QVoice Biometrics

M-Systems Teams with QVoice to Demonstrate a
Future Application for the Popular Portable Storage Device

M-Systems Demonstrates Fingerprint Biometrics Security for DiskOnKey

Date posted in TECS: 15 November, 2001

LAS VEGAS -- Nov. 13, 2001 --

M-Systems Teams with QVoice to Demonstrate a Future Application for the Popular Portable Storage Device

M-Systems (Nasdaq:FLSH), a leader in flash disk data storage products, today announced that it is demonstrating a future application for the DiskOnKey™ which uses fingerprint biometrics.

The device, called DiskOnKey Biometric ID, offers 128-bit encryption through QVoice Inc.’s, “WhoIsIt?” software. QVoice is a developer of biometric security software for computers. Demonstrations of the future application will be held at M-Systems’ booth located in the National Semiconductor Pavilion, booth no. 05ARP, in the North Hall.

The DiskOnKey Biometric ID implements a compressed version of QVoice’s award-winning “WhoIsIt?” software program. The software offers users face, voice and fingerprint biometric options, coupled with high-encryption security. The device is capable of working with current operating systems (OS), including Win.98, 2000, ME and XP, as well as MAC OS 8.6, 9.0 and above, and requires a fingerprint scanner designed to work with the “WhoIsIt?” software.

“The DiskOnKey Biometric ID demonstrates M-Systems’ commitment to continue to develop relevant and important applications to the user, particularly in an environment where information security is a necessity,” said Dan Harkabi, vice president of M-Systems. “We can offer a simple-yet-effective solution to tap entirely new markets, enhancing our market government and corporate security needs.”

The DiskOnKey Biometric ID is ideal for applications ranging from corporate to banking or any enterprise requiring a high level of security while desiring an easy-yet-robust method to access secure information. The product can be integrated with existing security policies using biometric authentication. The device also provides two unique benefits, it offers the advantage of having security that is independent of the local CPU and OS, while being coupled with extreme simplicity for the user.

To access information, users view a login screen on the desktop, plug the DiskOnKey into the USB port and a finger is placed on the scanner. The “WhoIsIt?” software on the PC transfers the acquired biometric template to the DiskOnKey, where the matching algorithm authenticates the template. When access is granted, the credentials saved on the DiskOnKey are used to logon.

Harkabi continued, “Security is becoming increasingly important to our users and, by bringing a biometrics technology to the DiskOnKey, we are demonstrating but one example of the huge potential range of uses of the DiskOnKey.”

About the DiskOnKey
Smaller than the size of your palm and offering an onboard CPU for driverless operation connecting to a computer’s universal serial bus (USB) port, DiskOnKey is a compact, self-contained portable solution for reliable and personal read/write data. Its unique lightweight design and ease-of-use, enable users to transfer data between their computers at home and/or work, and their pocket, briefcase or keychain.

Ideal as a floppy disk replacement, the DiskOnKey is USB compliant and does not require drivers with the latest operating systems, thereby allowing users to easily transfer data between their computer systems.

About M-Systems
M-Systems is a leader and innovator of flash-based data storage products known as flash disks. M-Systems’ flash disks provide the functionality of a mechanical hard drive in a silicon chip. M-Systems’ products are based on its patented TrueFFS® technology and target applications in a vast array of markets, including connected devices, mobile and telecom.