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Homeland Security

Tech Developments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 21st, 2020

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Tech Developments

NEC, SITA Partner to Develop Biometric-Based Touchless Transit Through Airports NEC Corp. and SITA have partnered to develop a secure touchless travel experience at airports that combines digital identities on smart phones with cloud-based mobile services and an identity management solution. NEC will provide its I:Delight identity management platform and face recognition algorithms and SITA its Smart Path and Smart Flex solutions that will integrate mobile and biometric technologies with existing infrastructure and airline applications. The companies say that their…

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