Term · 28. International Regulations
Liveness Detection
Definition
Anti-spoofing technique in biometric authentication that verifies the biometric sample comes from a live human, not a photograph, video replay, mask, or deepfake. Passive liveness uses image/video analysis without user action; active liveness requires user action (blink, turn head, smile). Critical for remote identity proofing and customer authentication.
- Synonyms
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- Anti-spoofing
- Presentation Attack Detection (PAD)
- Application
- Regulatory: ISO/IEC 24760 / 27001 / 29115 · NIST SP 800-63 (Digital Identity Guidelines)
- Standards & regulations
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- ISO
- NIST «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. (NIST SP 800-63-4 / SP 800-63A-4)»
- Sources
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- ISO/IEC 30107-3 Presentation Attack Detection primary source
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