Presentation Attack Detection (PAD)

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003220",
  "term": "Presentation Attack Detection (PAD)",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. Automated determination of a presentation attack. A subset of presentation attack determination methods (i.e., liveness detection) involves the measurement and analysis of anatomical characteristics or voluntary or involuntary reactions to determine whether a biometric sample is being captured from a living subject that is present at the point of capture.\n\n2. Automated determination of a presentation attack. A subset of presentation attack determination methods, referred to asliveness detection, involve measurement and analysis of anatomical characteristics or involuntary or voluntary reactions, in order to determine if a biometric sample is being captured from a living subject present at the point of capture.\n\n3. An automated determination of a presentation attack\n\n4. Automated determination of a presentation attack. A subset of presentation attack determination methods, referred to as liveness detection, involve measurement and analysis of anatomical characteristics or involuntary or voluntary reactions, in order to determine if a biometric sample is being captured from a living subject present at the point of capture.",
  "abbreviation": "PAD",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-63-4; NIST SP 800-63A-4",
    "NIST SP 800-63-3 [Superseded]",
    "NIST SP 800-140E",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/presentation-attack-detection-pad/"
}