---
title: "Presentation Attack"
url: "https://symnexconsulting.com/glossary/presentation-attack"
date: "2025-04-18"
author: "Matt Smallman"
category: "Glossary"
description: "Presentation attacks are a form of attack on a biometric system when the fraudster attempts to gain access by presenting a fake biometrics characteristic or artefact. In the case of Voice Biometrics, this is most often with a recording or a synthetic voice."
---


# What is a presentation attack?

**In short:** Presentation attacks are a form of attack on a biometric system when the fraudster attempts to gain access by presenting a fake biometrics characteristic or artefact. In the case of Voice Biometrics, this is most often with a recording or a synthetic voice.