Flexible service-oriented architecture of Aware's "BWP", along with
PIVSuite biometrics enrollment software tools, enables integrator to
perform PIV upgrade in just five weeks
BEDFORD, Mass., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aware, Inc. (Nasdaq:
AWRE), a global provider of imaging and biometrics software, today
announced that NASA has deployed Aware's new Biometric Workflow
Platform(TM) (BWP) as a key component of its PIV-compliant credentialing
system upgrade. Aware's BWP(TM), a service-oriented server platform, was
used by ID Networks, a system integrator, to bring the NASA credentialing
system into full compliance with PIV standards and requirements. In
addition to BWP, Aware's PIVSuite(TM) software components were used to
develop the new enrollment workstation application, tailored by ID Networks
to NASA's specific role-based workflow and requirements. The application
performs all required enrollment and administrative functions, including
collection of biometric fingerprint, facial, and applicant signature
images, data formatting, and credential validation. Using BWP, NASA was
able to conduct a biometric enrollment proof-of-concept in under five
weeks, and a fully functional test system able to produce compliant PIV
cards was in place in just twelve weeks.
BWP was used to overlay the legacy infrastructure, establishing
connectivity between the new enrollment application and the existing
identity management and card management systems, the certificate authority,
and the Office of Personnel Management for background checks. Its success
at NASA was due largely to its highly programmable, configurable nature.
Another differentiating feature of BWP is its incorporation of
functionality traditionally performed remotely at workstations but more
efficiently performed centrally as a web service. The result is much
greater control and visibility over the entire enrollment network and
process.
"The launch of BWP and its successful deployment at NASA represents
Aware's intent to leverage our deep expertise in image processing and
biometrics software towards new service-oriented, server-based products.
The combination of these disciplines will yield truly unique and innovative
solutions for our customers," commented Rob Mungovan, vice president of the
Advanced Products Group at Aware. "We will continue to maintain our focus
on providing system integrators with this leading-edge technology, so they
may utilize their own core strengths to deploy customized, differentiated
system solutions for their government customers."
About Aware's BWP
Aware's BWP is a modular, flexible, server-based software platform that
enables developers and integrators to rapidly build and deploy multimodal
biometric data workflow solutions in support of a service-oriented
architecture (SOA).
BWP facilitates automation by using biometric and biographic data to
drive related business processes. It is ideally suited for applications
that require the collection of biometrics throughout a distributed network,
and subsequent aggregation, analysis, processing, and integration of this
data with other enterprise solutions.
Examples include the use of remote enrollment workstations to capture
biometric data and submit it to a central database, IDMS, CMS, or a
biometric identification system. BWP can manage all aspects of the
transaction workflow, including messaging, submissions, responses, and
logging.
More information about BWP is available at http://www.aware.com/bwp.
About PIVSuite
PIVSuite is a family of biometric software components available for
integrators to develop FIPS 201-compliant enrollment, card personalization,
and biometric identity verification solutions. PIVSuite provides important
biometric functionality required for FIPS 201 standards compliance,
including automated biometric facial and fingerprint image capture, image
and data compliance assurance, fingerprint template generation and
matching, fingerprint background checking, and ID card formatting and
reading.
PIVSuite is GSA-approved for nine different fingerprint capture station
product configurations. Three configurations include PIVSuite software
paired with consumer-grade flatbed scanners for fingerprint card scan
applications; six configurations combine PIVSuite with two live scan
devices from each of three suppliers. Aware's PreFace(TM)/PIVPack(TM), a
component of PIVSuite, is the first and currently the only approved
solution in the Facial Image Capture Middleware category. Another component
of PIVSuite, Aware XM(TM) "extract and match" software, is approved in both
the Template Generator and Template Matcher categories. Aware XM provides
ANSI/INCITS 378-compliant, MINEX- certified fingerprint minutiae template
generation and matching for 1:1 biometric verification applications. In
addition, PIVSuite includes Aware's NISTPack(TM) for fingerprint background
check submissions, FastCapture(TM) for real-time tenprint autocapture, and
AccuScan(TM) for fingerprint card scan. Each component of PIVSuite can be
licensed and integrated individually.
The Aware tools are designed to assist government contractors with
standards-based design requirements for the data acquired by the enrollment
systems, stored on the ID cards, and read by the verification systems. More
information is available at http://www.aware.com/piv.
About PIV and the new government employee and contractor IDs
Biometric specifications for the PIV government employee ID program
were published by NIST in Special Publication 800-76. These specifications
are part of a larger body of work headed by NIST to standardize
biometric-enabled ID cards for all federal government employees and
contractors, as specified in the new "FIPS 201: Personal Identity
Verification (PIV) for Federal Employees and Contractors". This new
standard is a result of Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-12
issued by President Bush in August 2004, which mandates standardization of
IDs and their use for the purpose of controlling access to government
facilities and information systems. More information on HSPD-12 can be
found online at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040827-8.html.
About Aware
Aware is a veteran of the biometrics industry, providing biometric and
imaging software components used in government systems worldwide since
1992. Aware's interoperable, standard-compliant, field-proven imaging
products are used in a number of applications, from border management to
criminal justice to medical imaging. Aware is also a leading technology
supplier for the telecommunications industries. For more than ten years,
Aware has pioneered innovations at telecommunications standards-setting
organizations and continues to develop and market DSL silicon intellectual
property and test and diagnostics products. Its StratiPHY(TM) IP product
line supports DSL standards, including ADSL2+ and VDSL2, and has been
broadly licensed to leading semiconductor companies. Telecom equipment
vendors and phone companies use Aware's DSL test and diagnostics modules
and Dr. DSL(R) software to help provision DSL circuits globally. Aware is a
publicly held company (Nasdaq: AWRE) based in Bedford, Massachusetts.
http://www.aware.com
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or projections of future revenue and earnings and the growth of the DSL and
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the section titled Risk Factors in our annual report on Form 10-K for the
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