improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . march 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message agnitio type limited industry voice biometrics founded 2004 headquarters madrid spain key people emilio mart nez ceo javier casta o coo products asis bs3 batvox kivox verifier number of employees 35 website www.agnitio corp.com agnitio s.l. is a voice biometrics technology company with headquarters in madrid spain . agnitio provides voice biometrics solutions for homeland security and corporate clients . contents 1 history 1.1 origins 1.2 market expansion 2 technology 3 controversy 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit origins edit agnitio was founded in 2004 as a spin off from the biometric recognition group atvs at the technical university of madrid . 1 its products are used by police departments in more than 35 countries across europe asia and the americas 2 resulting in agnitio being considered a market leader in forensic voice biometrics . market expansion edit in addition to forensic applications voice biometrics is generally considered to be one of the technologies along with one time pin generators such as securid suitable for strong authentication of telephone and electronic transactions . however unlike token based one time pin generators voice biometrics does not require the user to have any specific hardware making it more economically suitable for mass market applications . users simply need access to a mobile or landline telephone . 3 this makes voice biometrics a very promising technology for phone and on line banking as well as many other corporate voice applications and security needs . automated password reset procedures presence monitoring time and attendance call center user verification and verification based on free speech are some examples of typical applications that can be front ended with voice biometrics . agnitio s success in the homeland security market has attracted venture capital funding which is being used to enter deeper into the enterprise corporate market . kivox agnitio s corporate focused offering expands upon the inherent benefits of voice biometrics by utilizing the same core technologies found in its homeland security solutions . technology edit agnitio develops both forensic and real time speaker identification solutions as well as speaker authentication solutions see verification vs. identification that share the same text independent technology core . in addition a text dependent digit based voice biometric authentication solution is offered for corporate implementors . agnitio s core technologies are based on the nist evaluated 4 5 atvs biometrics technology which was transferred to agnitio as part of its founding . agnitio currently maintains its own independent research and development department while maintaining a close collaboration with the atvs and other research institutes throughout the world . controversy edit in 2013 agnitio appeared in wikileaks spyfiles as an example of mass surveillance technology used by world intelligence agencies . 6 the event raised doubts about some agnitio customers 7 8 see also edit biometrics speaker recognition references edit agnitio a business idea . douwe mik se incorpora a agnitio como vicepresidente de creaci n de negocio . voice biometrics coming to a security system near you . nist speaker recognition evaluation . biometric recognition group atvs activities . wikileaks spy files 3 . villa luc a 4 september 2013 . la empresa de espionaje espa ola en el objetivo de wikileaks hace falta m s control sobre los gobiernos . p blico . retrieved 5 july 2016 . del pino daniel 1 december 2011 . wikileaks revela que 160 empresas est n en la industria del espionaje . p blico . retrieved 5 july 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title agnitio & oldid 728562456 categories spanish companies established in 2004technology companies established in 2004hidden categories articles with a promotional tone from march 2014all articles with a promotional tonewikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from march 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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