A method, system and computer program product which allows identification of an enrollment biometric template having a highest probability of matching a sample biometric template from a plurality of enrolled biometric templates without compromising or significantly compromising system security. In one embodiment of the invention, first feature set information is derived from sample and enrollment biometric templates. The first feature set information generally comprises spatially dependent information associated with a fingerprint. The first feature set information is then used to determine which enrollment biometric template has the highest probability of matching the sample biometric template. Second feature set information is then derived from the biometric sample template and the determined enrollment biometric template and used to perform a one-to-one match. The second feature set information generally comprises pattern dependent information associated with a fingerprint.