2026-02-05
Kneron Achieves Zero-Error Performance in ISO Biometric Security Testing, Establishing a New Benchmark for Edge AI Security
SANDIEGO—KnerontodayannouncedthatitsFaceRecognition Module v1.0 has achieved flawless results across the industry’s most important biometric security standards, ISO/IEC 30107 (Presentation Attack Detection) and ISO/IEC
19795(PerformanceTesting).Themonth-longevaluationwasconductedbyFime, an laboratory accredited by NIST’s National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) for biometric testing (NVLAP Lab Code 600365-0) and FIDO Alliance Biometric Component Certification.
This accomplishment positions Kneron among the world’s most secure and commercially deployable biometric solutions, delivering zero false accepts, zero false rejects, and zero spoofingvulnerabilities,allwhilerunningfullyon-devicethroughthecompany’sultra-low- power KL-series NPU architecture.
Meeting a Critical Moment in Biometric Security
As digital systems become the gateway for homes, workplaces, banks, transportation, and identity verification, biometric authentication now serves as the first line of defense for daily life. But the rise of deepfakes, 3D-printed replicas, and advanced screen replay attacks is exposing the fragility of traditional 2D facial recognition, much of which was designed more than a decade ago.
To address this escalating threat landscape, Kneron submitted its next-generation Face Recognition Module for independent benchmarking. Early this year, the system entered a rigorous testing cycle evaluating both performance accuracy and spoofing resistance, providing rare third-party verification of technology typically marketed without transparent data.
Flawless Results Across All Core Security Metrics
Fime’s full evaluation confirmed that Kneron’s module delivered zero-error performance across every aspect of the ISO assessment.
Ultra-High Security (ISO 30107 PAD)
0.0% APCER (Attack Presentation Classification Error Rate) All 12 attack vectors successfully intercepted, including:
-printed photos
-curved and folded images
-screen replay attacks
-paper masks
-complex multi-layer masks
-full 3D-printed head models and hood masks
Flawless User Accuracy (ISO 19795 Performance Testing)
Across hundreds of thousands of match comparisons involving 150 subjects:
-0.0% FAR (False Acceptance Rate)
-0.0% FRR (False Rejection Rate)
-No capture failures (FTAR)
-No enrollment failures (FTER)
-Stable performance across low light, strong light, and difficult indoor conditions
This rare combination of perfect accuracy and perfect anti-spoofing confirms that Kneron’s NIR imaging, 3D sensing, and NPU-optimized algorithms maintain millisecond-level response times, even with glasses, facial hair, or challenging lighting.
The test campaign conducted at Fime’s European (EMEA) laboratory also used a racially and demographically diverse dataset to reflect real global deployments. Subjects represented a range of racial backgrounds, ages, and facial characteristics, ensuring the system avoids the common industry issue of “regional algorithm bias.”
Why This Milestone Matters
The importance of this milestone extends far beyond technical metrics. Biometric authentication has quietly become a foundation of modern life: unlocking phones, securing homes, verifyingpayments, granting workplace access, and authenticating digital identities. Yet deepfake tools and AI-driven spoofing have accelerated faster than most security systems.
As Albert Liu, founder and CEO of Kneron, explains: “Achieving zero-error performance under NVLAP-validated conditions is a major milestone, not only for Kneron but for the future of privacy-preserving AI. At a time when deepfakes and digital identity fraud are rising globally, this certification demonstrates that edge AI can deliver security the public can trust. It gives our partners and customers the confidence to retire outdated, easily spoofed systems and adopt next- generation authentication built for today’s threats.”
This evaluation provides something consumers, enterprises, and regulations have been demanding; independently verified proof that extremely high security and everyday convenience can coexist in a low-power, on-device system.
How This Helps Make Smart Homes Better
Smart locks and home-entry systems are among the fastest-growing smart home categories but many rely on simple 2D facial recognition that can be fooled by printed photos or digital replays.
Kneron’s newly certified system introduces a leap forward in home security through:
Advanced NIR (Near-Infrared) Imaging: Captures depth and texture information that flat 2D cameras miss.
3D Sensing Capabilities: Can distinguish real human faces from masks or replicas.
Purpose-Built Low-Power NPU Chip: Enables enterprise-grade security to run on small battery-powered devices.
