Canada Customs Awards Imaging Automation Major Contract to Improve Border Security.Business/Technology Editors BEDFORD, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2002 Canada Customs Selects Imaging Automation's iA-thenticate BorderGuard to Examine Passports, Driver's Licenses and Visas at All Major Border Crossings Imaging Automation, the global leader in document authentication and identity verification Noun 1. identity verification - the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or technologies, today announced that Canada is deploying the company's iA-thenticate BorderGuard solution at all major border crossings and airports to validate documents for all individuals entering the country. The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Canada Customs and Revenue Agency was a department of the government of Canada. It split up into:
CCRA Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement CCRA Campus Computer Resellers Alliance CCRA Certified Clinical Research Associate CCRA Commercial Credit Reference Agency CCRA California Court Reporters Association ) is responsible for examining millions of traveler's documents each year. To meet the need for increased security, Canada will initially deploy the iA-thenticate BorderGuard solution at the 40 most heavily-trafficked points-of-entry and may expand to include every point-of-entry. The initial iA-thenticate BorderGuard solution deployment enables Customs Officers of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency to examine more than 200,000 passports, driver's licenses, visas, and Canadian Permanent Resident cards daily, and significantly improves border security by identifying false documents. Canada is the first country in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. to deploy this technology. "This technology is vital to enhanced border security. I am proud that an American company is helping one of our most important allies increase the security of our shared border An area on two or more Web pages that contains the same content. Shared borders are used to place logos, titles and other common elements on multiple Web pages. See frames. ," said Paul Cellucci Argeo Paul Cellucci (born April 24, 1948) better known as Paul Cellucci, is an American politician and diplomat, former Governor of Massachusetts, and former Ambassador to Canada. , U.S. Ambassador to Canada. Securing the Border Before selecting the iA-thenticate BorderGuard solution, the CCRA conducted a one-year trial evaluation of the system. Imaging Automation was the only company able to satisfy all of its requirements. The initial deployment began in mid-October. The product--linked to watch lists--will identify wanted criminals, terrorists and other suspect individuals and will help customs inspectors improve their ability to identify fraudulent documents. The need for automated document authentication is more important now than ever as the number of fraudulent ID documents, undetectable by visual inspection, is on the rise. In 2000, only 10 percent of false IDs were deemed "high quality"; in 2001 that number jumped to 35-40 percent. In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , more than 10 million false IDs were confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. in 2001. "Document authentication is essential for enhanced border control, and it has been proven to work in countries around the world," said Bill Thalheimer, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Imaging Automation. "Many security features on passports and other documents are invisible to the human eye, and it is only by integrating the ability to authenticate the whole document with other security initiatives that a country can be sure it is maintaining proper border control." The iA-thenticate BorderGuard solution determines, in just a few seconds, whether or not a document is authentic, if it is expired, if it has been tampered with or if the photo or text match any government watch lists of criminals or terrorists. The iA-thenticate platform with the BorderGuard solution performs multiple security checks in seconds. iA-thenticate BorderGuard reads each document's machine-readable zone, magnetic-stripe, and/or 2D barcode and performs a battery of tests to validate the traveler's documents. iA-thenticate BorderGuard platform applications are in use with the Swedish National Police, the Hungarian Border Police, the Finland Frontier Guards and others. Since deploying Imaging Automation's platform at its borders, Hungary has realized a 500 percent increase in border violation arrests. About Imaging Automation Imaging Automation is the global leader in document authentication, providing complete solutions that meet real-world needs with innovative technology. Since 1991, Imaging Automation has been making reliable, easy-to-use and effective systems for capturing and processing text, images and biometric data. The company partners with industry-leaders such as Visionics and EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. to provide the iA-thenticate platform, the world's most sophisticated document authentication platform, used around the world in immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. , border control, passenger processing, credentialing and fraud detection. The leader in producing document authentication technology, Imaging Automation is on the Web at www.imagingauto.com. All trademarks are property of their respective holders. |
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