[September 22, 2007] ImageWare Systems Offers Next Generation Biometric Passport Vetting Product Tweet (Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) ImageWare Systems, a developer of identity management solutions, announced the expansion of its IWS Biometric Passport product family to improve passport applicant identity verification and further reduce the potential of identity fraud. "We are very excited about continuing to deliver innovative biometric identity management solutions in support of border security initiatives," said Jim Miller, ImageWare's chairman and CEO. "By leveraging our IWS Biometric Engine platform, we have been able to create unique offerings to the industry that are cost-effective and offer a wide variety of homeland security solutions to governments worldwide. The Biometric Passport products are utilized as the identity management layer to enhance passport integrity and aids in the detection of passport fraud." ImageWare's Biometric Identity Vetting for Passports is a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) product that provides passport issuance agencies the capabilities they need to employ a scalable solution that works with its existing infrastructure. ImageWare's Biometric Identity Vetting for Passports includes several features that provide enhanced identification and verification capabilities required to support the passport application and issuance process, including biometric and biographic enrollment, identification and verification, and exhaustive facial recognition search capabilities for identification (1:N), verification (1:1). IWS Biometric Passport family is a suite of products that enable governments issuing biometric passports or utilizing biometrics during the enrollment, adjudication and issuance processes to vet and ensure unique identities. The IWS Biometric Engine is a biometric identity management platform for multi-biometric searching and matching. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright 2007 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]