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Volume 1

February 2016
choice for managing entry, exit, and access to valuable resources."
Abo ut Mo rp ho
Morpho (Safran) is a global leader in identity and security solutions
for an increasingly digital and connected world. We employ more than
8,600 people in 55 countries and generated revenues of more than
EUR1.5 billion in 2014. Backed by more than 40 years of experience
in biometrics, our unique expertise lies in developing innovative
technologies for a wide range of markets and applications for people,
governments and business. Morpho contributes to managing
identities, protecting borders, detecting threats, supporting law
enforcement and providing trusted on-line transactions and services.
Our solutions protect identities, ensure safety and safeguard privacy,
for easier everyday lives.

FBI Certifies MorphoWave™ Desktop
Contactless Fingerprint Scanner
Morpho (Safran), the world leader in security and identity solutions,
announced today that its MorphoWave™ Desktop contactless fingerprint
scanner has been certified by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), for meeting the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Image Quality
Specifications standard. The FBI certification validates that the high quality
images produced by the MorphoWave Desktop are equivalent to other
contact single-finger scanners, and are suitable for a full range of use
cases.
The MorphoWave Desktop uses advanced imaging technologies to
simultaneously acquire four fingerprints in less than one second by a
simple wave of the hand. With its ergonomic bi-directional capture design,
the MorphoWave Desktop can capture fingerprint images for the left or
right hand without the need to change device settings or add another
scanner.
The MorphoWave Desktop is especially suited for high traffic environments
such as border control at international entry or exit ports, or access
control at public and private facilities. In one single compact footprint, the
MorphoWave Desktop combines ease of use and high quality imaging to
enable high performance biometric identification.

Vencore to Develop Advanced
Cryptographic Obfuscation
Techniques for DARPA
Wo rk will Drive F unda menta l Adva nces in Sof tw are
Securi ty Princi ple s
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has
awarded Vencore, Inc.'s research subsidiary, Vencore Labs, Inc., a
$3.7 million contract as a prime contractor to deliver research and
proof-of-concept implementations in the area of efficient program
obfuscation. The work will be performed as part of DARPA's SafeWare
Program.
The aim of the SafeWare research is to develop highly efficient and
widely applicable program obfuscation methods with mathematically
proven security properties. These techniques will make it more
difficult for adversaries to reverse engineer software in captured
equipment.

Recipient of the Security Industry Association's 2015 Best New Product
award, as well as the IFSEC and FIREX Access Control Product of the Year,
MorphoWave is the first fingerprint scanner of this type in commercial use.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently took delivery of nearly 100 units
for a major multibiometric border control, or "e-Border," program. The
UAE now has an unrivalled border control system in terms of ease of use
and hygiene standards, for the registration and identity checks of
passengers at airports.
"Achieving FBI PIV certification is another significant milestone for the
advancement of our contactless fingerprinting technology, confirming its
high quality imaging and compatibility with security systems already
deployed worldwide," commented Morpho CEO Anne Bouverot."Following
unanimous industry recognition for its innovative qualities, and first
commercial usage, this certification further demonstrates that contactless
fingerprinting is no longer a speculative technology -- it is a reliable

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