Cloud Biometrics

Offline and Online Enrollment

Compatible with all reputable Scanners
Our Cloud Biometrics cater for all industries and all needs

Verify fingerprints linked to an ID

1:1 Matching and Real-Time Duplicate Check
Verify against an existing fingerprint database or create your own fingerprint database

Identify anyone with just a fingerprint

Real time One to many matching
On premise or public cloud hosting

Fides offers a real-time cloud service, publicly or privately hosted, for biometric enrolment, deduplication, verification and identification. All you need is a fingerprint device, a workstation, and an internet connection and you can begin enrolling yourself or your organization. Once enrolled, if you have a workstation anywhere in the world with a fingerprint device attached to it, you will be able to prove your identity or that of another enrolee.

At Fides, we’ve worked hard to differentiate ourselves in the market by ensuring that all of our solutions are fully compatible with reputable scanners.

Fides is compatible with most reputable brands. These include and are not limited to:

Have any questions that need to be answered?

Are biometrics used in my industry and does Fides have biometrics solutions in the market already?

Our biometric solution is used in numerous ways in various sectors including Banking, Medical, Insurance and Recruitment industries.

Our biometric solutions in action:
Biometric-Based Patient Identification Solution - 2 Million Patients in 85 Clinics
Biometric-Based Money Transfer Solution - All interactions with customers are verified through our biometric database.
Biometric-Based Insurance Broker and Field Agent Authentication solution: Field agents are verified and customers are enrolled before opening insurance policies
30+ Corporates using the vault for identity screening and biometric criminal checks

Can I host the solution or can Fides host the solution for me?

All biometric information as well as any additional information related to the individual can be hosted publicly or privately on premise in our POPI compliant vault. You can be setup in the Fides environment within days or we can provide the necessary infrastructure requirements to create your own on premise solution.

I have an existing database with fingerprints enrolled, can Fides use these fingerprints?

The Fides value proposition lies in its ability to utilize a variety of different fingerprint images. As long as the existing images have been stored, a cloud biometric database can be created where existing biometric fingerprints can be verified against.

Can I plugin Fides biometrics into my existing systems and not have to use two seperate systems?

Fides can be integrated into any system without that system having to change it's front-end in any way. This ensures quick implementation and easy transition for users of the system to incorporate biometrics. Integration with the Fides biometric platform can be done within days as the solution is complete with a comprehensive set of REST and SOAP API’s and an SDK. Many software solutions in various industries have integrated with Fides to create biometric authentication capabilities for their business processes.

Do I need to be concerned about South African or International Legislation?

Fides audits all activities relating to the enrolment, verification, and enquiry of an individual’s biometrics or personal information. This detailed audit trail ensures compliance to POPI and provides comfort to individuals and corporates that an individual’s information cannot be tampered with without an accurate record of what happened by which user at what time.

Does Fides perform Biometric Quality Controls when managing fingerprints?

Fides has implemented various quality control measures to allow for optimal biometric solutions. These include:
Fingerprint Duplicate Check – a real-time check determining whether the biometric is already enrolled against a different identity
Real-time quality checks - when enrolling fingerprints, minimum requirements are established to ensure only high quality fingerprints are stored
Quality controls - Fides can tweak matching requirements to accomodate for various environments

Does Fides plug into South African Biometric Databases such as SAPS Afiswitch and South African HANIS System

Fides has integrated into SAPS Afiswitch as well as completed integration into HANIS for Sabric approved clients. Corporates can enroll fingerprints for SAPS criminal record checks in South Africa and for SABRIC affiliated institutions, confirm enrolled prints against South African Home Affairs database – HANIS

Cloud Biometrics

Offline and Online Enrollment

Verify fingerprints linked to an ID

Identify anyone with just a fingerprint

Fides is compatible with most reputable brands. These include and are not limited to:

Have any questions that need to be answered?

The Fides value proposition lies in its ability to utilize a variety of different fingerprint images. As long as the existing images have been stored, a cloud biometric database can be created where existing biometric fingerprints can be verified against.

What’s in it for me?

You will know who you are dealing with at all times

Biometrics can be used throughout your company

All designated users have 24x7 access to the system

Reporting is available to know who was where and when

Gain insights from user activity and customer interactions

Contact me for more information!