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Date Posted: 03:05:43 02/16/03 Sun
Author: who are doing security for American Express.--Regards,--WW.
Subject: Hi Sabre,The young lass who used to work for Keyware has left she now works for Bioscrypt

The young lass who used to work for Keyware has left she now works for Bioscrypt who are doing security for American Express.--Regards,--WW.
http://www.protonworld.com/press/pr/PR_2000-07-06_KEYOEM.pdf

http://www.keyware.com/company/default.asp?id=44

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PRESS RELEASE

6/7/2000 p1

PROTON WORLD SIGNS OEM AGREEMENT WITH

KEYWARE TECHNOLOGIES.

Integration of Biometric Technology into Smart Card Solutions Enhances

Cardholder Authentication and Identification.

Brussels, 6 July, 2000. Proton World announced today that it had signed an

Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Agreement with Keyware Technologies,

the world's leading provider of biometric solutions for cardholder authentication

and identification.

Proton World and Keyware Technologies are already established technology

partners. The two companies introduced their proof-of-concept integration of the

Proton e-purse and Keyware's Layered Biometric Verification (LBV.) at the

Smart Card 2000 trade show in London in February 2000, where it won the

Advanced Card Award for the Best New Security Product.

Under the terms of the OEM agreement, the collaboration between the two

companies is extended and strengthened: Proton World will offer an optional

biometrics component, using the Keyware LBV system, as an "add-on" to other

applications in its end-to-end smart card solutions, and gains the right to license

its use by third parties.

The new component will include a Fingerprint Verification Module, developed by

Keyware Technologies, that will read fingerprints, compare them with bio prints

strored on the Proton card, and then send encrypted data to the Proton terminal.

The necessary terminal software development will be done by Proton World and

the interface between the module and the terminal will be designed and

developed by a joint Proton World/ Keyware Technologies development team.

The two companies will create and implement a joint world-wide marketing plan,

including current Proton World licensees.

Dr. Armand Linkens, Managing Director & CEO of Proton World, said " The

security of Proton solutions is admired around the world and we will keep our

position as the market leader in this domain. Biometrics is the next-generation

technique, which will replace PIN codes whilst remaining user-friendly. This

Agreement allows us to respond immediately to requests we have already

received from our licensees in developing countries, and also to offer a range of

security options to new customers, according to their individual requirements."

PRESS RELEASE

Mr. Francis Declerq, President and CEO of Keyware Technologies, said " the

combination of biometric technology and smart cards produces obvious

synergies. Bio prints, such as voice, fingerprint or face, can be easily stored on a

smart card for a variety of security purposes. Keyware is excited to name Proton

World as our newest customer. Together, Proton World and Keyware make

smart card technology more and more secure."

END

Notes for Editors

PROTON WORLD was created by major smart card players (American Express, Banksys, ERG,

Interpay and Visa International) to give a boost to common smart card and electronic purses

standards. Proton World is a high-technology company, which delivers global smart card

solutions world-wide. It continues the development and licensing of Proton smart card

applications, which have already been chosen by 20 countries. The Proton technology is the most

broadly implemented in national roll-outs and is the most actively used world-wide: the Protonbased

smart card schemes have together performed more than 166 million e-purse transactions

since they have been introduced. It also has the largest acceptance base, with more than

280,000 terminals installed world-wide.

Multiple applications are available today using Proton (for example electronic commerce, access

controls, loyalty schemes, calling cards, university campus cards etc.). Proton World supports a

variety of technologies and specifications to deliver open, interoperable and global smart card

solutions. It is implementing the Common Electronic Purse Specifications (CEPS) to ensure

interoperability of electronic purse schemes world-wide.

For more information, please visit our web site at www.protonworld.com

or contact

Ms. Dominique Hautain, Executive Vice-President,Corporate Office,

Proton World SA/NV, 10 rue du Planeur / Zweefvliegtuigstraat 10, 1130 Brussels, Belgium

Telephone + 32 2 724 5111 Fax + 32 2 724 5060

e-mail info@protonworld.com

Founded in 1996, KEYWARE TECHNOLOGIES is a pioneer in the field of biometrics, the

technology of verifying an individual's identity by means of personal characteristics such as voice,

face and fingerprints. Co-headquartered in Belgium and Woburn, Mass., Keyware is the world's

leading provider of intelligent biometric solutions for real world business applications. The

solutions optimise security and convenience for physical locations, e-commerce, network and

telecommunications applications. Keyware's award-winning technology is sold globally through

an extended network of OEMs, system integrators and VARs.

For more information, please visit our web site at www.keyware.com or contact

Liz Marshall,

Keyware Technologies Inc, Woburn, Massachussetts, USA

Telephone +1 781 933 1311 Fax +1 781 933 1554 e-mail emarshall@keyware.com

Department of Defense Wins Annual Smart Card Alliance Award

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Date posted in ITsecurity.com: 27 April, 2002
Rolling Out to Four Million, DoD’s New Multi-Technology System Secures Facilities and Networks

NEW YORK, April 25 -- The Department of Defense has earned this year’s Outstanding Smart Card Application (OSCA) Award from the Smart Card Alliance. The Smart Card Alliance’s Chairman, Paul Beverly, VP Smart Cards and Systems, SchlumbergerSema, presented the award to Mary Dixon, Director of the Department of Defense Access Card Office and Bill Boggess, Director of the Access and Authentication Technology Division, Defense Manpower Data Center, at the CardTech/SecurTech Industry Awards Reception last night in New Orleans.

The Department of Defense (DoD) identified a clear need within the armed forces to increase security using a card system. The new program will issue up to four million Common Access Cards (CAC), which are multi-application smart cards that include a photo ID and provide authorized physical access to facilities and logical access to the DoD’s computer networks and systems. Currently the CAC issuance system is operational in 300 locations worldwide.

