ContactlessNews | Entrust to deploy ePassport architecture for Denmark’s EAC project

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Entrust has announced it will help the Danish National Police (Rigspolitiet) migrate Denmark’s e-passport infrastructure to the Extended Access Control (EAC) standard - the EU’s newest standard for biometrics and e-passport security.

Entrust will work with its partner Nets, a Danish technology vendor specializing in payments, to provide 670,000 EAC e-passports to Danish citizens on the initial roll out. Entrust says that eventually all Danish citizens who apply through the Danish National Police will be able to receive a new passport.

According to Entrust, the EAC protocol is designed to ensure that only authorized inspection systems are able to access biometric data – iris scan or fingerprint – stored on the contactless chip of an e-passport. The specification describes an architecture enabling cross-jurisdiction passport inspection systems to authenticate the contactless chip as well as the biometric data on a passport.

Entrust will deploy its public key infrastructure (PKI) architecture for the EAC project, including the Country Signing Certification Authority, Country Verifying Certification Authority, Document Verifying Certification Authority and full Single Point of Contact capabilities.

Entrust, who replaced the initial provider of Denmark’s Basic Access Control (BAC) trust infrastructure, also provides its PKI technology for Denmark’s national ID, of which 3.5 million have been issued to date.

Colorado to replace fingerprint database collection system

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced that it intends to replace its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), reports the La Junta Tribune Democrat.

The 20-year old system contains almost 2.7 million master fingerprint records and is one of the oldest statewide law enforcement agency systems in the U.S. and can no longer keep up with demand. The system was designed to process 700 fingerprint cards in a 24 hour period, but today 1,000 to 1,500 fingerprint cards are put through the system.

M2SYS releases automated biometric ID system

M2SYS Technology has released an Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) that enables the storage, search, retrieval, processing and editing of biometric data and subject records. The new system is built on multi-modal architecture, enabling users to combine the biometric matching of a fingerprint with that of an iris, face or palm print.

New airport e-gate supports multimodal biometrics

Vision-Box, a biometrics solutions provider, has come out with an automatic border control e-gate that supports multimodal biometric authentication.

This new e-gate is a thin system that contains vb i-match, a single sourced design that is modular and flexible and can be adapted to business requirements and infrastructure constraints that would otherwise disrupt passenger flow. It has the ability to cope with industry standards such as ICAO. The e-gate supports iris, fingerprint and facial biometrics.

Episode 95: Identity with high profile events

Large, high profile events, like the London 2012 Olympics, need to be secure while also enabling individuals to get where they need to go without too much of a security hassle. Mark Joynes, director of Product Management at Entrust, explains how security and identity plans for these events are created. He also discusses Entrust’s involvement with the Interpol employee credentials that is used for crossing borders as well as physical and logical access to Interpol facilities and networks.

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