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WWW.ZETES.COM GLOBAL IDENTIFICATION AND MOBILITY SOLUTIONS

The administrative inormation

The administrative inormation is the one that results rom

human acts and initiatives that are considered to uniquely

identiy someone:

Origins

A person has a ather and a mother who have their

origins.

A child will normally bear the amily name o his/her ather

and/or mother.

The parents will give him/her a frst name to dierentiate

him/her rom his/her siblings.

Places

A person is born in a country that has a name, in a city or

a village that has a name, and in most cases, at a location

having a name, an address

A person lives at a location that has a name in an area, acity, a village, a street, a house

Time

The time when the person was born is another identifcation

element.

When and by whom the identifcation data are collected,and the validity o that set o inormation, are other useul

administrative data.

Collecting all the above inormation will provide a strong

data set that should be sufcient to uniquely distinguish

one person rom another.

The certifcation

However, in some cases, the set o inormation or two

individuals can be close to equal risking identity conusion.

This could have dramatic consequences or both the

individual and society.

To avoid this situation a set o complementary elements

can be used.

Numbering

The set o individual data will be one element o a database

(register) where the individual record has a unique

number.

A numbering system can be structured to give each

person a unique number (i.e. country code, province code,

municipality code, birth date, sequence number).

Another numbering system can be structured to give each

document a unique number.

Signatures and stamps

The set o inormation should be certifed.

The civil servant representing the government in chargecan sign a document to testiy about the completeness o

the inormation. He will use an ofcial stamp to certiy hisrole as civil servant and to identiy the authority that he

represents.

The individual can also sign the same document to testiy

that the inormation is accurate.

Secure inormation support

To protect the inormation and testiy that it is the ofcially

registered version, and so oering the best guarantee, the

inormation is written on a secure register or on a secure

mobile support such as a card, a certifcate, a passport

These supports should be non alsifable, impossible to

imitate or copy. The secure register should be uniquely

linked to its bearer.

The biometric inormation

All the previous elements could be modifed or wrongly

recorded leading to situations where errors will be possible,

whether voluntarily or not!

This is why biometric inormation can complement the

administrative data. Inormation linked to the persons

physiognomy is collected and added to the traditional

identifcation data.

The most popular biometrics that are currently consideredwith regard to people identifcation are fngerprinting,

acial geometrics and iris scanning.

Other technologies are, or will be, available such as voice

patterns or DNA.

In the world o the people identifcation, the criteria used

to select a one technology over another are generally the

accuracy and reliability o the tool, the investment level,

the availability o the technology, the ease o use, the

acceptance by the targeted population

Currently, the most popular technologies are photographs

and fngerprints which are generally accepted as being the

least intrusive.

Photographs

The use o a picture o the person or identifcation

purposes is obviously an excellent and easy choice. Decisions

must be made and standards should be respected: color or

mono picture, ICAO compliance (background, size, no hat

or accessories, position).

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Fingerprints

Fingerprints are unique to every individual. In most o thecases, the prints o 2 fngers are adopted or civil peopleauthentication applications. When more sophisticatedidentifcation is required then the capture o 4 prints is anappropriate alternative. The registration o 10 fngerprintsis considered when security is the main concern such asapplying or a visa.

Implementing People Identifcationapplications

Collecting administrative and biometric inormation andregistering them onto secure carriers enables the buildingo applications to beneft the government and the targetedpopulation.

The authorities identiy the needs.

The authorities have to identiy the needs by defningthe targeted applications and a planning and proving abudget.

In the world o people identifcation, like in any otherdomain, the implementation o solutions will succeedwhen a knowledgeable integrator introduces themost appropriate technologies. Any project should beundertaken by highly qualifed partners working withexcellent technology providers. Integration and technologydevelopment are two dierent and complementarydisciplines.

The independence o the ID integrator

The ID integrator, defned as a solution provider, must havethe ollowing profle:

Understanding o the people identifcation applicationsand mastering o the technologies in order to committo delivering true and reliable solutions.

