Systems and methods for biometric authentication

A method for biometric authentication, comprising:

• receiving a first attempt to validate an identity using biometric information, wherein the first attempt corresponds to a biometric sensor capturing a first biometric image of a user;
• determining that the first attempt does not satisfy a first authentication criterion for authentication, wherein the first authentication criterion corresponds to the first attempt;
• subsequent to determining that the first attempt does not satisfy the first authentication criterion, receiving a second attempt to validate the identity using biometric information, wherein a second authentication criterion corresponds to the second attempt, wherein the second authentication criterion has a lower false acceptance rate than the first authentication criterion, wherein the second attempt corresponds to the biometric sensor capturing a second biometric image of the user, and wherein the second attempt is a next attempt at validating the identity of the user following the first attempt;
• determining whether the second attempt satisfies the second authentication criterion;
• and
• if the second attempt does satisfy the second authentication criterion, validating the identity in response to determining that the second attempt does satisfy the second authentication criterion.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes a computing device to authenticate a user, by performing steps comprising:

• receiving data corresponding a first attempt to validate an identity of the user using biometric information, wherein the first attempt corresponds to a biometric sensor capturing a first biometric image of the user;
• determining that a score associated with the data corresponding to the first attempt does not satisfy a first authentication threshold for authentication, wherein the first authentication threshold corresponds to the first attempt;
• subsequent to determining that the first attempt does not satisfy the first authentication threshold, receiving data corresponding to a second attempt to validate the identity of the user using biometric information, wherein a second authentication threshold corresponds to the second attempt, wherein the second authentication threshold is higher than the first authentication threshold, wherein the second attempt corresponds to the biometric sensor capturing a second biometric image of the user, and wherein the second attempt is a next attempt at validating the identity of the user following the first attempt;
• determining whether a score associated with the second attempt satisfies the second authentication threshold;
• and
• if the score associated with the second attempt does satisfy the second authentication threshold, validating the identity of the user in response to determining that the score associated with the second attempt does satisfy the second authentication threshold.