BIO-key International, a global leader in fingerprint biometric identification solutions and advanced mobile identification technology, reported that the company has provided a mobile, state of the art, fingerprint biometric identity solution demo for the city clerk's office in Sacramento CA. BIO-key, partnered with Fulcrum Biometrics to provide mobile fingerprint authentication for city staff pro...
BIO-key International, a global leader in fingerprint biometric identification solutions and advanced mobile identification technology, reported that the company has provided a mobile, state of the art, fingerprint biometric identity solution demo for the city clerk's office in Sacramento CA. BIO-key, partnered with Fulcrum Biometrics to provide mobile fingerprint authentication for city staff processing acknowledgement and approval documents, utilizing the Apple iPhone. The city of Sacramento is in the testing stage and likely be the first city in the U.S. to employ finger biometric technology using a smartphone to meet city compliance requirements. If all goes as planned, implementation will be launched before 2013.
The city of Sacramento city clerk's office began searching for a more efficient solution to meet digital signature compliance guidelines in 2008. City staff, planners, architects and approved contractors using eSignatures are required to offer a second form of identification, in order to satisfy the requirements of government codes. Today, using the Fulcrum handheld device attached to the iPhone, users can simply swipe their finger as identification. In less than three seconds the user with be authenticated (Cloud or Server) or rejected if they are not the appropriate person.
“We believe that incorporating biometrics will improve the workflow and we're already seeing signs confirming this benefit. Our city recognizes four levels of contact processes. The four levels include decorative, acknowledgement, approval and the last which calls for the highest level of security. All four levels must be compliant in order to meet government codes,” mentioned Bullwinkel. Efficiency is important, but security is paramount adding a biometric provides us with a level of security which is beyond reproach,” proclaimed Bullwinkel.
“As the news about Sacramento's successful migration to mobile fingerprint biometric technology extends to over ten thousand cities across the United States; BIO-key anticipates a growing demand for their mobile authentication and identification solutions, stated Scott Mahnken, VP of Marketing, BIO-key. Every city faces similar challenges protecting the security of documents and transactions. Therefore we believe other cities in California and around the nation will follow Sacramento's lead,” added Mahnken.