Problem / Challenge: The U.S. government and private organizations had been involved in developing security technology for computer and communications systems for some time. Although advances were great, it was generally perceived that the state of security technology failed, to some extent, to address the needs of all.

The client requested a biometric component with high quality optical fingerprint scanner technology in order to enhance a security system and attendance system. In both cases, modularity and compliance with the US Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201) were key success factors.

Our Role: A business analyst and an offshore team were assigned to this project  to develop this biometric component. Our team used an Agile software development methodology, and a certified fingerprint scanner.

The system lets manage the enrollment of individuals, biometric validation, and access/authorization to perform any functionality or process according to privileges granted by the system that it was integrated with. Some of the direct tasks performed by our team included:

• Integration with the fingerprint scanner (Futronic FS88H)
• Development  and maintaining software code (.NET, Java, Web Services, Database procedures)
• Implemented interfaces with new systems based on modularity

Key Outcomes:

• Improvement of accuracy and security during automated identification. Unlike keys and tokens, biometrics are never lost or stolen
• Identity can be verified without resort to documents that may be stolen, lost or altered. Unlike passwords and PINs, biometrics cannot be forgotten
• Reduction of time support in the help desk due to password resets

Technologies used: Fingerprint scanner, .NET, ASP, MVC, Web Services, Java, J2EE