IDEX Biometrics ASA has announced that Dongwoon Anatech Co., Ltd has selected IDEX Biometrics as its biometric sensor partner for its expanding initiative in secure access control and digital identity solutions. Dongwoon Anatech has placed additional orders for TrustedBio sensors to support a range of card-based access control products with fingerprint authentication.
Kim Dong Cheol, Chief Executive Officer of Dongwoon Anatech, commented: “We are pursuing innovative applications for card-based biometric authentication, which we believe is a very promising market. Due to the unique and personal nature of fingerprints, they are an ideal biometric for providing robust authentication, while delivering a seamless experience for consumers and enterprises.
“We are very excited about our collaboration with IDEX Biometrics, which offers industry-leading technology and systems support to reduce our time to market.”
Vince Graziani, Chief Executive Officer of IDEX Biometrics, stated: “In addition to securing payments, biometric cards increasingly are being used for management of digital identities, with highly secure applications ranging from protecting sensitive physical locations to protecting vulnerable computing networks.
“Partnering with innovative technology leaders like Dongwoon Anatech enables IDEX Biometrics to accelerate its response to this rapidly growing opportunity. Fingerprint biometrics will soon be considered a standard approach to authentication, whether used in payment cards, digital wallets or in the digital identification applications pursued by our partner Dongwoon Anatech.”