Border controls at airports can be carried out more efficiently using electronic identity documents. Highly secure, certificate-based authentication solutions are used as a means of reliably checking the authenticity of documents, and for preventing manipulation and unauthorised access. A ...

“In the current situation, the border police forces are doing very good work, and taking every possible step to ease the situation. Advanced technology is helping them to do this: in particular, reading and checking the chips contained in the passports represents a huge win in terms of ...

In eIDs such as passports, the information stored on the integrated chip is secured using encryption procedures. A public key from the country issuing the document is therefore needed to check the integrity and authenticity of a document (passive authentication). If eIDs are checked at ...

secunet biomiddle is a middleware for biometric systems and electronic identity documents (eIDs). It enables the modular use of biometric system components and ID readers in various biometric or eID applications. In Germany, secunet biomiddle has already been in use for a number of years on ...

The last major ePassport tests were carried out in Prague in 2008. The focus this year will be on conformity with the new Supplemental Access Control (SAC) security standard. This mechanism has been defined as the new standard by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) with ...

The last major ePassport tests were carried out in Prague in 2008. The focus this year will be on conformity with the new Supplemental Access Control (SAC) security standard. This mechanism has been defined as the new standard by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) with ...

As part of her traditional tour of the trade fair, Chancellor Merkel paid secunet a visit together with the Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, and the Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil. "In collaboration with the German Federal Office for Information Security, we develop ...

The Latvian Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs – an agency that reports to Latvia's Ministry of the Interior – is setting up a new passport and migration information system required for the issue of electronic identification and visa documents. The existing PKI (Public Key ...

The data saved electronically in current identity documents, such as the new German ID card (nPA), are protected against unauthorized access by technical measures. In order to access data at checkpoints, the reading devices used by border officials must be equipped with the digital ...