2005 – July: Canada’s Edmonton airport deploys the iris-based CANPASS system to expedite pre-approved travelers through customs and immigration. Edmonton is Canada’s seventh airport to do so.

2005 – June: Project IRIS, expanded for both visa holders and frequent travelers, goes live in Heathrow airport in the UK.

2005 – June: Iridian’s technology is deployed in the first Private Sector Known Traveler project at Orlando International airport. The project is run by Verified IdentityPass with Lockheed Martin as the technology partner. This is the sixth U.S. airport to deploy Iridian’s software for an expedited traveler initiative.

2005 – June: Iridian’s technology is deployed by the Child Project to enroll and identify missing children as well as adults with Alzheimer’s disease.

2005 – June: Iridian announces the third expansion of the United Nations’ refugee project on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border with total enrollment expected to exceed 800,000 in 2005.

2005 – April: Iridian completes its C Round of financing worth $5 million and led by B Round investors GE Equity and Perseus LLC.

2005 – March: an unnamed Middle East country chooses to implement Iridian’s iris recognition for a country-wide deployment for visas, passports and watchlists. The initial phase calls for the enrollment of one million people starting in Q4 2005.

2005 – January: IrisGuard announces the availability of the IG-H100 iris recognition camera. This truly versatile camera can operate as a portable handheld camera as well as a fixed-mounted camera for high-volume border crossings.

2004 – December: Iridian announce the Iris-SDi camera, introducing a new era of mobility and affordability for Proof Positive cameras. The camera connects to a Windows Pocket PC PDA through the SD slot, providing users with remote/handheld capabilities using the communication, power and processing capabilities of the PDA.

2004 – December: the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Canadian Customs and Border Security Agency announce the introduction of NEXUS-Air at Vancouver airport. This joint program uses iris recognition to clear passengers through customs and immigration, bilaterally, between Canada and the U.S. and is the first use of iris recognition for immigration by the DHS.

2004 – July: the U.S. Transportation Security Agency announces the six-month trial of a Registered Traveler program. Iridian’s iris recognition software is included in all five airports: Minneapolis-St. Paul, Los Angeles, Houston, Boston and Ronald Reagan (Washington, DC).

2004 – May: the UK Immigration Service announces the start of a Project IRIS, involving the use of Iridian’s iris recognition software to process visa holders through immigration in the UK’s five major airports. They intend to enroll one million visa holders over the next three years.

2004 – April: Iridian announces the Proof Positive certification of the OKI IRISPASS-h, a mobile and desktop camera with a USB interface.

2004 – March: Iridian introduces IrisKey, a new shorter iris template engineered to allow the storage of two IrisCodes on smart cards, 2-D barcodes, and magnetic stripe cards.

2004 – March: the UK Passport Service announces the start of a six-month trial of Iridian’s iris recognition with 10,000 people as part of a formal research effort to prepare for biometric passports, drivers’ licenses, entitlement cards, and eventually, a national ID card.

2004 – February: the German Ministry of Interior announces the use of Iridian’s iris recognition software at for a passport verification trial at Frankfurt airport. The trial will allow the Lufthansa’s frequent flyers from eighteen countries to clear immigration for both departures and arrivals in Frankfurt.

2004 – January: Frost & Sullivan, a premier technology market analysis company, awards Iridian the 2003 Technology Leadership Award for excellence in developing and introducing its Proof Positive software. The award cited Iridian’s close collaboration with camera manufacturers as well as the adoption of iris recognition technology by over 30 airports around the world.

2004 – January: the United Arab Emirates Expellee Tracking System exceeds one million transactions and has caught 4,300 people attempting to re-enter the UAE with fraudulent travel documents.

2003 – November: Iridian announces that its software products, PrivateID and KnoWho, were certified to ISO 15408 IT security standard, also known as Common Criteria. This certification, recognized by 24 countries, recognizes the strong authentication security that Iridian has built into its Proof Positive software.

2003 – October: Iridian announces the Proof Positive certification of the OKI IRISPASS-WG, a two-eye camera well suited to high-volume public use applications such as air transportation and border crossings.

2003 – July: Canada’s Vancouver airport deploys the iris-based CANPASS system to expedite pre-approved travelers through customs and immigration.

2003 – June: the United Arab Emirates Expellee Tracking System exceeds 200,000 records and has executed over 300,000 searches which have identified over 650 people attempting to re-enter the UAE with fraudulent travel documents. The system is operational on a 24X7 basis in land, sea and airports.

