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Biometric Characteristic

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-000446

Biological attribute of an individual from which distinctive and repeatable values can be extracted for the purpose of automated recognition. Fingerprint ridge structure and face topography are examples of biometric characteristics.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-000446
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesFIPS 201-3 from ISO/IEC 2382-37:2017 (adapted); NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000446",
  "term": "Biometric Characteristic",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "Biological attribute of an individual from which distinctive and repeatable values can be extracted for the purpose of automated recognition. Fingerprint ridge structure and face topography are examples of biometric characteristics.",
  "references": [
    "FIPS 201-3 from ISO/IEC 2382-37:2017 (adapted)",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/biometric-characteristic/"
}

Record 446 of 4,693 in Cybersecurity terminology (MLC-0102). Request the full dataset.