What Secure Planet does

Secure Planet, Inc. is a privately-held Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business founded in 2009 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with a satellite office in Tampa, Florida. The company develops and sells biometric identification software — primarily facial recognition — to U.S. defense, intelligence, law enforcement, and facility-security customers. Its product platform centers on BioCore®, an enterprise biometric matching backbone, and FABIS Mobile, a portable biometric identification application marketed as the first in the industry to support on-device matching with no network connection against galleries of over one million images. The portfolio extends through FABIS Multimodal (adding fingerprint, license plate, scars/marks/tattoos, and voice capture), Facial Recognition at Distance (FRaD) with standoff identification to 300 meters via stabilized optics, and Secure Pre-Pass for vehicle and pedestrian base-access pre-screening.

Underlying technology combines proprietary computer-vision algorithms with multimodal biometric fusion and is certified for DoD EBTS v4.1 criminal tenprint, miscellaneous applicant, and DPRS transactions against the DoD Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS); it also integrates with the Team Awareness Kit (TAK) for field alerting. Secure Planet holds ISO 27001, CMMC Level 2, ISO 9001 (ANAB accredited), and SBA-certified SDVOSB status, with 20+ patents in its IP portfolio. Named end users include the U.S. Department of War, USSOCOM, the DoD Biometrics Project Management Office, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Central Command, the IWTSD, the Fairfax County Police Department, and U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, with additional integration channels through Parsons' Javelin mobile biometric collection kits and 5010 Tech's IdWarrior platform.

Secure Planet monetizes through government procurement: direct engagement with DoD and federal agencies, plus established contract vehicles including the U.S. Navy SeaPort Next Gen IDIQ and the USSOCOM NGIA-OTA, supplemented by SBIR awards (e.g., USMC Systems Command). Revenue mechanics are project- and contract-based against defined delivery milestones rather than disclosed subscription tiers, though the FABIS platform's recurring product component suggests a recurring revenue stream embedded within task-order structures. The company is led by CEO Bob Kocher, COO Ivan Quinn (20+ years in biometrics, U.S. Air Force veteran), and Chief Engineer John Bowling (co-inventor on 8 issued patents).

Name

Secure Planet

Legal name

Secure Planet, Inc.

Website

https://secureplanet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Secure Planet, an SBA-certified SDVOSB founded in 2009 and based in Arlington, Virginia, develops facial recognition and multimodal biometric identification software — including BioCore, FABIS Mobile, FRaD, and Secure Pre-Pass — for U.S. defense, intelligence, law enforcement, and facility-security customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Biometric Identification Software

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)

akta.pro primary industry

Facial Recognition & Biometrics (HDAAAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Authentication (MFA/Passwordless/Biometrics) Platforms (BPAMAEAE), Biometric Input Devices (Fingerprint/Face/Iris Scanners) (HDACAFAI)

Keywords

• Biometric identification systems
• Facial recognition software
• Mobile biometrics
• Defense biometrics
• Identity verification

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Biometric Solutions: Revenue derived from designing, developing, and delivering facial recognition products and solutions to defense, intelligence, law enforcement, and facility security government customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Secure Planet designs, develops, and delivers facial recognition and multimodal biometric identification software products — including the BioCore enterprise matching platform, FABIS Mobile on-device facial recognition, FABIS Multimodal, Facial Recognition at Distance (FRaD), and Secure Pre-Pass — for defense, intelligence, law enforcement, and facility security customers. The products enable mobile, network-independent biometric matching against galleries of over one million images, with DoD EBTS v4.1 certified submission to government databases.

