storage, access and usage of the physical documents present various difficulties. The emergences of information and communication technologies have enabled physical documents to be stored as digitally. As a result, many agencies and institutions have moved their physical documents to digital environment. However, transformation of documents to digital media did not solve the problems relating to document, but has led to the emergence of new problems. When these documents are digitized, unauthorized access to the information may present risky consequences. This situation may result in violation of secrecy and theft of information on the document. In this study, we will discuss how security can be achieved by using biometric methods during or after the creation of digital documents. In this study, we will cover the use of palm vein biometric data being used as a digital watermark, in order to secure the document with this encryption method. Also, we will analyze how palm vein data is used as steganography method for encryption and recognition technology in digital documents. These methods are used in providing security of the document for access, and also to identify the creator. Fingerprint and palm vein technologies are compared in regards to their success rates.