The UK’s single sign-on and ID verification plans came closer after the Government awarded two biometrics contracts worth more than £17m.
London’s iProov won an £11.6m, two-year contract for genuine document check and inspection services to be part of the government’s One Login for Government program.
IProov was granted a patent in February for ID document forgery detection.
The other deal, worth around £5.9m over two years, also buttresses One Login. It calls for biometrics services for the digital identity program.
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iProov said government officials evaluated solutions on a range of factors, including quality, inclusion, usability, security standards, reliability, social value and price.
Deployment shoul happen by December if contracts are signed off by the Autumn.
iProov secured £50m of funding in January from Sumeru Equity Partners, California.
The company’s clients include the Home Office and National Health Service, U.S. Homeland Security Department and Australia’s Taxation Office.
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The iProov website says: “Online crime is growing. It’s also changing. The idea of a teenage hacker in their bedroom causing mayhem is now a tiny fragment of a much bigger problem. Today we’re faced with the threat of criminal gangs using AI and machine-learning to attack individuals and organizations of every size. iProov is here to help solve that problem with a simple, unique solution.”