SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International
Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric
identification and wireless public safety solutions, announced today at the
RSA conference that third party testing of BIO-key's support for the INCITS
378-2004 Minutiae based template for biometric authentication has been
successfully completed. INCITS (the International Committee for Information
Technology Standards), the recognized international standards organization,
developed INCITS 378-2004 to support data interchange of biometric minutiae
between various vendors. INCITS 378-2004, the de-facto standard for US
government biometric security initiatives, has been adopted by ANSI (The
American National Standards Institute) and is designed for use on smart cards
and related media.
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Conformance to the INCITS 378 standard is crucial for government
initiatives such as the TWIC program and FIPS201 that support of the Homeland
Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD12). In addition, ANSI/INCITS 378 is
already a component of the specification for the DHS TSA Transportation
Workers Identification Credential and is being used as the basis for the
National Institute of Standards and Technology's ongoing MINEX04 testing.
"BIO-key joins a very select community of companies that have successfully
passed this testing," stated Mike DePasquale, CEO of BIO-key. "In combination
with BIO-key's patented, 'one to many' matching strength and our unique reader
interoperability capability, integrators and system developers now have a very
powerful and cost effective engine to build solutions to comply with this
standard. We are committed to ensuring that our advanced finger ID technology
is compliant with all of the industry standards including evaluations from
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)."
DePasquale continued, "With our large installed base of law enforcement
customers and strong ID matching technology, our vision of integrating public
safety solutions with strong biometric ID capability is now becoming a
reality. BIO-key's VST matching science will provide for faster, more
accurate and cost effective alternatives for our customers in the government
and commercial markets."
Conformance testing of INCITS 378 was completed by Bion Biometrics in
Ottawa Canada, under the direction of Dr. John Campbell. The conformance
testing assures that the data format of the records meets the standard. While
not as accurate as BIO-key's proprietary template format, the INCITS 378
standard defines a template that can be adapted in a wide range of logical and
physical access applications for both commercial and government initiatives.
Dr. John Campbell, President and CEO of Bion Biometrics, stated, "Bion
Biometrics has reviewed a set of INCITS 378-2004 minutiae templates produced
by the BIO-key Vector Segment Technology 6.0 algorithm. The templates
contained minutiae and ridge count information and were found to be conformant
to the INCITS 378-2004 standard by the Bion Conformance Test Suite, which
tests all currently available Level 1 and Level 2 conformance assertions for a
variety of standards. By submitting its templates for independent review and
testing, BIO-key has demonstrated its confidence in and commitment to this
important US fingerprint standard. Although conformance is not a guarantee of
interoperability it is certainly an important first step and BIO-key has now
joined a limited number of companies that have had their INCITS 378-2004
templates independently tested for conformance."
About BIO-key
BIO-key develops and delivers advanced identification solutions and
information services to law enforcement departments, public safety agencies,
government and private sector customers. BIO-key's mobile wireless technology
provides first responders with critical, reliable, real-time data and images
from local, state and national databases. BIO-key's high-performance,
scalable, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy biometric finger identification
technology accurately identifies and authenticates users of wireless and
enterprise data to improve security, convenience and privacy and to reduce
identity theft. Over 2,500 police, fire and emergency services departments in
North America use BIO-key solutions, making BIO-key the leading supplier of
mobile and wireless solutions for public safety worldwide.
( http://www.bio-key.com )
BIO-key Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially from those projected on the basis of these statements. The words
"estimate," "project," "intends," "expects," "believes" and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such
forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, as well as
assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management
pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. For a more complete description of these and other risk
factors that may affect the future performance of BIO-key International, see
"Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and its other
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date made. The Company also undertakes no obligation to
disclose any revision to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
For more information contact:
Julie Garand
BIO-key International
(508) 460-4036
julie.garand@bio-key.com
SOURCE BIO-key International Inc.
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