NEC Corporation of Malaysia Sdn Bhd has been awarded the sub-contract for the implementation of its Automated Biometric Identification System and Border Control Solution (e-Gate) by the main contractor for the National Integrated Immigration System (NIISe), IRIS Information Technology.
The NIISe is an initiative by the Ministry of Home Affairs to modernise the Immigration Department of Malaysia with advanced digital technology.
When IRIS created the world’s first ePassport in collaboration with the Immigration Department of Malaysia in 1998, it necessitated the introduction and deployment of the eGates to read and verify ePassports via traveler thumbprint. Today, 24 years later, NEC will be providing the NEC ABIS and NEC e-Gate systems, featuring highly accurate and reliable multi-modal biometrics authentication, as one of the key technology partners subcontracted for the NIISe project.
NEC’s biometrics technology uses fingerprint, iris, and face recognition to authenticate identities of visitors and Malaysians at air, sea, and land immigration checkpoints. The NEC e-Gates, a component of NEC’s Border Control Solution will be deployed at all immigration checkpoints to enable smoother passenger experiences.
The AI-based multi-modal biometric authentication features NEC’s face and iris recognition technologies which both have ranked the world’s No. 1 in benchmark tests for identification technologies conducted by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Mr. Shaiful Zahrin Bin Subhan, Group Chief Executive Officer, IRIS Corporation Berhad said, “NEC has provided invaluable feedback and ideas during our initial discussions and helped identify potential pain points in modernising the immigration system.” The Japanese technology company has implemented over 1,000 systems with its fingerprint and face recognition technologies in more than 70 countries and regions, including systems for approximately 50 airports around the world.
