CryptoMetrics has been awarded a contract to provide face recognition products and services for the Taiwan Bureau of Consular Services electronic passport project.

CryptoMetrics is working closely with prime systems integrator Hewlett Packard, and providing its VisPro and VisMatch software, which will be utilized to confirm the identity of passport applicants. These biometric solutions capture facial images and process them for matching against a watch list database of known persons who pose potential national security threats.