Product overview

Secure Planet offers a modular biometric identification platform designed for defense, law enforcement, and facility security applications. The product portfolio centers on BioCore® as the enterprise matching backbone, with FABIS Mobile serving as the flagship portable biometric device for field operations featuring first-in-industry on-device matching with no network dependency. FABIS Multimodal extends FABIS Mobile by adding integrated fingerprint, license plate, tattoo, and voice capture capabilities. FRaD (Facial Recognition at Distance) provides long-range identification up to 300 meters using stabilized optics, while Secure Pre-Pass delivers vehicle and pedestrian access control with pre-verification workflows. All products support Android and iOS operating systems and multiple facial recognition algorithms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BioCore®: Enterprise biometric matching platform providing gallery capacity, data sharing, and device synchronization for large-scale facial recognition and identity matching operations.
• FABIS Mobile
• FABIS Multimodal
• Facial Recognition at a Distance (FRaD)
• Secure Pre-Pass

Products and services

• BioCore
• FABIS Mobile
• FABIS Multimodal
• Facial Recognition at Distance (FRaD)
• Secure Pre-Pass

Quantifiable outcome

• On-device matching supports gallery of 1+ million images
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• 5010 TechcoreTechnology or Integration5010 Tech integrated Secure Planet's facial recognition technology into their IdWarrior Multi-Modal Biometric Collection Application, expanding the reach of Secure Planet's technology through an industry partner offering.
• Parsons CorporationcoreTechnology or IntegrationParsons integrated Secure Planet's technology into their Javelin Line of Mobile Biometric Collection Kits, providing customers with enhanced biometric capabilities through a major defense and security contractor.
• Ideal Innovations Inc. (I3)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerI3 is a service-disabled veteran-owned professional services company specializing in biometrics and forensics, with a multi-disciplinary team of scientific and IT SMEs serving Government and commercial clients worldwide. Established in 1998, I3 strengthens Secure Planet's position within the biometrics community.
• Face Center of Excellence (FaCE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded in 2015, FaCE is a leader in Facial Identification delivering advanced training, expert-witness consulting and testimony, on-demand facial comparison services, and accredited proficiency testing. Backed by a team with 40+ years of combined experience.
• Secure Pre-PasscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecure Pre-Pass, established in 2023, is a mobile application product for expediting access to controlled facilities. It supports secure, on-the-move vehicle as well as pedestrian access to buildings and other sites within a facility. This is an affiliated company within the Secure Planet ecosystem.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• NEC Corporation: NEC's NeoFace facial recognition platform is widely deployed across U.S. federal, state, and law enforcement agencies, including border and defense programs — directly competing with Secure Planet's facial recognition offerings for similar government buyers, though at much larger scale.
• IDEMIA: IDEMIA is a global leader in biometric identity solutions serving defense, law enforcement, border control, and facility security — a broad incumbent that competes with Secure Planet's FABIS Mobile and BioCore in government ABIS-linked deployments.
• Thales: Thales provides biometric identity, access control, and document verification solutions across defense, government, and critical infrastructure — overlapping with Secure Planet's defense and secure-facility access use cases as a much larger diversified incumbent.

Direct peers

• Cognitec Systems: Cognitec is a specialized facial recognition vendor whose FaceVACS algorithm is integrated into border control, law enforcement, and identity programs worldwide — closely aligned with Secure Planet's algorithm-flexibility approach and defense/law enforcement customer base.
• Rank One Computing: Rank One Computing provides facial recognition algorithms used by U.S. law enforcement, defense, and government agencies — a focused competitor in the same algorithm-licensing and federal-procurement space as Secure Planet.
• Aware, Inc. Aware provides biometric software platforms (face, fingerprint, iris) used by government, defense, and law enforcement agencies — comparable to Secure Planet's BioCore enterprise matching platform in modality breadth and customer profile.
• Paravision: Paravision builds computer-vision and facial recognition AI for government, defense, and enterprise use cases including watchlist matching and identity verification — closely overlapping with Secure Planet's core facial recognition capabilities.
• Daon: Daon provides multi-modal biometric identity verification platforms deployed across government, defense, and financial services — comparable to Secure Planet's BioCore and FABIS Multimodal in modality coverage and enterprise identity workflows.
• Clearview AI: Clearview AI delivers facial recognition search capabilities to U.S. federal, state, and local law enforcement — a focused facial recognition competitor targeting similar investigative and identity-verification use cases as Secure Planet.
• Iris ID (IrisAccess): Iris ID provides biometric identity solutions (primarily iris, plus face) for government, defense, and secure facility access — a focused competitor in the federal biometric identification and physical-access market that overlaps with Secure Planet's secure-facility use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SecurePlanetInc
• Facebookfacebook.com/secureplanetinc

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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