IEEE Publishes Three International Standards for Biometric Recognition Performance Evaluation

Recently, the IEEE website announced the official publication of three international standards in the field of biometric recognition, all led by Chinese enterprises.

These standards are IEEE 2884-2023 "Biometric Recognition Performance Evaluation: Face Recognition", IEEE 2891-2023 "Biometric Recognition Performance Evaluation: Fingerprint Recognition", and IEEE 2859-2023 "Biometric Recognition Multimodal Fusion". They were compiled over more than three years by an international standardization research team formed by Ant Group and multiple organizations, aiming to offer a series of standardized and rational security solutions for the industry.

With the rapid proliferation of 3D sensors and artificial‑intelligence technologies, biometric authentication has become commonplace in smart devices. However, the lack of unified testing standards and fragmented test methods have hindered security improvements and industry development.

The face‑recognition and fingerprint‑recognition standards introduce a universal testing system with multiple test levels, enabling manufacturers and certification bodies to build secure, low‑cost, industry‑recognized evaluation platforms. These platforms assess security and accuracy under varied lighting, angles, spoof materials, attack methods, and other conditions, helping to mitigate risks such as deep‑fake, presentation attacks, photo‑liveness, adversarial samples, and injection attacks.

Multimodal fusion is widely recognized as the future of biometric authentication. By integrating multiple physiological traits, multimodal systems achieve higher precision and significantly reduce attack susceptibility. The newly released multimodal‑fusion standard defines technical frameworks, fusion layers, business processes, functional, performance, and security requirements, providing a standardized application guideline for the industry.

Ant Group has long led the development of more than 30 international and domestic standards in the biometric field, and through its commercial brand Ant Shield (ZOLOZ) delivers trusted identity‑authentication technology globally. Its Ant Security Tianji Laboratory, certified by CNAS and ISO/IEC 17025, offers fully automated biometric security testing services that comply with international standards, having conducted security testing for 70% of new Android devices released in the past three years.