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TSA Awards MorphoTrust Potential $85M for Credential Authenticator

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this month awarded MorphoTrust a potential $85 million contract to provide a credential authentication system to verify only legitimate passengers and other personnel gain access to secure areas of airports. The Credential Authentication Technology (CAT) system will be used by the agency’s Transportation Security Officers to assess various travel and identity credentials and display the authentication results. The CAT Request for Proposal, which was issued in Dec. 2013, said the ordering period would be for…

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