Product Partnership with AssureTec Technologies Allows Users to Authenticate Visitor Identification Such as a Driver’s License
Needham, MA. – October 18, 2011 – EasyLobby, the industry leader in secure visitor management solutions, has partnered with AssureTec Technologies of Manchester, NH to offer AssureTec’s ID authentication system as part of EasyLobby’s suite of visitor solutions, allowing users to scan driver’s licenses for authenticity and accurately capture the information and the photo.
The AssureTec ID-150 product is capable of reading both sides of a driver’s license simultaneously and automatically comparing the data on the magnetic strip or 2D barcode on the back of the license and the information on the front. It extracts all available data fields, as well as the photo, and within seconds runs multiple forensic tests specific to that license. All current issue and most previous issue licenses are supported from all U.S. states, Canadian provinces and many licenses from around the world.
“Many of our customers want to accurately and quickly capture visitor data and the photo from a driver’s license as well as to authenticate the license to make sure it is valid,” said Howard Marson, EasyLobby CEO. “By using AssureTec’s patented technology, our customers can now do both within seconds using a single piece of equipment.”
Bruce Reeves, CEO of AssureTec said “We are happy to be part of EasyLobby’s visitor solutions and having a role in improving public security by eliminating the use of counterfeit documents and false identities to surreptitiously enter facilities. Our new generation of ID authenticators can be extremely useful in detecting counterfeit documents or modifications to otherwise valid documents.”
The ID-150 authentication reader is available immediately from EasyLobby in two different options. One option includes the driver’s license scan to capture both the information and the photo, and the other includes the scan with authentication to be sure the license is not a counterfeit. The ID-150 is sold in conjunction with EasyLobby’s Secure Visitor Management (SVM) software. Pricing is dependent on configuration. Call for details.
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News of fake IDs from a website in China is spreading like wildfire, especially in college town communities. In a story published Sunday, October 16, 2011 in The New Hampshire Sunday News, Assistant U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire Al Rubega said these new counterfeit IDs are “better than any we’ve seen”. He went on to say “It’s a real profound concern both from a law enforcement and national security perspective”. Eddie Edwards, the NH Chief of Liquor Enforcement and Licensing was quoted in the story that “These new sophisticated counterfeit IDs from China are virtually impossible to detect”.
In both government and commercial environments, when used with either the AssureTec i-Dentify™ ID-150 document scanner or other supported passport scanners, the Assure-Alert fraud detection software is the only software on the market that has been proven to reliably and automatically detect these new sophisticated fraudulent documents from China. Assure-Alert software is deployed worldwide, in airports and seaports, border control stations, immigration counters, DMVs, casinos, car rental companies, and in other retail applications. US Government entities such as DHS, GSA, and other agencies regularly call for software solutions by AssureTec.
Many products can scan the barcode that is present on most drivers’ licenses, but unfortunately, most barcode scanners simply verify that there is data present on a card, not that the card is valid. Assure-Alert, on the other hand, authenticates documents using the same forensic methods used by highly trained and experienced enforcement officers. Assure-Alert automatically performs multiple forensic tests to validate security features specific to the type of ID presented in just a few seconds.
Most laypeople, including bank tellers, casino cage workers, and store clerks, who are put in the position of ensuring that a customer has a valid ID, are not trained to determine the authenticity of the variety of IDs they regularly encounter. Even border and forensic document inspectors, who undergo substantial training in the Questioned Document Examination (QDE) process, often do not have enough time to truly inspect each document that passes through their station. In testimony before the Senate Finance Committee several years ago, the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported authorities were able to use fake IDs in 18 out of 18 cases to enter the country — despite qualified forensic document inspection. Incidentally, when those same IDs were checked with the Assure-Alert software, they were all detected as fraudulent.
In these times, when procuring a fake ID is as easy a buying loaf of bread, best practices require proven solutions for detecting these sophisticated fraudulent documents whether it be for high security access control, liquor enforcement, or fraud prevention and red flag rules compliance.
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