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Winning the Identity Battle

In the current climate of political instability in many areas of the globe, we see defence forces involved in conflict situations and peace keeping activities on a wide scale. In these difficult operational conditions, identity management has always been a cause for concern - "Friend or foe?"

Understanding of the situations faced by the armed forces and the physical conditions they endure in both hostile areas and in peace time is key to designing systems which lead to safer environments for soldiers and armed forces staff.

Robust solutions

Management of identity in highly volatile regions has traditionally been approached by checking identity against ID cards issued by local agencies. The way these cards are administered is very hard to control; therefore their role in identifying individuals is not reliable and subject to abuse.

The need for a robust, practical mobile biometric reader was identified to confirm identity of individuals in the field and to allow checks against terrorist watch lists as detainees are enrolled onto the system.

In Iraq and Afghanistan the trend towards insurgency and terrorism tactics using suicide bombers makes it doubly important that true identity is managed. Fixed biometric identity controls at army base access points ensure that they remain super secure and that only authorised people have access to them.

Human behavioural analytics and video analytics offer the armed forces major advantages over traditional CCTV systems and perimeter fence sensors to the armed forces as it increases levels of surveillance and recognises suspicious behaviour around the perimeter before any actual incursion takes place, allowing security officers to take pre-emptive action.

No substitute for experience

Working with Human Recognition Systems in the defence sector gives you a big advantage - we have the experience of working closely with MOD purchasing and supply departments and understanding of the situations the armed forces face and expertise in the technology which helps saves lives.  Systems we developed are currently deployed in active service in Afghanistan and Iraq with the UK Armed Forces.