“This is a very exciting award for us and a very powerful enabling technology for the Department of Defense,” said Dixon. “This technology allows us to secure our unclassified networks and aggressively pursue the implementation of many electronic business applications.”

“I'm proud to present the Outstanding Smart Card Application Award to the Department of Defense’s Access Card Office. This application really illustrates the power of smart cards as an integrated security technology,” said Beverly. “The immense scale of the CAC application demonstrates that smart cards can be distributed and administered on a global enterprise level. The DoD CAC shows how multiple vendors can coexist and that multi-application technology exists today. Their entry conveys the formidable challenge the Department of Defense faced and how they met the challenge with the CAC smart card technology.”

About the OSCA
Each year the Smart Card Alliance, in an ongoing effort to stimulate innovation in smart card technology, recognizes a user organization for its effective implementation of a smart card program. Such innovative applications provide new growth ideas within the industry and will build stability for future successes. Each year the Alliance turns to its members to identify projects worthy of recognition for receiving the Outstanding Smart Card Application Award. The 2002 judging panel was comprised of: Jane Adams, journalist; Jerry Ashworth, Editor, Report on Smart Cards; Shalini Chowdhary, Analyst, Frost & Sullivan; Joe Clark, Smart Card Authority; Don Davis, Editor,Card Technology Magazine; Theresa Ward, Editor in Chief, Intelcard News; and Jeff Kutler, Senior Editor, Institutional Investor.

About the Smart Card Alliance
The Smart Card Alliance is a not-for profit, multi-industry association of member firms working to accelerate the widespread acceptance of multiple applications for smart card technology. Through specific projects such as education programs, market research, advocacy, industry relations, and open forums, the Alliance keeps its members connected to industry leaders and innovative thought. The Alliance is the single industry voice for smart cards, leading industry discussion on the impact and value of smart cards in the U.S. For more information please visit www.smartcardalliance.org.

American Express Uses Chip Cards And Biometrics At Headquarters


American Express Co., whose headquarters are across from the site of the destroyed World Trade Center towers, has stepped up security at its offices using biometrics and smart cards. Employees use contactless smart cards to gain access to the building entrance and must authenticate themselves with chip cards and fingerprint biometrics at high-security doors within the building. The fingerprint scanners are supplied by Toronto-based Bioscrypt Inc. Bioscrypt and AmEx have been working together for more than a year, and a fingerprint system has been in place "for a significant time," says Julia Webb, marketing vice president for Bioscrypt. Other AmEx facilities may be using the technology soon, she adds. AmEx's headquarters building was damaged during the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, and several AmEx employees working in a nearby building were killed.

( 2003-02-06 )

Q9 Networks Selects Bioscrypt for High Security Web Hosting Centres

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Date posted in ITsecurity.com: 19 April, 2002
TORONTO, April 17 / -- Bioscrypt Inc. , a leading provider of advanced fingerprint technology, announced today that Q9 Networks has signed a license for Bioscrypt Core™, the company’s fingerprint pattern recognition engine.

Q9 Networks, the leading Canadian provider of managed Internet infrastructure services, operates state-of-the-art data centres that boast a highly secure physical access system featuring Bioscrypt fingerprint readers. The combination of fingerprint biometrics and other security measures delivers the highest levels of security while enabling Q9’s customers to have unannounced access to facilities and customer equipment, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Now, Q9 will develop an advanced, next generation access control system using Bioscrypt Core technology.

“It is critical to our business to provide our customers with exceptional service and security, which is why we are making Bioscrypt an integral part of our security foundation,” said Osama Arafat, CEO Q9 Networks. “Our evaluations showed that Bioscrypt’s performance leads the industry for our application, and that enables us to give our customers the latest in biometric authentication security while at the same time permitting unrestricted 24x7 access.”

Commenting on the agreement, Pierre Donaldson, president and CEO of Bioscrypt, said, “We are understandably pleased that an organization with such an evident focus on reliability and security selected Bioscrypt Core as the fingerprint biometric engine for their next generation access system. Like many other security-minded companies, Q9 agrees that our fingerprint biometric technology is ready for prime time, and continues to be the best choice for their access control infrastructure.”

About Q9 Networks
Q9 Networks is a leading provider of outsourced Internet infrastructure and managed services for companies with mission-critical Web operations. Q9 raised $115 million in private equity financing to fund a national network of Internet data centres in major Canadian cities. Q9’s data centres and network are engineered for 100 percent uptime with SLA-backed guarantees. Q9 managed services, including: bandwidth, dedicated servers, firewalls, load balancing, Virtual Private Networking (VPN) and back-up/restore, enable the rapid provisioning and scalability of client Internet operations. For more information, visit the Q9 Web site at www.q9.com.

About Bioscrypt, Inc.
Bioscrypt Inc. is a leading provider of advanced fingerprint technology with over 30,000 fingerprint readers currently installed. The company’s solutions combine the convenience of touch with the high security of fingerprint-based biometrics for simple and secure access to facilities, equipment and information. Using the “bioscrypt on board"™ brand, the company offers packaged products, OEM components and software licensing to leading security solution manufacturers and integrators worldwide for physical, wireless and network security applications. Among the many cutting- edge companies and partners using Bioscrypt technology are the U.S. Army, NASA, Continental Airlines, Intel, Atmel, HID Corporation, Simplex, Honeywell and Northern Computers. Bioscrypt’s patented technology is interoperable with leading fingerprint sensors and is both platform and operating system independent. Bioscrypt is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol BYT. For more information, visit the Bioscrypt Web site at www.bioscrypt.com.

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