Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

3M Cogent solution approved for TWIC

Monday, February 20, 2012

3M Cogent announced that it’s biometric access control readers have passed the United States Transportation Security Administration’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Initial Capability Evaluation (ICE) assessment.

The two readers that have landed on the TWIC ICE Fixed Reader list, which is a list of the TWIC approved biometric devices, are the MiY-ID and MiY-Card.

By passing the ICE assessment, the two devices can now be implemented in the systems required under the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 to biometrically authenticate the identities of those working at maritime facilities. [end] 

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