October 8, 2008

Veridt TSA TWIC Qualified Readers

Middleton, Wisconsin (October 8, 2008)—The Transportation Safety Administration and the US Coast Guard announced today that Veridt readers have successfully completed the evaluation process as part of the Initial Capabilities Evaluation (ICE) in conjunction with the Transportation Workers Identification Credential (TWIC) reader testing program. Two readers passed the TWIC-compliant testing: one uses a contact card read interface and biometric and the other uses the contactless card read interface and biometric.

TWIC ICE List

Veridt designs, develops and markets integrated reader products combining fingerprint biometrics and applied technologies for enterprise applications, and physical/logical access security requirements. Veridt products conform to standard protocols established for the United States government sector ID programs, such as HSPD-12 (FIPS-201), TSA (TWIC) and DOD (CAC) ID, using proprietary protocols and algorithms. Veridt products provide functionality from fingerprint capture to on-board dedicated ID verification in a broad array of configurations.

For more information, contact:

sales@veridt.com
Veridt
7182 US Highway 14, Ste 401
Middleton, WI 53562-4264
Tel: 608-833-1840