ROC ABIS Automated Biometric Identification System
One ABIS platform for every modality and every mission —
built for law enforcement, national security, and national ID programs.
ROC ABIS
Automated Biometric Identification System
One ABIS platform for every modality and every mission — built for law enforcement, national security, and national ID programs.
Legacy biometric systems are slow, costly, and complex, holding you back when speed and precision matter. ROC ABIS is the next-gen Automated Biometric Identity System built to move faster, run leaner, and adapt intelligently to your mission.
MULTIMISSION
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Next-Gen AFIS
Match latent prints in seconds. Accelerate investigations with real-time matching of latent prints, tenprints, and palmprints. Modern, streamlined workflows empower examiners to tackle complex forensic challenges and ensure rapid case resolution.
BORDER
Multimodal ABIS
Secure borders with real-time biometric matching across face, fingerprint, and iris. High-throughput screening and watchlist matching reduce wait times and flag persons of interest. Tactical video analytics detects weapons, potential threats, and suspicious vehicles at speed and scale.
GOVERNMENT
Civil ABIS
Enable national ID, ePassport, and voter registration programs with a scalable, multimodal ABIS that ensures accuracy, inclusion, and integrity across populations. Supports deduplication, digital onboarding, and secure identity verification for millions.
MULTIMODAL
Next-gen biometrics.
Built for your mission.
ROC ABIS unifies diverse biometric signatures into one mission-ready platform. High-fidelity algorithms trained on massive, ethically sourced datasets deliver next-gen performance battle-tested in the real world.
LATENT MATCHING
Turn latent prints into real-time leads.
Match latent prints in seconds with contactless hyperspectral capture from up to 5 meters—no chemicals, no delays. Accelerate investigative breakthroughs with rapid field matching and streamlined tools, workflows, and case management.
2 hrs
Industry Average
42 min
Closest Competitor
All testing was performed on ROC SDK v3.0 by NIST ELFT as of February 2, 2024.
INFINITELY MODULAR
A unified forensic workstation that puts you in control — across every modality, every case, every mission.
ROC Examine brings biometric comparison into sharp focus, combining speed, clarity, and precision in a single, examiner-centric interface. Built for forensic labs, law enforcement, and national ID programs, it streamlines multimodal analysis across latent prints, tenprints, palmprints, faces, and tattoos. Intelligent automation and AI assist enhance accuracy while preserving human oversight.
HYPERSCALABLE
Engineered for operational supremacy.
At its core, ROC ABIS fuses Vision AI across diverse multimodal and multimission scenarios, amplifying human capabilities with rapid, intelligent decision support. This next-gen architecture is designed to outpace and outperform legacy ABIS systems. The result is elite performance combined with one of the lowest total costs of ownership in the industry.
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Cloud native
Built from the ground up for the cloud, delivering seamless scalability, flexibility, and rapid deployment across on-prem, edge, and cloud environments. Modern architecture enables elastic resource management, real-time updates, and resilient, secure operations at any scale.
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American made
Fully designed and developed in the USA by elite national security experts, scientists, and engineers. ROC high-fidelity algorithms, powered by deep-learning AI, are meticulously trained on vast, ethically sourced datasets with precisely annotated training data, ensuring trusted, cutting-edge performance.Â
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Speed equals savings
Highly efficient algorithms and modular, scalable architecture reduce total cost of ownership by simplifying infrastructure, accelerating development, and optimizing cloud compute. This lean design delivers peak performance with minimal overhead, generating substantial cost savings for large-scale deployments.
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Built with best practices
Adheres to industry guidelines, such as FISWG and OSAC, for optimal biometric performance. Modern forensic examiner workstations, precision data handling, and standardized metadata management supports high-integrity operations. Includes image quality scoring, region tagging, and full audit trails for examiner accountability and compliance.
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Powered by ethical AI
Proudly made in America, ROC is committed to an industry-leading code of ethics, actively mitigating risks including poison AI and adversarial attacks. This unwavering dedication has earned the trust of the U.S. military, top law enforcement agencies, and global financial institutions.
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Internationally certified
Global identity, local control. Integrates seamlessly with MOSIP, the world’s leading open-source identity platform, enabling governments to deploy modular, interoperable, cloud-native biometric systems that meet global standards for digital identity and data sovereignty, including ISO/IEC and NIST benchmarks.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is ABIS and how is it different from legacy AFIS systems?
AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System) handles fingerprints only. ABIS (Automated Biometric Identification System) is the modern evolution – fingerprint, face, iris, palmprint, and tattoo in one unified platform.
Most government systems worldwide still run legacy AFIS platforms built in the 1990s-2000s – proprietary hardware stacks that are expensive to maintain and slow to modernize.
ROC ABIS is the American-made, cloud-native next generation:
- Multimodal from day one – all modalities in a single search query
- Cloud, on-premise, or edge – one architecture for all three
- Open and interoperable – standard biometric data formats for migration from legacy systems
- One of the lowest total costs of ownership in the market
More: roc.ai/fingerprint-recognition — roc.ai/face-recognition
How fast is ROC ABIS compared to legacy biometric identification systems?
