Dynamic seed and key generation from biometric indicia

A system for regenerating a destroyed seed comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, said computer program including:
• an initialization module that when executed by the at least one processor performs the steps of:
• enroll a biometric template from a user to obtain an enrolled biometric template, and
• assign an optimization value to the enrolled biometric template, said optimization value indicative of at least one feature of the enrolled biometric template;
• a seed generation module that when executed by the at least one processor performs the steps of:
• encrypt an item of test data using the optimization value to obtain an encrypted seed, and
• destroy the optimization value and any associated unencrypted seed;
• a live capture module that when executed by the at least one processor performs the steps of:
• receive a live biometric template provided by the user, and
• compare the live biometric template with the enrolled biometric template;
• and
• a seed regeneration module that when executed by the at least one processor performs the steps of:
• determine a testing interval comprising a plurality of values;
• and
• test at least a portion of the plurality of values within the testing interval to determine a decrypting value for the encrypted seed,
• said testing further including using each tested value to attempt to decrypt the encrypted seed,
• wherein upon a tested value successfully decrypting the encrypted seed, the destroyed seed is regenerated.