Viisage Technology makes systems used by public
agencies to produce fraud- and tamper-resistant picture
ID cards. Six states (Arizona, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, and Ohio)
and the US Immigration and Naturalization Service
employ Viisage systems at 450 sites to make driver's
licenses, pistol permits, prison and immigration cards,
and other cards. The agencies use the company's
hardware and software to make digital records of facial
images, fingerprints, and other information and store
them directly in the card (as an image, barcode, or
magnetic stripe) and in a central database. The company
is a spinoff of Lau Technology, which retains a 2/3
interest. |
