Today, one of the main objectives of the government and other state institutions
is to provide security for its people. With the expansion of EU, massive
globalization programs, increased internationalization, the officials are facing
a challenge to sustain law and order in a big multinational society. The police
has to be efficient at dealing with different day-to-day operations in order to
maintain its competitiveness and authoritative power in a modern environment.
CCIS CCS's mission in this industry is to provide Command and Control Software
for the automation of Police Records, Resources and Operations. CCS
differentiates its products by providing its users with solution of ultimate
performance, flexibility and interoperability.
The most important requirement for any real time command and control system is
the ability to offer a commander the information to make a rapid assessment of
the dynamic situation. The quality and speed of the information allows the user
to make decisions more quickly and shortens the response time to the changing
tactical situation. CCIS is the solution which facilitates the provision of
security services to people at large, and the control of specific situations
with people and of selected populations, ensuring rapid deployment and secure
Incident Control. Diverse data integration and wide area geo-spatial coverage
that we offer are a key to successful solutions in a variety of command and
control applications.
ABCS
(Automatic Border Control System) provides automation and tracking mechanisms
for all activities related to traffic across a territory's borders. ABCS allows
Police, Customs and Security Personnel to account for anyone arriving in, or
departing from any defined territory. Such a solution indirectly involves the
function of political control. Recent trends and innovations, including the
implications of globalization, militarization, and immigration, gives rise to
the need of thorough control systems in UK and worldwide. Developments in
surveillance technology, including the emergence of new forms of local, national
and international communications interceptions networks requires fast and
efficient border monitoring system. ABCS is designed to streamline critical
immigration functions by synchronizing information between all border points,
all airports, all seaports and any other checkpoints that may be necessary to
maintain order and civil liberty within the state where the system is
incorporated. ABCS takes into account its multi-functionality and its role in
yielding an extension of scope, efficiency and growth of policing power. It
identifies the continuum of control by monitoring the travelers' activities.
ABCS is multilingual and can also utilize Biometric information for increased
security. ABCS updates relevant records of travelers around borders 'in real
time' so that the system provides up-to-date information for users such as
Immigration Check-Point officers.
AFIS
CCS works closely with our renowned technology partners around security
applications. CCS constructs solutions that are evolved around identification
systems. The latter is usually categorized into three main areas: what an
individual possesses (e.g. bank smartcard), what an individual knows (e.g. PIN
number), and what an individual has as part of themselves which is unique to
that individual, such as a biometric characteristic (e.g. fingerprints). Only
one of these characteristCCS cannot be replicated, and that is biometric
information. CCS regards biometric technology as a highly reliable and cost
effective solution to be implemented in many different scenarios and industry
systems requiring verification or identification of an individual.
A biometric
attribute is unique and is impossible to change or copy. Therefore, When
considering a biometric solution the type of biometric must be carefully
assessed to ensure user acceptance of the system. When dealing with the public
it has been proven that retina and facial scanning is not acceptable to most
individuals and the latter often involves high fixed costs, however finger or
hand scanning received a positive response. Our solution, which involves
fingerprint identification, has uses in passports, identity cards, driving
licenses, computer security and access control systems, as well as forensic and
CID applications. AFIS (Automatic Fingerprint Information System) uses
technology now employed by police, governments and commercial markets around the
globe.
Biometric systems can be broadly categorized into
two areas:
Verification
Verification involves ascertaining and verifying that an individual is who they
purport to be. In an AFIS system this involves several steps:
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The individual's biometric data, in this case a fingerprint, must be registered
on the system - this is a one off process. |
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The biometric data must be stored on a fast retrieval medium. |
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The biometric must be read, to verify the individual. |
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The biometric must be matched against the stored image of the relevant
biometric, and verified that a positive match has been made. |
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The transaction can then proceed. |
In the case of verification the scanned biometric need only be matched against
one stored image to ascertain validity of the individual. In the case of a
financial institution the stored biometric image would be linked to a clients
account number therefore when the client requests a transaction the stored
biometric is retrieved along with the account details and information. This
ensures a rapid turn around of the processing of the transaction. A three way
verification process can be implemented whereby the fingerprint image is stored
both at a central database and on the client's bank smartcard. The following
illustrates an ATM transaction as an example:
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The client inserts their card into the ATM. |
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The ATM accepts and reads the relevant data from the card. |
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The ATM issues a request to the host for account details. |
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The host responds with account details and relevant biometric image. |
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The client is prompted to place their finger on the scanner. |
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The ATM verifies the placed image against the image from the host and the
image stored on the smartcard. |
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The transaction is ratified or rejected. |
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In the above scenario a PIN number may still be requested to add a further
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Dependent on the IT and Communications infrastructure the verification process
will add very little time to the whole transaction as the only added overhead is
the processing of one image against another single image. In certain cases such
as joint account holders the image may have to be verified against two images.
Identification
Identification can be described as identifying an individual against millions of
other unique individuals. This form of systems is predominantly used in a Law
Enforcement environment to identify an unknown individual. To identify a unique
unknown individual is a considerably lengthier process than verifying an
individual. The reasons for this are: An unknown individual is as it implies
unknown therefore a biometric characteristic of that individual may well exist
however because the individual is unknown his/her biometric characteristic must
be checked against every individual biometric image stored on a biometric
system. This may take only several seconds should the scanned image match one of
the first images stored on the database; however it may well take several hours
if the whole database has to be scanned. A typical example of biometric
identification is the system in use by the American FBI; this system has in
excess of 30 million images stored on it. Search time can therefore be lengthy;
however in this case speed of identification is not necessarily a critical
factor.
Verification versus Identification
Verification is used in scenarios where fast matching of a known individual to a
single known biometric image is required. Typically this is required in a
Banking environment where transaction time is mission critical and reliability
of the match is vital. Identification is used in scenario's where the speed of
matching an unknown Individual to a known biometric image is not critical.
Typically this is used in Law Enforcement applications.
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