26 January 2021 15:03 GMT
Aware, a leading global provider of biometrics software products, solutions and services, announces the launch of AwareABIS, an Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) used for large-scale biometric identification and deduplication. Designed to serve between 1-30 million identities or more, AwareABIS supports fingerprint, face and iris modalities, and features a modular architecture that helps security teams configure and optimize the system for civil or criminal applications.
AwareABIS was designed with the needs of the civil and law enforcement community firmly in mind. AwareABIS is highly modular, empowering customers to build their own infrastructure designed for their specific needs in a way that is less expensive and more flexible than existing alternatives. Instead of requiring law enforcement and government agencies to buy proprietary end-to-end biometric identification solutions that trap them in expensive, long-term contracts, AwareABIS
Were These the Fingerprints of a Terrorist?
Biometric data led President Trump to pardon an American soldier convicted of killing Afghan civilians. What if the data was wrong?
Credit.Lauren Peters-Collaer
By Annie Jacobsen
Ms. Jacobsen, a reporter who has written books about the C.I.A. and the Pentagon, is the author of the forthcoming “First Platoon,” from which this essay is adapted.
Jan. 9, 2021
Four years ago this month, Donald Trump invited Sean Hannity to the White House for one of his first sit-down interviews as president.
“Let me ask you about the power of the pardon, which is absolute for a president,” Mr. Hannity said to Mr. Trump. He brought up Clint Lorance, an Army first lieutenant who ordered his platoon to shoot three unarmed motorcycle riders in Afghanistan, in July 2012, killing two of them (the third escaped unharmed). A military court had found him guilty of second-degree murder and he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Mr. Hannity suggested he wa
Department of Public Safety Upgrades Fingerprint Database Department of Public Safety Upgrades Fingerprint Database
Two Year Upgrade of Alaska’s Automated Fingerprint System Will Help Solve Crimes Faster
December 29, 2020 (Anchorage, AK) – After years of planning and months of testing, the upgrade to Alaska’s portion of the Western Identification Network (WIN) Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) has been successfully completed. Alaska, the first state to upgrade among the eight WIN states cutover to the improved software in mid-November. The process involved over six months of testing and trialing
the critical system that processes all civil, criminal, and forensic fingerprints in the state.