Passwords and Tokens are extremely vulnerable and are easily stolen or lost. A poor password is one of the most common causes of security and data breaches. Hacker attacks target even the strongest passwords. Resetting the password takes a long time and can cause the employee to lose productivity. Biometrics can be used to solve the problem. It is the method of recognizing or confirming individuals based on physiological or behavioral features such as the iris, fingerprints, facial pattern, DNA, speech patterns, and so on. The concept of distinguishing individuals based on their fingerprints goes back thousands of years. It first became famous in the 1970’s. The detection and authentication of fingerprints is the method of fingerprint identification. Fingerprint identification is the most commonly used biometric. This research paper explains the main characteristics of fingerprints and how the Automatic Minutiae Detection process works, as well as comparing 2D and 3D fingerprint recognition