IB Introduces Spoof Prevention Capability for FBI-Certified Scanners
Integrated Biometrics has introduced what it says is the world’s strongest Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) technology for inclusion with FBI-certified fingerprint scanners, adding that its system delivers spoof detection faster “than any other FBI-certified technology on the planet.” The artificial intelligence enabled IB-PAD includes machine learning algorithms alongside the company’s light emitting sensor-film based spoof rejection, which IB says already makes common spoofing materials useless against the company’s own scanners. “We are fully committed to raising the bar and helping our customers in the battle against criminals using fake fingerprints to subvert biometric identification systems,” says Stephen Thies, IB’s CEO. Customers can download the IB-PAD through a new software development kit for its Columbo scanner this month. Updates for the entire line of FBI-certified devices will follow.
Fortem Ships New DroneHunter
Fortem Technologies released a new autonomous counter-drone solution it calls the F700 DroneHunter: a drone that can be mounted with various countermeasures to protect critical infrastructure from unmanned aircraft system threats without any risk to civilians or property on the ground, the company says. The F700, with a maximum payload weight of 5-pounds, leverages an open architecture design to use tools like radar and net guns to locate, capture and tow to the ground non-compliant drones. It can tow drones weighing up to 13-pounds, but it can also use a parachute to bring itself and an enemy drone to predetermined safe landing zones on the ground. “Targeting decisions are handled through software AI, but still require some human intervention,” a representative for Fortem told HSR sister publication Defense Daily. “The DroneHunter is designed to be 100 percent autonomous, although currently, a person must authorize the DroneHunter to fire on another drone.” The company has sold the F700 to international government agencies, the representative says. The system will typically be used to protect the airspace over critical infrastructure. The F700 complement’s Fortem’s SkyDome and TrueView technologies, which offer a scalable, radar-based way to monitory the airspace around a facility in three-dimensions.