U.S. troops face daily threats from terrorists and insurgents with their only refuge often being the safety of U.S. military facilities. The December 2004 suicide bombing of a U.S. military dining facility killed 22 people and demonstrated that bases are not always impenetrable. Thanks to a first-of-its-kind biometric ID system a team lead by Computer Sciences Corporation fielded BISA to numerous locations. Azimuth is responsible for the design/build of the core system.

With the Biometric Identification System for Access (BISA), the U.S. Military will ensure that all foreign nationals with access to U.S. military facilities have been cleared against U.S. databases of known terrorists and suspected enemy combatants. Once cleared, applicants receive biometrically enabled ID cards that must be used every time they enter a U.S. facility.

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