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FEATURE: PHYSICAL SECURITY
accurately and reliably identify travellers as
they process through US border crossings.
At the heart of this announcement is
iProov’s Flashmark technology, deployed
in its secure, cloud-based facial biometric
verification system that can be accessed via
a user’s mobile phone.
In this case, iProov’s technology will work
with existing CBP systems, on which
travellers’ details are pre-registered. In the
run up to arrival at the US border, whether
at home or en-route, travellers will be able to
self-serve the document check that normally
happens at the point of border crossing,
by authenticating themselves securely to
their pre-registered photo, via their mobile
phone. The process is simple, much quicker
than waiting in line and more secure than
traditional methods.
Dr Liam Fox, Secretary of State for the
UK Department for International Trade,
said: “The UK and US are world leaders in
cybersecurity. Through close cooperation
across various sectors, trade between the
two countries has grown to £181.2 billion
in 2017, making the US our largest trading
partner and biggest export market.
“One example of our shared economic and
security ties is UK-based iProov technology,
which uses cutting-edge facial biometric
verification technology to enhance security
and deter those who seek to cause harm.
It is now used by a range of institutions
across the world and will soon be used by
the US Customs and Border Protection body,
helping to enhance the way it processes
people through US borders.”
The reason for selecting iProov comes down
to its ability to detect ‘spoofs’. In a self-serve
identity verification environment, the system
must be able to confirm whether the person
presenting themselves for verification is the
genuine owner of the ID credential and not
a photo, screen image or doctored video.
iProov has 10 granted patents in the UK and
US for the technology that can detect these
spoofs and in this way, is uniquely able to
help governments tackle the pressure they
are under from increased traveller numbers
to swiftly but securely verify each and every
traveller. It is this growth in international
travel which led the DHS Science and
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Andrew Bud, iProov’s CEO
Technology Directorate’s SVIP to look for
partners to help tackle the cross-border
passenger entry operation process. Over 112
million passengers enter the United States
annually and over 1 million attempt to pass
through its borders each day, increasing the
pressure on Customs and Border Protection
to facilitate the entry of international visitors,
increase tourism and foster economic growth
while ensuring the highest level of security. years and we’re now seeing more and more
cases of governments and banks turning to
self-service, spoof-resilient face verification
as the biometric of choice to both increase
security and ensure ease of use.”
iProov’s CEO, Andrew Bud, said: “We are
delighted that iProov has been selected by
the US Department of Homeland Security
to enhance the way in which it processes
people through US borders. Advances in
Machine Learning and AI have enabled a
revolution in facial biometrics in the last few Can you give us an introduction to
the business and the technology?
Intelligent CIO Europe gained a
deeper insight into the utilisation and
implementation of the technology when
speaking to Andrew Bud:
Iproov is a world leader in providing highly
secure face verification in order to match
an individual either against their trusted
identity document or against a previously
THE FACT THAT THE DHS HAS SELECTED
US AND SAID SO PUBLICLY HAS PROVEN
TO BE AN IMMENSE SOURCE OF
CONFIDENCE IN THE MARKET.
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