Smart Protection of Vehicle using Multifactor Authentication (MFA) Technique

Abstract

In typical third world country like Nigeria, the incessant increase in car theft has called for provision of an immediate solution. Occurrence of car theft is not limited to public places such as market, and bank arena, several car thefts have occurred on gun-point. There is no doubt that modern cars have some level of pre-installed antitheft device by the manufacturers, however, poor user authentication has led to its inability to solve the problem of car theft. Therefore, this paper proposed a multiple factor authentication approach to provide reliable car user authentication. The proposed approach is capable of preventing unauthorized user from accessing the car, thus securing the it from theft. Traditional approach of unlocking/locking cars involve the use of two buttons, one for locking and the other for unlocking. This approach lacks user authentication, consequently, it is prone to unauthorized access. To solve this problem, a password authentication approach was introduced. After unlocking the car, user biometric, fingerprint, is required as a second means of authentication before the car ignition can be activated. In the event of theft, a user authentication request pops up at a random time to authenticate the current user. In the absence of genuine user, the car is deactivated and an SMS containing the current car location is sent to the genuine user as well as security personnel. This is made possible through the use of GSM/GPS communication module. The proposed system herewith is simple to use and can be used by any model of vehicle and it is very reliable and efficient.