NEC enhances security at the 2016 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week in Peru

NEC enhances
security at the

2016 APEC Economic
Leaders’ Week in Peru

– Facial
recognition strengthens security for national leaders –  

Tokyo, December
1, 2016 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) and NEC
de Colombia S.A. provided the Peruvian National Police with NeoFace Watch
facial recognition software at the 2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) Economic Leaders’ Week in Lima, Peru. The software was deployed to
enhance video surveillance at the venues where national leaders gathered and
related events took place from November 7 – 20.

   

NEC’s NeoFace Watch
demonstrated by

Carlos Tuse
Lloclla, General PNP, Executive Director of Integrated Security, State Security
Department of the Peruvian National Police

APEC is a 21 member
economic forum established to accelerate regional economic integration
throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The 24th   Economic
Leaders’ meeting attracted hundreds of leading entrepreneurs and political
leaders.

NEC’s NeoFace Watch
solution is specifically designed to integrate with existing video surveillance
systems by identifying facial characteristics from footage in real time and
matching them against a watch list of preregistered individuals. When the
system identifies an individual of interest from a watch list, it raises an
alert, so appropriate actions can be taken by authorities to rapidly reduce the
risk of public safety threats.

Cameras that are
connected to NeoFace Watch were installed in select areas of the APEC events in
order to provide surveillance of access control points, thereby reinforcing the
overall security of the events.

“We consider it an
honor that Peru was chosen for a second time to host the APEC Economic Leaders’
Week,” said Carlos Tuse Lloclla, General PNP, Executive Director of Integrated
Security, State Security Department of the Peruvian National Police. “This
additional layer of security provided by NEC’s facial recognition technologies
demonstrated our commitment to ensuring another successful summit that would
benefit all participants.”

“NEC’s facial
recognition technologies have been adopted to ensure the safe operation of
national ID programs, international airports and large-scale facilities all
across the world,” said César Gallegos Chávez, Peru Office Director, NEC de
Colombia S.A. “We are proud to have contributed to the safety and security of
so many leading members of the global business and political communities at the
2016 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week.”

NeoFace Watch is supported by NEC facial recognition technology
that has achieved the highest performance evaluation in vendor tests carried
out by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)*. NEC’s
fingerprint and facial recognition technologies are used by more than 700
customers in over 70 countries worldwide.