The result is a smart home authentication system that is:
-significantly more accurate
-extremely hard to fool
-able to operate for long periods on battery power
-fully private, no cloud uploads, no external data handling
As the smart home market matures, this level of robustness will become essential for consumer trust.
Broader Impact Across Industries
With certification complete, Kneron’s Face Recognition Module can support higher security standards across multiple sectors:
Empowering Smart Door Locks & Security
Kneron’s solution enables smart lock and access control manufacturers to meet the stringent requirements of high-security environments, including premium residential buildings, enterprise facilities, and financial institutions. By delivering enterprise-grade protection in a compact, low- power form factor, the technology allows manufacturers to upgrade their product lines, differentiate in competitive markets, and align with the increasing demand for advanced, tamper- resistant authentication systems.
Strengthening Financial and Payment Use Cases
With 0.00% FAR and APCER results, the technology becomes a strong candidate for security- critical financial scenarios, including mobile payments, digital banking onboarding, and identity verification. Kneron’s module offers a trusted hardware layer for emerging “face-based payment” systems, addressing longstanding concerns about spoofing and reliability.
Advancing the Edge AI Ecosystem
Kneron remains committed to its integrated “algorithm + chip” approach. By providing certified reference designs, the company aims to lower technical barriers for partners, shorten development timelines, and accelerate the adoption of secure, on-device AI across the broader IoT ecosystem.
A Milestone That Sets a New Baseline
The Fime evaluation’s zero-error data provides something extremely rare in the consumer security world: evidence that highly reliable, anti-spoof 3D face recognition is achievable today.
And in a world where digital identities face daily attacks, that evidence matters.
As companies adopt secure, on-device AI systems like Kneron’s, consumers may soon have access to devices designed to withstand the deepfake era, not just in laboratories, but in real homes and everyday life.
More Information
A detailed summary of certification results and OEM reference designs is available at:
www.kneron.com/security
About Kneron
Kneron is a global leader in low-power edge AI solutions, providing secure on-device intelligence powered by its proprietary NPU architecture, AI algorithms, operating system, and development tools. Founded in 2015, Kneron enables AI across smart homes, security, automotive, robotics, and industrial IoT.
Media Contact
Tiffany.chang@kneron.us
www.kneron.com
19795(PerformanceTesting).Themonth-longevaluationwasconductedbyFime, an laboratory accredited by NIST’s National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) for biometric testing (NVLAP Lab Code 600365-0) and FIDO Alliance Biometric Component Certification.
This accomplishment positions Kneron among the world’s most secure and commercially deployable biometric solutions, delivering zero false accepts, zero false rejects, and zero spoofingvulnerabilities,allwhilerunningfullyon-devicethroughthecompany’sultra-low- power KL-series NPU architecture.Meeting a Critical Moment in Biometric Security
As digital systems become the gateway for homes, workplaces, banks, transportation, and identity verification, biometric authentication now serves as the first line of defense for daily life. But the rise of deepfakes, 3D-printed replicas, and advanced screen replay attacks is exposing the fragility of traditional 2D facial recognition, much of which was designed more than a decade ago.
To address this escalating threat landscape, Kneron submitted its next-generation Face Recognition Module for independent benchmarking. Early this year, the system entered a rigorous testing cycle evaluating both performance accuracy and spoofing resistance, providing rare third-party verification of technology typically marketed without transparent data.
Flawless Results Across All Core Security Metrics
Fime’s full evaluation confirmed that Kneron’s module delivered zero-error performance across every aspect of the ISO assessment.
Ultra-High Security (ISO 30107 PAD)
0.0% APCER (Attack Presentation Classification Error Rate) All 12 attack vectors successfully intercepted, including:
-printed photos
-curved and folded images
-screen replay attacks
-paper masks
-complex multi-layer masks
-full 3D-printed head models and hood masks
Flawless User Accuracy (ISO 19795 Performance Testing)
Across hundreds of thousands of match comparisons involving 150 subjects:
-0.0% FAR (False Acceptance Rate)
-0.0% FRR (False Rejection Rate)
-No capture failures (FTAR)
-No enrollment failures (FTER)
-Stable performance across low light, strong light, and difficult indoor conditions
This rare combination of perfect accuracy and perfect anti-spoofing confirms that Kneron’s NIR imaging, 3D sensing, and NPU-optimized algorithms maintain millisecond-level response times, even with glasses, facial hair, or challenging lighting.