Three NIST-validated speed benchmarks demonstrate ROC ABIS's performance advantage:
Latent fingerprint search:
- ROC: 42 minutes average
- Industry average: 2 hours
- Source: NIST ELFT, February 2024
Iris matching:
- ROC: 100x faster than other U.S. government providers
- Source: NIST IREX 10
Fingerprint template search:
- ROC: 10,000x faster than industry standard
- Templates: 160x smaller than nearest competitor
Each speed improvement directly reduces investigative backlogs, compute costs, and case resolution time.
What biometric modalities does ROC ABIS support?
ROC ABIS supports all major forensic and identity biometric types in a unified platform:
- Fingerprint - latent, tenprint, and palmprint in a single search workflow
- Face - mugshot identification, surveillance matching, and forensic comparison
- Iris - 1:1 and 1:N matching with NIST IREX 10 top-ranked algorithms
- Scars, Marks, and Tattoos - NIST Tatt-E ranked, 100x industry speed
All modalities share a single search API - submit a multimodal query combining fingerprint, face, and tattoo in one call, with results ranked across all evidence types. Adding a modality requires no architectural changes.
More: roc.ai/fingerprint-recognition — roc.ai/tattoo-recognition
How does ROC ABIS handle latent fingerprint matching for law enforcement?
ROC ABIS's latent capability:
- 42-minute average search vs. 2-hour industry average - NIST ELFT, February 2024
- Contactless hyperspectral capture from up to 5 meters - no chemicals, no physical contact
- ROC Examine forensic workstation: automated minutiae marking, manual examiner tools, case documentation - all in one interface
- Compliant with FISWG and NIST OSAC standards for forensic biometric examination
Faster matching means fewer cold-case backlogs and more investigative leads per shift.
Source: NIST ELFT — More: roc.ai/fingerprint-recognition
Can ROC ABIS replace our existing legacy AFIS system?
Yes. ROC ABIS is designed as an open-interoperable replacement for legacy AFIS platforms from Idemia, NEC, Cogent, and others.
Migration is supported through:
- Standard biometric data exchange formats for database migration without data loss
- Professional migration services from ROC's national security engineering team
- Workflow mapping and examiner training from experienced forensic biometric specialists
- Phased transition paths that maintain operational continuity throughout
Most agencies see a positive ROI within the first year through reduced infrastructure costs, eliminated proprietary maintenance contracts, and processing time savings.
Contact: sales@roc.ai for a migration assessment
What does ROC ABIS cost compared to legacy AFIS vendors?
Legacy AFIS systems carry extremely high total cost of ownership through three compounding factors:
- Proprietary hardware - vendor-specific server farms that cannot be repurposed
- Locked maintenance contracts - renewal pricing leveraged by vendor lock-in
- Multi-year upgrade cycles - falling further behind current algorithm performance each year
ROC ABIS reduces TCO through:
- Cloud-native elastic scaling - no dedicated hardware farms; compute scales with demand
- Highly efficient algorithms - less compute required for equivalent throughput
- Modular licensing - pay for the modalities and scale you actually use
For a custom ROI comparison against your current AFIS costs, contact sales@roc.ai.
What deployment options does ROC ABIS support?
ROC ABIS supports three deployment models from a single unified architecture:
- Cloud-native - AWS, Azure, or GCP; elastic scaling, rapid provisioning, managed updates
- On-premise - full data sovereignty; supports air-gapped classified environments with no external connectivity
- Edge - field laptops or mobile hardware for forward-deployed units, disaster response, and remote operations
Hybrid architectures are natively supported: edge devices capture and match locally, then synchronize results with a central cloud ABIS when connectivity is available. Same codebase, same algorithms across all three models - no platform-specific development required.
More: roc.ai/national-security
Is ROC ABIS certified for government and international deployments?
ROC ABIS is designed and operated entirely within the United States by U.S. citizens - making it eligible for classified federal deployments where foreign-origin software is prohibited.
Standards compliance includes:
- FISWG and NIST OSAC guidelines for forensic biometric applications
- ISO/IEC biometric interoperability standards
- MOSIP integration - the world's leading open-source identity platform used by national ID programs globally
- ITAR and EAR alignment for defense and export-controlled applications
Source: MOSIP — More: roc.ai/national-security — roc.ai/code-of-ethics
How does ROC ABIS integrate with existing case management and justice systems?
ROC ABIS connects via open REST API supporting standard biometric data formats - integrating with leading crime lab systems, criminal justice databases, and case management platforms without custom middleware.
ROC Examine - the integrated forensic workstation - links directly to ABIS search results, enabling examiners to move from match results to detailed multimodal analysis within a single unified workflow:
- Latent fingerprint comparison
- Tenprint verification
- Facial comparison
- Tattoo classification and search
Full chain-of-custody documentation is maintained automatically from evidence submission through final examiner determination - supporting evidentiary integrity for prosecution.
More: roc.ai/abis