07.02.15
Contactless, multifunctional, fast and secure features are critical requirements for the new generation of travel documents. Achieving the combination of security and convenience that travellers require to pass through border checkpoints quickly and securely, in addition to providing travellers with access to online services from their smartphone, is a challenge.
In the past three years, issues concerning the security of electronic identity documents have been addressed by the NewP@ss research project. Research is conducted by security chip providers Infineon Technologies AG and NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH as well as Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), a specialist for secure chip card systems.
The companies are part of a consortium of 15 European enterprises and research institutions within the EUREKA program CATRENE. The project was part-funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), which has injected approximately €4 million into the venture.
The consortium has developed data structures and new security chip architectures that are being integrated into the latest globally applicable standards for travel documents. In addition to the id holder’s biometric data, the newest electronic travel documents can electronically record visa data and arrival and departure stamps.
The primary focus was placed on contactless communication with an eID Card, secure mobile user authentication , and confidential data input and output within a protected computing environment.
The NewP@ss research project received investment of approximately €30 million, half of which was covered by business and industry partners and the other half by the governments of five member states of the European Union.
Biometric travel documents are currently issued in all 28 EU states with its approximately 500 million residents. Electronic identity cards are used in 23 European countries. Other European states have already announced that they will introduce electronic identity cards in the next few years or begin issuing the next generation, which this research project helped to develop. A total of 120 states have distributed around 500 million electronic travel documents since 2006.
In the past three years, issues concerning the security of electronic identity documents have been addressed by the NewP@ss research project. Research is conducted by security chip providers Infineon Technologies AG and NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH as well as Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), a specialist for secure chip card systems.
The companies are part of a consortium of 15 European enterprises and research institutions within the EUREKA program CATRENE. The project was part-funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), which has injected approximately €4 million into the venture.
The consortium has developed data structures and new security chip architectures that are being integrated into the latest globally applicable standards for travel documents. In addition to the id holder’s biometric data, the newest electronic travel documents can electronically record visa data and arrival and departure stamps.
The primary focus was placed on contactless communication with an eID Card, secure mobile user authentication , and confidential data input and output within a protected computing environment.
The NewP@ss research project received investment of approximately €30 million, half of which was covered by business and industry partners and the other half by the governments of five member states of the European Union.
Biometric travel documents are currently issued in all 28 EU states with its approximately 500 million residents. Electronic identity cards are used in 23 European countries. Other European states have already announced that they will introduce electronic identity cards in the next few years or begin issuing the next generation, which this research project helped to develop. A total of 120 states have distributed around 500 million electronic travel documents since 2006.
