14 DAY TRIAL // Animetrics, one of the leading developers of cloud-based web service facial search and retrieval applications, recently announced the availability of its FaceR CredentialME application for Android, Windows Mobile and RIM devices
The application seems to be an authentication service for these devices and intends to turn mobile handsets into two factor facial biometric authenticating devices.
The first carrier's network that the developer plans to deliver its application is Sprint 3G and Sprint 4G.
The launch is also possible thanks to Troy Security Solutions, an Animetrics Application Solution Provider specializing in securing the mobile enterprise with cutting-edge products and solutions.
"As mobile devices become the favored way for communicating, social networking, financial transactions and accessing new media content, the need for enhanced logon and transaction security is greater than ever", said Joel Breen, Vice President of Animetrics.
FaceR CredentialME plans to provide Sprint subscribers the option to secure their mobile systems by simply using a wireless connection to a cloud-based security solution.
The application is based on the company's patented 2D-3D FACEngine Facial Recognition technology, and enables a handset to use Facial Recognition as a primary or second-factor authentication.
This is especially useful when accessing resident or online services, such as enterprise email, corporate networks and mobile banking, thus the app is mostly targeting business customers.
"The FaceR CredentialME application adds an additional layer of security to standard username and password authentication by requiring the user to authenticate leveraging a very unique factor; their face," said Paul Troisi, President of Troy Security Solutions.
The FaceR CredentialME application has been built to support most of the operating systems found on the market, such as iPhone, Blackberry RIM, Windows Mobile, and Android.
Since the application is already released, other developers will now be able to use the Animetrics90 Mobile software developer kit (SDK) to enforce the authentication process into mobile applications such as email, financial data, mobile banking and mobile payments.