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CryptoMetrics awarded contract for Taiwan e-Passport project

Friday, April 25, 2008

CryptoMetrics has been awarded a contract to provide face recognition products and services for the Taiwan Bureau of Consular Services ePassport project.

CryptoMetrics, working closely with prime systems integrator Hewlett Packard, is providing its VisPro and VisMatch software, which will be utilized to confirm the identity of passport applicants. These biometric solutions capture facial images and process them for matching against a watch list database of known persons who pose potential national security threats. [end] 

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