2003 - March: Panasonic introduces a new high speed, two-eye, iris recognition camera, the BM-ET300. The camera provides great convenience and cost effectiveness for habitual users and is ideal for restricted access applications.

2003 - March: Panasonic introduces the "one glance" BM-ET500 camera, which is a two-eye, iris recognition camera that is ideally suited for high-volume, public use applications such as simplified passenger travel.

2003 - March: Iris recognition cameras are installed in three schools in the New Egypt school district of Plumsted, New Jersey in an innovative program designed to improve school safety overall. Iris recognition is used to restrict access to three school buildings after 9:00 am, and to verify that parents or caregivers have the authority to pick up children for early dismissal.

2003 - March: Iridian announces availability of the BioAPI BSP v1.1, the first iris recognition software product compatible with the industry standard BioAPI specification for a standardized Application Programming Interface (API) for biometric applications. With Iridian's BioAPI BSP, developers will have immediate "plug and play" compatibility with other BioAPI-compliant applications.

2003 - March: Iris recognition is expanded from a United Nations pilot program at one center in Pakistan last year to four full-time screening centers that serve to conduct voluntary repatriation from Pakistan to Afghanistan. Iris recognition is used in an anonymous authentication application to deliver a one-time grant of human aid to refugees who wish to return to Afghanistan.

2003 - March: The General Directorate of Abu Dhabi Police in the United Arab Emirates and Iridian announce the official launch of the world's first national iris-based expellees tracking and border control system. The project, which started in August 2001, involves the enrollment of inmates and expellees' irises from geographically distributed prisons and deportation centers throughout UAE into a central iris database at the General Directorate of Abu Dhabi Police; a real-time, one to all, iris-check of all arriving passengers at any UAE border point will reveal if the person had been expelled from the country.

2003 - February: Sagem, the world leader in fingerprint identification systems and Iridian, the world leader in the authentication technologies based on iris recognition, announce the signature of a strategic agreement by which Sagem will adapt and integrate iris recognition technology into its biometric identification systems.

2003 - January: Iridian announces the results of a new study regarding high-speed authentication for large-scale databases. The study was developed to answer the question "What is the average transaction time for one million users?" Controlled performance measurements were performed in a test environment, and the results demonstrate an average transaction time of less than 2 seconds.

2003 - January: Japan Airlines starts a pilot program for simplified passenger travel at Narita Airport in Japan. The passenger service concept includes the use of a smart card with iris recognition for contact-less identification and to receive a ticket at check-in, pass through a security gate, and pass through the boarding gate. Four gates in all are enabled.

2002 - December: Iridian announces the results of a new iris recognition study, based on 983 million matches, that further confirms false accept rates of approximately one in one million in extremely large enrollment databases. Together with the low false reject rates of iris recognition cameras, these results position iris recognition as the most accurate of all biometrics.

2002 - November: Iridian announces that John F. Kennedy International Airport has installed iris recognition in a pilot program to prevent employee security breaches at the airport. A door to the tarmac of Terminal 4, which is the international arrivals hall at JFK Airport, is now protected by the accuracy of iris recognition.

2002 - November: Iridian announces that iris recognition now protects access to an infant station in the City Hospital of Bad Reichenhall in Bavaria, Germany. The hospital installed iris recognition to prevent baby abductions.

2002 - September: Elinor Caplan, Minister of National Revenue, for Canada announces iris recognition technology will be implemented at Pearson International Airport in Toronto and Vancouver International Airport, with 6 other airports to follow. CANPASS-Air will use iris recognition to speed up customs and immigration clearance for travelers to make air travel safer.

2002 - July: Iridian announces that an innovative iris recognition-enabled medical records management solution has been launched at University of South Alabama (USA) Hospitals in Mobile, AL. These improvements are part of the University of South Alabama's strategy for compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

2002 - June: Iridian announces that Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. has introduced a new iris recognition system, the IRISPASS® - WG, which automatically detects the position of human eyes to streamline the process of iris recognition. The innovative design is ideally suited to high-volume, public use applications, such as border control, simplified passenger travel and restricted access in transportation.

2002 - March: Iridian announces that Eagleville Hospital, Eagleville, PA has installed its Politec Authentication Security Suite (PASS) using iris recognition biometric technology to strengthen system security in preparation for the data privacy and computer security requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

2002 - March: Iridian announces that its technology was the iris recognition technique used to positively identify the mysterious "Afghan Girl" who graced the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985.

