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www.AmericanSecurityToday.com identity on their smartphones . Jan/Feb 2020 - Edition 40 The first step is to automate the ID/ boarding pass check.. check B i o m e t - ric-equipped self- serve kiosks Iris ID's IrisAccess® is the world’s leading deployed iris rec- are ideal for the ognition platform and is used in thousands of locations travel document authenticating the identities of millions of people daily. checker (TDC) What’s driving this growing process and will free many TSA agents to assist with other air- demand? port security op- • The cost of solutions has erations erations.. dropped. • The technologies have matured ASTORS While TDC ki- 2019 and been proven to work by PLATINUM AWARD WINN government agencies and pri- osks are already in a few foreign vate industry. • Consumers are increasingly fa- airports, pilot miliar and comfortable with projects at sev- eral U.S. airports biometrics. . biometrics • They use similar technolo- won’t begin until gy every day to authenticate this year. 68 AMERICAN SECURITY TODAY HOMELAND SECURITY AWARDS For more informat