What happened to last year's winner of the Global Security Challenge?

One Year on for Ingenia Technology

Ingenia Technology has experienced a phenomenal year since winning the 1st Global Security Challenge in 2006.

• This year Ingenia Technology qualified as a U.S. Government contractor and has received a contract from a Federal Law Enforcement agency with growing interest with other government agencies.


• In Europe, Ingenia has launched a partnership with Bayer Technology Services of Germany who will be a systems integrator for LSA into a number of verticals including their traditional pharmaceutical sector.


• Some of Europe’s major brands are now piloting or planning to pilot the technology within the coming months. Ingenia is now embarked on a growth strategy and planning for global expansion through partnerships.

What is Ingenia Technology?

The Laser Surface Authentication (LSA) technology developed by Ingenia is a new technology which mimics the biometric principle in humans, but applies it to inanimate objects such as documents, goods and packaging. Like human biometrics, the fingerprint is derived from naturally occurring microscopic randomness that is inherently present in virtually all surfaces. Human biometric technologies such as fingerprint recognition and iris scanning work on the principle that no two people have the same small scale detail in the shape of their fingertips or irises and that these naturally-occurring variations in detail can be used as a unique identifier for the individual. Naturally occurring randomness is an extremely attractive proposition for brand protection, anti-counterfeiting given that every item has a unique surface signature which can be recorded in a digital ‘fingerprint’ by the laser scanner.