Context-aware biometric access control policies

A computer program product for executing a context-aware biometric access control policy, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to identify a request to access a protected resource, wherein the request is received from a client device;
• program instructions to identify a confidence level that is associated with the protected resource based, at least in part, on a resource hierarchy, wherein the resource hierarchy associates each of a plurality of protected resources with one or more respective confidence levels for authentication;
• program instructions to generate instructions to capture a biometric token via the client device based, at least in part, on a set of one or more confidence level parameters that is associated with the identified confidence level;
• program instructions to send the generated instructions to the client device;
• and
• program instructions to approve the request to access the protected resource in response to determining that a biometric token received from the client device authenticates the user of the client device.

A computer system for executing a context-aware biometric access control policy, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to identify a request to access a protected resource, wherein the request is received from a client device;
• program instructions to identify a confidence level that is associated with the protected resource based, at least in part, on a resource hierarchy, wherein the resource hierarchy associates each of a plurality of protected resources with one or more respective confidence levels for authentication;
• program instructions to generate instructions to capture a biometric token via the client device based, at least in part, on a set of one or more confidence level parameters that is associated with the identified confidence level;
• program instructions to send the generated instructions to the client device;
• and
• program instructions to approve the request to access the protected resource in response to determining that a biometric token received from the client device authenticates the user of the client device.