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3M Cogent Biometric Access Control Readers Approved to Authenticate Transportation Worker Identification Credentials

Successfully completed TSA assessment

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

3M Cogent’s biometric access control readers have successfully completed the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Initial Capability Evaluation (ICE) assessment. 3M Cogent’s MiY-ID and MiY-Card biometric readers are now listed on the TWIC ICE Fixed Reader list. Both devices support the TWIC Privacy Key (TPK) enciphered on-card reference biometrics during registration and in operation. TSA developed the TWIC program in respo...

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