US biometrics firm Morphotrak has revealed that it will supply the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) with a new biometric identification solution, MorphoBIS.Morpho Cloud is described as a multi-biometric identification-as-a-service solution, using cloud technology to allow agencies to use software applications as services, and store data on secured vendor-owned and managed servers.”Officers are looking forward to the enhanced speed and precision of searches with MorphoBIS,” said Rishma Khimji, APD Director of Technical Services . “In particular, the ability to perform direct searches of the FBI's databases, without the use of the intermediate Universal Latent Workstation, will save officers hours each week, and allow them to work the most urgent cases.”MorphoTrak, a subsidiary company of Morpho (Safran), said the new service delivers substantial improvements in terms of matching accuracy and speed over the previous system, and that the new end-user application offers a more intuitive user interface.The firm will manage the agency's upgraded AFIS as a service via Morpho Cloud, which offers three important advantages: access to technology that is “evergreen,” flexible technical resources, and the assurance of secured data. Morpho Cloud is hosted on Microsoft Azure Government, a cloud platform designed to meet FBI CJIS security policy requirements for structural and digital security. The APD's data and services are safeguarded by Azure's use of redundant, geographically distant data centers. “The Albuquerque Police Department is taking the lead in the law enforcement community by converting its traditional on-premise AFIS to a service-based solution in the cloud,” said Steve Vinsik, Vice President of MorphoTrak's Criminal Justice and Public Security business unit. “We're pleased to be a part of this forward-looking effort that enhances the performance of the Albuquerque Police Department's biometric identification solution, assures the security of data, and supplies law enforcement officers with the capabilities they need to protect the public and solve crimes.” Morphotrak will be exhibiting at connect:ID 2016, 14-16 March, Washington DC. connect:ID is an international conference and exhibition that focuses on all aspects of identity technologies and the opportunities for their management in both the physical and digital worlds. http://www.connectidexpo.com

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