Unmistakable ID.
Unmistakably IB.

IB is the identity enablement company. FBI-certified fingerprint and palm print scanners, SDKs, and complete software solutions powering law enforcement, national identity, election validation, and humanitarian programs in 120+ countries.

Facilitating ID in 120+ Countries Worldwide

Trusted by governments, law enforcement, and partners worldwide, for everything from elections to social services.

What IB Enables

IB technology powers the programs governments and agencies depend on to register, verify, and identify the people they serve.

Hardware

The IB Family of FBI-Certified Scanners

The most reliable, lightest weight FBI-certified fingerprint sensors in the world. Based on patented LES technology and certified to FBI Fingerprint Acquisition Profile (FAP) capture sizes.

Mannix palm scanner
FAP 60+ · Palm-print

Mannix

Bezel-less and powered by your mobile phone.

The only compact, mobile palm scanner on the market that runs on phone power. Leverages IB's LES technology in a hand-held form factor.

Kluso ten-print scanner
FAP 60 · Ten-print

Kluso

Where speed, hygiene, reliability, and ease-of-use count.

IB's newest 10-print roll fingerprint scanner, built for high-volume enrollment environments. Coming soon to the IB hardware line.

Kojak ten-print scanner
FAP 60 · Ten-print

Kojak

Ten prints in ten seconds or less.

Incredibly small and incredibly accurate, with an intuitive ergonomic design. Captures four flat prints and single finger rolls in under 725 grams.

Five-0 scanner
FAP 50 · Identification

Five-0

The first FBI-certified FAP 50 fingerprint scanner.

Complete mobile 10-finger enrollment, verification, and booking in 6.76 ounces. Compact at 4.48 by 3.27 by 0.75 inches.

Sherlock mobile scanner
FAP 45 · Two-print Mobile

Sherlock

Mobile excellence abounds.

Just 60 grams. Designed for embedded mobile applications and use with commercial smartphones and tablets.

Watson mobile scanner
FAP 45 · Two-print Mobile

Watson

Small, light, fast, and easy to use.

The world's first optical scanner using IB's patented LES technology instead of a traditional glass prism. FBI Appendix F certified.

Columbo single-finger scanner
FAP 30 · Single-finger Verification

Columbo

The most accurate solution for unattended verification.

The world's smallest, lightest, and fastest FBI PIV FAP 30 single-fingerprint scanner. Built for kiosks and access control.

Danno single-finger scanner
FAP 30 · Single-finger Verification

Danno

Think small.

The smallest FBI-certified device we've built. At 7mm thick and less than an ounce, IB's low-power LES technology in a unit slightly larger than a coin.

What Our Customers Say

A few of the voices behind two decades of IB deployments, from international institutions to federal agencies to integrators in the field.

Exception handling for biometric capture may include the use of newer fingerprint scanners based on thin film imaging devices, such as Light-Emitting Sensors, instead of traditional optical sensors.

World Bank
On biometric inclusion across manual laborers, children, and the disabled

IB's certified products are fantastic. Compared to fingerprint biometric solutions we've used in the past, IB's products surpass in performance.

Charles J. Walsh
Special Agent (Retired), FBI, Forensic Consulting Associates of New England

Your product is performing wonderfully in Indonesia. Works great with dirty fingers.

Bruce Hanson
President and CEO, Credence ID

Clients who have invested considerable time and money into non-biometric solutions value the ability of programs like IB360 to integrate easily.

Werner Cilliers
WRB Global
Software

Identity Enablement Software

A growing software portfolio that turns IB fingerprint capture into complete identity workflows: touchless capture on a smartphone, a modular integration framework, and a law-enforcement platform.

Introducing InfantIB

InfantIB overcomes the challenges of infant identification, enhancing fingerprint capture with advanced algorithms that ensure future matchability.

01

Identity from birth.

Establishes a child's legal identity at birth, with traceability to proof of origin.

02

Day one to age three.

Captures fingerprints from day one to three-year-olds, supporting enrollment, identification, and verification.

03

A foundation for life.

Lays the foundation for life-long legal identity, with the clarity, accuracy, and reliability needed for future matchability.

Why Organizations Choose IB

Twenty-plus years of patented technology, certifications, and capabilities built into every IB device.

01

Patented LES Technology

IB's patented Light Emitting Sensor film generates a fingerprint image when fingertips complete a low-level electrical circuit. Picture-perfect quality in direct or indirect sunlight, resistant to grease, oil, water, and dust.

02

FBI Certified

Every IB scanner is FBI certified to the standard its form factor supports, from PIV to Appendix F to Appendix P. The most reliable certified fingerprint sensors in the world.

03

Frictionless Software Deployment

IB's software development kits, software packages, and complete solutions accelerate integration of IB's LES fingerprint and palm print scanners into OEM and integrator identity solutions. Build once, deploy across the line, ship faster.

04

A Support Team You Can Reach

Responsive, fast, and knowledgeable. A real differentiator in an industry where most vendors leave integrators and field teams waiting. Direct access to the people who built the product.

News & Insights

Long-form reporting, customer stories, and technical deep dives from the IB team.

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