BioSecurIT Announces First Customer - The Federal Aviation Administration - to Secure Facilities Using Biometric Access Controls.NORTH CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- BioSecurIT, Inc., a newly established manufacturer of systems for high security environments employing integrated biometrics The biological identification of a person. Examples are face, iris and retinal patterns, hand geometry and voice. Increasingly built into laptop computers, fingerprint readers have become popular as a secure method for identification. , high resolution digital video, voice, RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. , and secure archiving, today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control (FAA) took delivery of BioSecurIT's first SentryPort(TM) system. SentryPort makes certain that persons attempting to gain access to secure facilities actually are who they purport To convey, imply, or profess; to have an appearance or effect. The purport of an instrument generally refers to its facial appearance or import, as distinguished from the tenor of an instrument, which means an exact copy or duplicate. PURPORT, pleading. to be and are permitted to access the area. SentryPort uses unique biometric bi·o·met·rics n. (used with a sing. verb) The statistical study of biological phenomena. bi traits to confirm the identity of individuals, eliminating the possibility that a lost, stolen, duplicated, or transferred ID card could be used for unauthorized access. "Our mission is to protect critical operations from those who might want to compromise the central role the FAA plays in our nation's air safety," said Alan C. S. White, Special Agent in the Security and Investigations Branch of the FAA. "We must be certain that anyone entering a secure area has permission. As security expands, biometrics provide that undeniable proof while staying within the bounds of our personnel and equipment resources." The need for accurate, non-invasive confirmation of identity that also dovetailed with digital video surveillance made facial recognition Noun 1. facial recognition - biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces; "they used face recognition to spot known terrorists" automatic face recognition, face recognition the biometric of choice for the FAA. "BioSecurIT was able to develop and deliver a superior product that performed better in multi-door facilities than anything we have tried to date," said White. "We intend to expand its use across other sites." The FAA represents just one type of opportunity for SentryPort, but a very significant one. "We built the product to meet and exceed the FAA's stringent requirements," said John Matera, president of BioSecurIT. "Customers in finance, utility, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing industries manufacturing industries npl → industrias fpl manufactureras manufacturing industries npl → industries fpl de transformation , as well as other government agencies, will benefit from the rigorous standards they set." About BioSecurIT BioSecurIT, Inc. is a manufacturer of access control, surveillance, threat prediction, and investigation systems for high security environments employing integrated biometrics, high resolution digital video, voice, RFID, and secure archiving. For more information visit www.biosecurit.com. About the FAA The Federal Aviation Administration is a unit of the U. S. Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civil aviation. Among its duties are safety regulation, airspace and air traffic management, air navigation air navigation, science and technology of determining the position of an aircraft with respect to the surface of the earth and accurately maintaining a desired course (see navigation). , civil aviation abroad, commercial space transportation, aircraft registration, and research, engineering, and development related to aviation. |
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