Daon Wins National ID Card Contract in Qatar; Daon, in Partnership with ProtechT and QPGI, the Contract Awardee, Has Been Selected to Provide the Core Biometric Software Infrastructure to Support the Roll-Out of the Qatar National Identification Project.DOHA, Qatar -- Daon, a leading provider of identity software and services, announced today that it is supplying core biometric technology to the State of Qatar for the roll-out of a National Identity Smartcard card using finger, face and iris biometrics. Daon forms part of the ProtechT and QPGI teams who were recently awarded the contract. The State of Qatar is implementing a new smart identity card, and a series of smartcard applications, as part of the Qatar National Identification Project. The National Identity Smartcard will be issued to all citizens and residents and will become the standard identification card for the purposes of interaction with all ministries within the Government of Qatar. The Project includes the use of finger, face and iris biometrics to provide fast and reliable verification of an individual's identity. On the ProtechT team, Daon are providing products including their core biometric infrastructure product, DaonEngine, and Finger, Face and Iris Biometric Snap-In interfaces to leading biometric matching algorithms. These components act as the identity hub, to support cardholder card·hold·er n. One who holds a card, especially a credit card. card  hold biometric identification Noun 1. biometric identification - 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 credentials and off-line and on-line ID checking. "This is a major step forward for the State of Qatar Ministry of Interior in the implementation of its e-Security Strategy. The National Identification Project is focused on the implementation of a national system for up to a million people, leveraging multiple biometric types for multiple biometrically enabled applications including the National Identity Smartcard, the E-Passport Program, the E-Gate Program and Biometric 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. Control Systems," commented Col. Saleh El Kubaissi, Head of Computer Systems Department, Ministry of Interior, Qatar. www.moi.gov.qa "Daon was selected to be part of our team because of their unrivalled industry expertise in major biometric programmes worldwide in addition to their expert resources and innovative products and technology," commented Antoine Chamieh, COO ProtechT. "Daon are a highly professional and committed partner of ours and have gone the extra mile in helping to ensure programme success." "We are proud to be part of the ProtechT team in supporting the State of Qatar Government with their Identification Project," commented Tom Grissen, 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. Daon. "Daon is a world leading provider of biometric products and services providing standards based, cost effective identity solutions for large population groups to interact with multiple government agencies for multiple applications. We have always believed that the Gulf region is of strategic importance to Daon and have built a team of technology and service experts who are focused on addressing our customers needs in the territory," added Grissen. About Qatar Project Group International(OPGI OPGI Original Parts Group, Inc. ) LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control Qatar Project Group International LLC is a joint venture between Sheik Saoud Abdullah M J Al-Thani, Hassan Yousuf Al Hakeem ha·keem n. Variant of hakim1. Noun 1. hakeem - a Muslim physician hakim Moslem, Muslim - a believer in or follower of Islam doc, doctor, physician, Dr. and OHI OHI Other Health Insurance OHI Other Health Impaired OHI Oral Hygiene Index OHI oral hygiene instruction OHI Organizational Health Inventory (USA) OHI Oil Heat Institute OHI Ocala Heart Institute OHI Obsolete Hardware Interface (Oman Holding International Co SAOG SAOG Sachse Assembly of God (Texas church) SAOG Satellite Operations Group SAOG Société Anonyme Omanaise Générale (Oman) SAOG Samoan Assemblies of God ), a public joint stock company incorporated in the Sultanate of Oman. QPGI is offering complete gamut of Information technology Solutions to the Qatar Market. About ProtechT ProtechT is a Middle-East based IT Security Solutions and Services integrator established to assist organizations in the success of their e-transformation by aggregating secure IT Solutions covering: Network Security, Biometric Identification Systems, Smart Cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. , Digital Signatures, Encryption and BS7799 Consulting. For more information please visit www.protecht-me.com About Daon Daon is a leading provider of biometric identity software and services focused on meeting the needs of governments and commercial organizations worldwide. Daon supports customers and system integrators in building enterprise solutions requiring the highest level of security, performance, scalability, reliability and privacy. Daon's multi-modal authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. infrastructure, DaonEngine, integrates seamlessly with IT platforms and applications and manages the identity life-cycle of small and large populations. Privately held, Daon's offices are located in Washington DC, London and Dublin. For further information please visit www.daon.com |
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