2002 - March: Iridian and Lockheed Martin announce a worldwide value added reseller agreement allowing Lockheed Martin to immediately market and sell iris recognition technology-based products from Iridian.

2002 - January: Iridian announces the launch of its Proof Positive iris recognition certification program. Certification includes a series of formal audits and evaluations, including compliance with Iridian's PrivateID® and KnoWho® application programming interfaces (APIs), cryptography and countermeasures. Proof Positive certified cameras are interoperable and guaranteed to easily interface with KnoWho applications for maximum performance in searches against millions of records.

2001 - October: Iridian announces the beginning of operation for an automated border crossing system (ABC system) for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, which is based on a combination of iris recognition technology and an advanced smart card. The ABC-system is a highly secure method of border control that speeds the way for travelers and is the first of its kind in the Netherlands.

2001 - September: Iridian launches the Panasonic Authenticam™, which incorporates Iridian Technologies PrivateID® software. Bundled with I/O Software's SecureSuite™ , the Authenticam allows multiple users to securely access PCs, files, folders, applications, and password banks. The dual-purpose camera also provides videoconferencing features.

2001 - May: Britain's National Physical Laboratory releases study concluding that iris recognition technology decisively outperforms six other biometrics systems for authentication.

2001 - March: Iridian launches the KnoWho™ Authentication Server for record matching and storage, network scalability and processing speed, to enable iris recognition for large-scale applications.

2001 - March: Iridian and Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd., best known for its Panasonic-brand products, announce a multi-year, multimillion-dollar alliance. The agreement establishes a strategic alliance for the manufacture, distribution, marketing, and further development of iris recognition products.

2000 - November: At COMDEX, Iridian Technologies unveils its Authenticam with PrivateID™, a desktop iris recognition product with implications for corporate and personal information security, as well as e-commerce transactions.

2000 - October: Iridian completes a Series B funding raise. GE Equity, Perseus LLC, Joh. Enschedé Security, Itochu, Walden Capital and Penny Lane investments are parties to the $33.3 million raise.

2000 - October: IriScan merges with licensee Sensar, Inc. The company changes its name to Iridian Technologies.

1999 - IriScan launches initial deployment of the LG2200 and IrisEngine Access Control System.

1999 - IriScan is named to the 1999 Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, a list of the 500 fastest growing U.S. technology companies.

1999 - Bank United, Diebold, Incorporated, and Sensar introduce the nation's first iris recognition ATM and the world's first single-factor iris recognition ATM in Houston, Texas.

1998 - OKI Electric Company and IriScan, Inc. sign a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement, the "Development, Distribution and Supply" agreement covering IriScan and OKI software and hardware products.

1998 - IriScan is awarded the Product Development Company of the Year for its impact on the technology industry at the Third Annual New Jersey Technology Council Awards.

1998 - IriScan's first information security product - PC Iris - is selected as a Best of COMDEX finalist.

1997 - IriScan and LG Electronics announce a major product co-development and distribution agreement for integrating the iris recognition biometric process into a range of new and automated identification products.

1997 - Sensar, Inc., a licensee of IriScan technology, announces signing of development and distribution agreement with Citibank regarding iris recognition products for use in Automated Teller Machines and other electronic delivery channels.

1996 - IriScan is named the fastest-growing privately held Company in Southern New Jersey, outperforming other candidates with a three-year revenue growth of 1015%.

1995 - IriScan exhibits the first stand-alone access control commercial product utilizing iris recognition technology, the System 2000, at the American Society for Industrial Security conference in Las Vegas.

1995 - IriScan ships initial Access Control product, the System 2000, to Germany for use in controlling access to a bank vault.

1995 - OKI Electric Industry Ltd. (OKI), Tokyo, one of the world's leading suppliers of ATMs, offers iris recognition technology to its banking customers in Japan.

1994 - A patent is awarded for the Daugman iris recognition algorithms.

1993 - IriScan, Inc. begins business operations and is awarded a cost-plus fixed fee R&D contract by the Defense Nuclear Agency to develop, test and deliver a prototype unit. Unit based on the combined efforts of Drs. Flom, Safir and Daugman delivered on time, below cost and in compliance with all contract requirements eighteen months later in 1995.

1991 - Dr. Flom engages Dr. John Daugman to write mathematical software with data supplied by Dr. Flom from his extensive image library.

1990 - IriScan is incorporated as a Delaware Corporation.

1987 - Drs. Flom and Safir research and document the potential of using the iris for identifying people and are awarded a patent.