Secure biometric verification of identity

Secure biometric identity verification. <br /> <br /> A high security identification card includes a built-in memory for storing biometric data and a built-in sensor for capturing live biometric data. A processor incorporated on the card performs a matching operation to verify that the captured biometric data matches the locally stored biometric data. Only if there is a positive agreement is there any data transmitted from the card for further verification and / or further processing. Preferably, the card is compatible with an ISO smart card. In another embodiment, the ISO smart card functions as a firewall to protect the security processor used to store and process protected biometric data from external malicious access via the ISO smart card interface. In another embodiment, the Security processor is inserted between the ISO smart card interface and an unmodified ISO smart card processor and blocks any external communication until the user's fingerprint has matched a previously recorded fingerprint.