The test campaign conducted at Fime’s European (EMEA) laboratory also used a racially and demographically diverse dataset to reflect real global deployments. Subjects represented a range of racial backgrounds, ages, and facial characteristics, ensuring the system avoids the common industry issue of “regional algorithm bias.”
Why This Milestone Matters
The importance of this milestone extends far beyond technical metrics. Biometric authentication has quietly become a foundation of modern life: unlocking phones, securing homes, verifyingpayments, granting workplace access, and authenticating digital identities. Yet deepfake tools and AI-driven spoofing have accelerated faster than most security systems.
As Albert Liu, founder and CEO of Kneron, explains: “Achieving zero-error performance under NVLAP-validated conditions is a major milestone, not only for Kneron but for the future of privacy-preserving AI. At a time when deepfakes and digital identity fraud are rising globally, this certification demonstrates that edge AI can deliver security the public can trust. It gives our partners and customers the confidence to retire outdated, easily spoofed systems and adopt next- generation authentication built for today’s threats.”
This evaluation provides something consumers, enterprises, and regulations have been demanding; independently verified proof that extremely high security and everyday convenience can coexist in a low-power, on-device system.
How This Helps Make Smart Homes Better
Smart locks and home-entry systems are among the fastest-growing smart home categories but many rely on simple 2D facial recognition that can be fooled by printed photos or digital replays.
Kneron’s newly certified system introduces a leap forward in home security through:
Advanced NIR (Near-Infrared) Imaging: Captures depth and texture information that flat 2D cameras miss.
3D Sensing Capabilities: Can distinguish real human faces from masks or replicas.
Purpose-Built Low-Power NPU Chip: Enables enterprise-grade security to run on small battery-powered devices.
The result is a smart home authentication system that is:
-significantly more accurate
-extremely hard to fool
-able to operate for long periods on battery power
-fully private, no cloud uploads, no external data handling
As the smart home market matures, this level of robustness will become essential for consumer trust.
Broader Impact Across Industries
With certification complete, Kneron’s Face Recognition Module can support higher security standards across multiple sectors:
Empowering Smart Door Locks & Security
Kneron’s solution enables smart lock and access control manufacturers to meet the stringent requirements of high-security environments, including premium residential buildings, enterprise facilities, and financial institutions. By delivering enterprise-grade protection in a compact, low- power form factor, the technology allows manufacturers to upgrade their product lines, differentiate in competitive markets, and align with the increasing demand for advanced, tamper- resistant authentication systems.
Strengthening Financial and Payment Use Cases
With 0.00% FAR and APCER results, the technology becomes a strong candidate for security- critical financial scenarios, including mobile payments, digital banking onboarding, and identity verification. Kneron’s module offers a trusted hardware layer for emerging “face-based payment” systems, addressing longstanding concerns about spoofing and reliability.
Advancing the Edge AI Ecosystem
Kneron remains committed to its integrated “algorithm + chip” approach. By providing certified reference designs, the company aims to lower technical barriers for partners, shorten development timelines, and accelerate the adoption of secure, on-device AI across the broader IoT ecosystem.
A Milestone That Sets a New Baseline
The Fime evaluation’s zero-error data provides something extremely rare in the consumer security world: evidence that highly reliable, anti-spoof 3D face recognition is achievable today.
And in a world where digital identities face daily attacks, that evidence matters.
As companies adopt secure, on-device AI systems like Kneron’s, consumers may soon have access to devices designed to withstand the deepfake era, not just in laboratories, but in real homes and everyday life.
More Information
A detailed summary of certification results and OEM reference designs is available at:
www.kneron.com/security
About Kneron
Kneron is a global leader in low-power edge AI solutions, providing secure on-device intelligence powered by its proprietary NPU architecture, AI algorithms, operating system, and development tools. Founded in 2015, Kneron enables AI across smart homes, security, automotive, robotics, and industrial IoT.
Media Contact
Tiffany.chang@kneron.us
www.kneron.com
