NEC participates in Counter Terror Expo 2014 - Public safety solutions showcased include high performance face recognition, inter-agency collaboration, cyber security and integrated security solutions -

*** For immediate use April 25, 2014




London, April 25, 2014 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced its participation in the Counter Terror Expo 2014 in London, UK, on 29-30 April 2014, where it will showcase its latest range of public safety solutions. This includes biometrics, cyber security, critical infrastructure management and inter-agency collaboration solutions for a wide range of government, law enforcement and security service applications and more.

NEC is an end-to-end provider of advanced security systems on a global basis. Its market leading biometric solutions have been used in more than 40 countries worldwide in a broad range of applications including surveillance, border control, national ID and criminal investigation systems.

High performance face recognition
During the show, NEC will demonstrate its NeoFace Solutions Suite: Watch, Reveal and SmartID. NeoFace Watch is a high performance face recognition system that integrates the independently tested, high speed, high accuracy NEC face recognition engine as the core of a scalable, high performance face matching software application, capable of handling extremely large numbers of faces submitted for matching in a given timeframe. It can be used for various public safety use scenarios, including real-time crowd surveillance, access control, intruder awareness, forensic analysis and crowd flow management. NeoFace Reveal and SmartID are forensic face recognition applications specifically designed to assist law enforcement in solving crimes. NEC was awarded the 2014 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Leadership for its facial recognition solution.

Inter-agency collaboration solutions
NEC will also outline how it addresses the complex issues of collecting, transmitting and analysing data collected from various devices and sensors to create actionable intelligence by providing situation awareness and information governance for multiple agencies.

Cyber security
NEC's cyber security solutions safeguard key information assets at all levels and for different situations with a layered, integrated threat mitigation strategy. One of NEC's cyber security solutions: the Cyber Range Platform is used for training, testing, simulating and validating large-scale IT architecture, security networks and solutions.

Integrated security solutions
NEC will also highlight its solutions for safeguarding critical facilities using multi-modal biometrics, surveillance, sensors and advanced analytics.

About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the company's experience and global resources, NEC's advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society. For more information, visit NEC at http://www.nec.com.

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