IAASP Selects Zerco for ID Credentials at Airport & Seaport Police Homeland Security Conference

The International Association of Airport and Seaport Police (IAASP) selected Zerco Systems to provide biometric ID credentials at its 2007 Airport and Seaport Police International Homeland Security Conference. Chiefs of Police, senior police officials and top security management from airports and seaports in the U.S. and around the world attend the top level meeting.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 12, 2007 -- Zerco™ Systems International, Inc. announced that the International Association of Airport and Seaport Police (IAASP) selected Zerco to provide identification credentials for the security and police officials attending the 2007 Airport and Seaport Police International Homeland Security Conference here.

Attendees at the annual conference held this month include Chiefs of Police, senior police officials, security directors and other security management from airports and seaports in the United States and around the world, Zerco said. The Zerco biometric ID credentials issued at the conference are good for the entire year ahead, until updated at the next annual conference, the company added.

John A. Niotti-Soltesz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Zerco is honored to be selected by the world's most expert port security association to provide state-of-the-art Biometric ID credentials unsurpassed anywhere in the world."

The IAASP is the world's largest non-profit police association of its kind and is dedicated to setting the highest standards of safety, security and law enforcement regarding the transportation of persons and property through airports and seaports, across boundaries and other terminals.

Niotti-Soltesz said that Jay Grant, Director of the U.S. Port Security Council, notified Zerco of its selection to provide Zerco Biometric ID credentials at the annual conference on behalf of IAASP U.S. President, Tim Kimsey, and IAASP International President, Russell Whitmarsh.

Zerco, based in Brookfield, Ohio, said its stand-alone on-site biometric ID solution uses the latest biometric technology to provide tamper resistant, memory-rich optical ID cards and credentials that can contain vast data, including finger prints, facial recognition, signature, voice prints, iris scans and other biometric identifiers.

Zerco is a developer and integrator of proprietary optical memory card technology and biometric verification-based ID management systems for Corporate America, including workforce ID and healthcare information and for homeland security. Zerco is online at www.zerco.com/home.

Zerco utilizes the most advanced biometrics technology available with vast optical card memory capacity featuring access protected information based on Zerco's proprietary algorithms and technology, with instantaneous on-site information using Zerco reader capability for a variety of security and information solutions for business and government.

Zerco Systems' optical card technology has a wide range of important applicability. In security, the multi-dimensional and highly flexible Zerco Systems software and hardware can be of significant use in border and seaport access control. In Corporate America, Zerco's technology can provide protection to companies to qualify immigrant workers and protect companies from regulatory actions that could lead to shutdowns, lawsuits, penalties and loss of company reputation and brand value. In healthcare, the vast storage capacity of the Zerco Health-eCard meets the needs of providing a personalized single source medical record for all Americans.

Zerco was also recently appointed Official Technology Advisor to The Latino Coalition, with initial work focusing on two pilot programs utilizing its proprietary optical card technology in the development of worker identification cards and health cards.

Zerco Systems has many corporate alliances, which have included being a subcontractor of Anteon International Corporation, a General Dynamics company, in connection with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) initiative to identify persons entering the U.S. along southern borders. In the past, Zerco Systems also has teamed with the Computer Sciences Corporation relating to Department of Homeland Security airport, seaport and border security.

Zerco Systems International, Inc., headquartered in Brookfield, Ohio, is a developer and integrator of optical memory card technology and biometric-based identification and data storage solutions. Information about Zerco is available at its website: www.Zerco.com. The core component of Zerco System's technology is its patented point-of-contact terminal that is fully integrated, secure, multi-technology, multi-functionality, small footprint and scalable. Zerco Systems' technologies are used for digital governance applications such as immigration, border crossing visa, biometric worker IDs, cargo manifests, multi-biometric identification cards and other digital read/write card applications. The terminal, which operates in a stand-alone environment, is built around optical memory card technology and also reads magnetic stripe and chip-based (SmartCard) technology.

Contact: Brian Dobson, DobsonPR.com, Zerco VP-PR, 203-894-9240, BD(at)DobsonPR.com

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