A system comprising: a security token, comprising a token processor and a token memory having an enrolment biometric template and a token biometric processing application stored therein; a computer, comprising a computer processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having operatively stored therein a biometric processing application for extracting biometric features from a biometric sample; and an intelligent biometric scanner including: a scanner processor; a biometric sensor coupled to said scanner processor; and a scanner memory coupled to the scanner processor and having instructions stored therein to be processed by the scanner processor to perform a method including: generating a transformed biometric sample by applying a data transformation to a biometric sample inputted into said biometric sensor; receiving a transformed entity biometric template generated by the computer by extracting one or more biometric features included in said transformed biometric sample; and reversing said data transformation incorporated into the transformed entity biometric template; and generating an entity biometric template; sending the entity biometric template to the security token; and wherein the token biometric processing application stored in the security token comparing said entity biometric template to the enrolment biometric template and sending a signal to the computer that allows a live entity access to at least one secure function when said entity biometric template matches said enrolment biometric template. a security token, comprising a token processor and a token memory having an enrolment biometric template and a token biometric processing application stored therein; a computer, comprising a computer processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having operatively stored therein a biometric processing application for extracting biometric features from a biometric sample; and an intelligent biometric scanner including: a scanner processor; a biometric sensor coupled to said scanner processor; and a scanner memory coupled to the scanner processor and having instructions stored therein to be processed by the scanner processor to perform a method including: generating a transformed biometric sample by applying a data transformation to a biometric sample inputted into said biometric sensor; receiving a transformed entity biometric template generated by the computer by extracting one or more biometric features included in said transformed biometric sample; and reversing said data transformation incorporated into the transformed entity biometric template; and generating an entity biometric template; sending the entity biometric template to the security token; and a scanner processor; a biometric sensor coupled to said scanner processor; and a scanner memory coupled to the scanner processor and having instructions stored therein to be processed by the scanner processor to perform a method including: generating a transformed biometric sample by applying a data transformation to a biometric sample inputted into said biometric sensor; receiving a transformed entity biometric template generated by the computer by extracting one or more biometric features included in said transformed biometric sample; and reversing said data transformation incorporated into the transformed entity biometric template; and generating an entity biometric template; sending the entity biometric template to the security token; and generating a transformed biometric sample by applying a data transformation to a biometric sample inputted into said biometric sensor; receiving a transformed entity biometric template generated by the computer by extracting one or more biometric features included in said transformed biometric sample; and reversing said data transformation incorporated into the transformed entity biometric template; and generating an entity biometric template; sending the entity biometric template to the security token; and