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New IDEMIA NSS Chief Targets Emerging Capabilities for New Growth

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020

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New IDEMIA NSS Chief Targets Emerging Capabilities for New Growth

IDEMIA NSS CEO Andrew Boyd. Photo: IDEMIA NSS

Looking to build on its legacy work with the Department of State for credentialing solutions and the FBI as prime contractor for the agency’s authoritative Next Generation Identification biometric repository, IDEMIA’s National Security Solutions (NSS) business is looking to expand its work in key federal sectors in digital identities for enterprises, protective solutions, and tactical operations, says Andrew Boyd, the new head of NSS. Boyd, who joined NSS as CEO from Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] in September, says he…

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