Identity security firm NEC Australia has won an AU$52m (US$39m) contract with Australia's law-enforcement technology agency CrimTrac.Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Counter Terrorism Michael Keenan confirmed the development in a statement.”The Biometric Identification System (BIS) will not only integrate with existing law enforcement systems, but advance as our nation's biometric capability advances,” Keenan said in a statement.”This is vital in the current national security landscape, because it is essential to have robust and efficient cross-border information sharing to support the law enforcement agencies that protect our communities.”It's also vital our authorities are one step ahead of the sophistication of organised criminal syndicates who are adopting new and advanced technologies to exploit Australians and increase the misery they peddle.”Last April, CrimTrac said was seeking interested parties for a US$23 m project to refresh the national fingerprint database with a “Biometrics Identification Services” system.The body invited tenderers to outline offers for either a two-in-one fingerprint and facial capability or two standalone biometric functions, to replace the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS).Last June, CrimTrac noted that the technology it seeks should have the potential to recognise not only fingerprints, but faces, palm prints, speech and scars, marks and tattoos.

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