SAFLINK And Sensar Announce Reseller Agreement To Bring Iris Identification To The Desktop
Leading Iris Recognition Provider to Distribute SAF Software with Sensar...Secure(R)Cam Prototype Desktop Peripherals
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- SAFLINK Corporation (Nasdaq: ESAF - news) and Sensar (the company that produces iris identification products to make customer transactions more convenient and secure) announced today an agreement to make Sensar an authorized reseller of SAFLINK biometric software products worldwide.
SAFLINK's Secure Authentication Facility (SAF(TM)) family of software products has been successfully integrated with Sensar's...Secure©Cam prototype to provide a more secure solution for the positive identification and authentication of users seeking access to network resources.
The Sensar...Secure©Cam prototype is a small desktop device, approximately the size of a videoconferencing camera, that uses digitally encoded images of the human iris (the colored portion of the eye) to provide a highly accurate, easy-to-use and virtually fraud-proof means to verify a customer's identity.
``Sensar is an important new distribution partner for SAFLINK Corporation,' said Walter Hamilton, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for SAFLINK. ``We've been working closely with Sensar for the past several months to jointly develop and demonstrate advanced network security solutions to select major corporations and federal government agencies. We believe these collaborative efforts and this new agreement will lead to significant business opportunities for both companies,' said Hamilton. ``Sensar's highly accurate and cost- effective iris recognition products, coupled with SAFLINK's comprehensive suite of Internet and enterprise network application software products, provides a winning combination that will meet even the most demanding enterprise security requirements.'
``With the recent flood of cyberattacks in the news, the world's leading companies are eagerly searching for a better way to identify and authenticate network users,' said Thomas J. Drury, Jr., President and CEO of Sensar. ``The Sensar, SAFLINK product combinations will provide companies with the strongest security available on the desktop today. As Sensar's...Secure©Cam prototype develops over the next several months, we expect to see dramatic advances in ease of use coupled with incremental features including Video for Windows(TM) compatible video conferencing capability.'
Sensar uses the iris recognition process developed and licensed from IriScan, Inc., of Marlton, New Jersey, in which digitally encoded images of the human iris are used to provide a highly accurate and easy-to-use means of identity verification. With 266 identification characteristics, the iris is the human body's most unique physical structure. Unlike other measurable human features in the face, hand, voice or fingerprint, the patterns in the iris do not change over time.
About SAFLINK
SAFLINK Corporation, based in Tampa, Florida, brings the Power of Positive Identification(TM) to enterprise networks and the Internet through biometrics. The company provides cost-effective multi-biometric software solutions to verify individual identity, to protect business and personal information, and to replace passwords and PINs in order to safeguard and simplify access to electronic systems and enable new online services for customers. The company's Secure Authentication Facility (SAF)(TM) suite of multi-biometric network security products delivers secure access control to a range of software platforms and network applications, including Microsoft© Windows NT© and Internet Information Server©, Novell NetWare©, and Computer Associates' Unicenter© TNG(TM) and its Single Sign-On(TM) option. Further information is available through the company's World Wide Web site (http://www.saflink.com).
About Sensar
Sensar, Inc. was founded as the first commercial spin-off of the Sarnoff Corporation in Princeton, N.J., USA an internationally acclaimed research and development facility. IriScan of Marlton, New Jersey, USA holds the exclusive world-wide patents on the iris recognition concept originated by Drs. Leonard Flom and Aran Safir and the software and process technology invented by Dr. John Daugman, Cambridge University, England. Sensar uses, under license, the iris recognition process developed and owned exclusively by IriScan. IRISCAN is a registered trademark of IriScan, Inc., of Marlton, New Jersey, and is used by Sensar, Inc. under the license from IriScan, Inc. For more information, please visit Sensar on the World Wide Web at (http://www.sensar.com).
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