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Sagem Sécurité wins 2009 European Border Security Product Innovation Award from Frost & Sullivan
December 2009 by Marc Jacob
Sagem Sécurité (Safran group) has won the Frost & Sullivan 2009 European Border Security
Product Innovation Award for its automated biometric border control solutions. The
company’s modular control gates call on the three biometric technologies recommended by
the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), namely facial, fingerprint and iris
recognition.
The range of MorphoWay™ solutions offered by Sagem Sécurité are fully suited to the new
generation of electronic passports that have been distributed in Europe since late June 2009,
in compliance with recent legislation. These automated control gates ensure the virtually
real-time recognition of travelers, and simplify control procedures to speed up passenger
flows at borders.
Sagem Sécurité’s automated border control solutions have already been selected for several
major European airports. In particular, the IRIS system based on iris recognition has been
deployed in the United Kingdom, while the PARAFES program, based on fingerprint
recognition, is being implemented in France.
