Cross Match registers Mexican biometrics

Monday, 11 January, 2010 (Age: 237 days)

Cross Match Technologies, a global provider of biometric identity solutions, along with technology partner Smartmatic, was selected by the Mexican Secretary of Government (SEGOB) to help register citizens and capture biometric identity verification data.

In 2009, SEGOB announced its plans to update Mexico’s National Population Registry and create a new national identification card, which will include fingerprint data, iris capture scans and facial images. The goal of this massive project is to provide citizens with a reliable means by which to verify their identities.

SEGOB recently acquired 2,000 PARkits, designed by Cross Match and Smartmatic, which it will use during the first phase of its national registry project.

Cross Match and Smartmatic were chosen from a field of several biometric solution vendors that participated in a bidding process sponsored by RENAPO, Registro Nacional de Población e Identificación Personal, a division of SEGOB. According to RENAPO, the Cross Match-Smartmatic solution was chosen based on technical merits and attractive pricing.

Smartmatic is architecting the solution, which includes laptops, peripherals and core software, in addition to providing system integration, training and first-level support to end users. Cross Match is supplying fingerprint image capture and iris capture capability. The L SCAN Guardian ten-print capture systems that RENAPO selected are the same family of devices currently in use in the United States as part of the U.S. VISITS program. The RENAPO project will be the largest Mexican citizen enrollment program to date to include fingerprint capture, iris scan and facial images.

Category: Biometrics, Smart Cards, Data Collection