Coming out of work undertaken by the several founders at West Virginia University, NexID Biometric has specialist expertise in spoof mitigation and liveness detection solutions. NexID Biometrics develops and licenses liveness detection software that enables more secure fingerprint authentication by mitigating spoof-related risks, such as fake fingers, lowering the risk for fraud. In Devember 2016, the firm was acquired by Precise Biometrics with the objective of enabling the latter to expand its offering of fingerprint recognition software with industry leading liveness detection. This capability provides competitive advantages, strengthen the company´s position as the leader in fingerprint software and create further conditions for growth in the booming market for fingerprint technology.