Biometric experts iProov support UK Home Office with technology to assure genuine presence
November 12 2018 - 7:01PM
Business Wire
Liveness detection technology to enable digital
customer journey for individuals accessing new large scale Home
Office services
iProov, a leading provider of biometric facial verification
technology, today announced that it will play a key role in a
multi-year contract with the UK Home Office for the provision of
smartphone-based digital identity verification. This new capability
will assist the UK Home Office in delivering secure, easy-to-use
interactions with individuals in accordance with the digital
services agenda. The app to support applications for the EU Exit
Settlement Scheme includes this technology.
The new digital service, which will be provided in partnership
with immigration and border management company WorldReach Software
with support from Dutch contactless document specialist ReadID,
allows secure enrolment onto Home Office services using a
smartphone app. The process involves biometric matching of the
user’s selfie against the image read from a user’s passport chip,
using iProov’s unique Flashmark technology to provide robust
liveness detection.
iProov is unique in its ability to ‘assure genuine presence’. In
a self-serve identity verification environment, a system must be
able to confirm whether or not the person presenting themselves for
verification is genuinely the owner of an ID credential – not a
photo, screen image, a recording or doctored video. iProov has
eleven granted patents in the UK and US for its technology which
detects such attempted frauds.
This is not the first time iProov has been recognised for its
industry leading identity verification technology. In April 2018,
the company announced that it had become the first British, and
indeed overseas, organisation to be awarded a contract from
the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science &
Technology Directorate’s Silicon Valley Innovation
Program (SVIP) to help US DHS to enhance and secure
cross-border passenger travel. The company also won the 2017
National Cyber Security Centre’s Cyber Den competition at CYBERUK
2017; it has received a number of grants from Innovate UK, the UK's
innovation agency; and in September 2017 was named the sole UK
member of the SINET16, a select group of cyber-security innovators.
In the financial services sector its technology is in live use with
banks such as ING in the Netherlands.
iProov’s Founder and CEO, Andrew Bud, comments, “We are
delighted that the Home Office has chosen to use iProov's unique
technology for this large and important application. Our position
as the worldwide leader in this sector has been built with great
support from the UK Government over many years. Our mission to
assure trust in the online ecosystem has never been more
important.”
London-based iProov was founded in 2011. The company’s facial
biometric technology is used by banks and governments around the
world for secure customer onboarding, logon and authentication, to
ensure new and returning users are genuine and guard against
fraudulent attempts to gain access to personal data or use a stolen
identity.
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About iProov
Founded in 2011 by CEO Andrew Bud, iProov is a world leader in
spoof-resistant, biometric verification technology. Its technology
is used by banks and governments around the world for secure
customer onboarding, logon and authentication, to ensure new and
returning users are genuine, and guard against fraudulent attempts
to gain access to personal data or use a stolen identity. For more
information, please see www.iproov.com
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