A Review:Biometric Security Mechanism in E-Commerce

Internet is an amazing tool and it has changed the lifestyle of the people considerably. It is the ease of use, efficiency and time factor, which have contributed to the growth and popularity of E-commerce [1]. Some of the issues that are occurred during payment are speed, time, durability, security etc. In these days, online transactions using internet enabled mobile phone, Tablets and Laptops has been widely used. Debit/ Credit Cards are used for payment for online business or E-payments and online banking is also practically used. As the technology is rising day-by-day misuse of this technology has increased. Cards frauds like using phone calls, phishing attack, card cloning, hacking the internet enabled devices [2]. Due to these type of problems in the E-commerce, biometric system can be used. Biometric have proved to be good security mechanism and has been implemented in some areas. This review paper reviews use of biometric system to reduce these types of the unauthorized accesses and misuse of information. Various techniques used by researchers include biometric models, PIN, Password can be used to overcome the problem. An increasing number of people are overwhelmed by the efficiency and convenience of internet for making web-based transactions globally, as it is the technology of the 21st century [3].