October 23, 2006—Bioscrypt Inc., a leading provider of identity verification technology, announced recently that it has selected the UPEK TouchChip TCS1 fingerprint sensor for its new biometric Physical Access Control (PAC) readers. These readers will comply with the US government’s Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 201 (FIPS 201), Personal Identity Verification (PIV) program.
Under FIPS 201, a PIV credential (card) with the capacity to store the digital representation of two fingerprints, as ANSI/INCITS 378 standardized templates, will be created for every federal employee and contractor. These fingerprint data can then be used to authenticate individuals, allowing them physical access to buildings and/or logical access to computers.
In practice, a government employee will enroll in the PIV program by having a scan taken of their fingerprints, to create the ANSI/INCITS 378 templates. Those templates are then added to the information that is stored on the card and used for physical and logical access control.
For example, when a person attempts to access a building, they will present their card to the biometric PIV PAC reader and place their finger on the sensor integrated into the reader. The information captured by the sensor is then processed by the fingerscan matching algorithm to ensure the template on the card is a match to the live finger. Assuming a match is achieved, the door will open and the person can enter the facility.
UPEK, Inc., the global leader in biometric fingerprint security solutions, offers integrated end-to-end solutions including comprehensive design and integration services to the world’s leading consumer and industrial products companies.
Bioscrypt Inc. is a leader in identity verification technologies, providing solutions for converged physical and logical access, enabling unified authentication from Door to Desktop.