Understanding o the standards and expectations

applicable to people identifcation technologies toensure interoperability, conormity and usability.

Independence rom the technology providers in orderto be in a position to make the appropriate technologychoice.

Strong fnancial grounding in order to respect thecommitments, on short, middle and long termprojects.

An independent ID integrator will always consider theadequacy o the solution as opposed to imposing a giventechnology

Specialization in the required competences and experiencein delivering people identifcation solutions supportedby major reerences will be reliable warranties or anygovernment.

An integrator should also be strongly involved inmaintaining relations with key actors in the concernedarea.

Where people identifcation is concerned, the integratorshould be involved in:

e-Government projects: talking to the ministries in charge

o the technologies and their implementation.

Document security: communicating with the peopleappointed by the authorities to be the experts in thismatter.

International organizations ocusing on major peopleidentifcation concepts and projects like i.e. ICAO,the Porvoo group where all international experts areregularly meeting and exchanging experience andideas.

Permanent contacts within the community o the leadingtechnology providers.

The applications

Working together, the authorities and the integrator will

defne the areas where applications are needed.

The ollowing applications would typically be considered:enrolment, centralization, production o secureidentifcation documents.

Enrolment

Census o the total population to build a NationalRegister.

Registration o a targeted population such as civilservants, the members o the army,

Registration o potential voters.

Such projects generally require biometric enrolment kits(hardware and sotware) or paper-based and/or liveenrolment. Project management, logistics, training andtechnical support services must be associated to this. Theseservices are typically provided by local companies workingin close cooperation with the integrator.

Centralization

Consolidation o the inormation collected during anenrolment into a central database.

Search or the doubles analyzing the fngerprints withan AFIS tool (Automatic Fingerprint IdentifcationSystem).

Set-up o a National Register.Preparation o voter lists.

Preparation o the data to produce Identity cards andother secure identity documents.

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Again, such projects require a combination o hardware(servers, printers, workstations, back-up capabilities),sotware (Operating system, Database Management System,

applications) and services (project management, set-up andconfguration, training, maintenance).

The integrators role is to make the global centralization

project coherent and open to uture developments.Technology suppliers should provide state-o-the-arttechnology able to support the central applications in theshort, medium and long term.

Production o secure identifcation documents

Among the applications that make use o the centraltool, the production o secure identity document is a keyconcern.

Identity card

Passport

Visa

Health card

Social Security card

Military card

Civil servant card

Foreign resident card

Police card

Driver license

are examples o documents that need to be secured andproduced in a sae and well controlled environment.

The specialization o the technologysupplier

Technology providers invest heavily in developments toensure they are in a strong position to deliver superior and

state-o-the-art technologies that meet the requirementso the market being addressed.

For the people identifcation market, there are a multitudeo technologies that are requested, both common ITtechnology and specialized technology

Common IT technology

Desktop and portable PC and printers, servers, LANinteraces, tape or disk back-up devices, UPS can beused in many environments and are not applicationdependant.

The same applies to Operating Systems and DatabaseManagement Systems.

The selection criteria are based upon the reputation o thetechnology provider, its proximity, the quality o the service

that it delivers but also upon its strategy in terms o opensystem architecture and the commitment to standards.

Requesting a solution rom a Common IT technologyprovider will lead to a situation where the specializedtechnology will be considered as a secondary priorityelement while being at the contrary the necessarydierentiators to build quality.

Specialized technology

To perorm the registration o biometric inormation,analyze the fngerprints and isolate doubles, and produce

cards and passports with or without chip technology,specialized equipment is needed and the associatedsotware drivers must be integrated into the application.

The integrator needs to develop easy to use and intuitiveuser interaces to make the mix o technologies accessibleto the operators. For example, in an enrolment sequence,the application will successively call on the unctionalitieso scanning, keyboard input, camera, fngerprint reader,signature capture device and card printer Each othese specialized peripherals is provided by a specializedtechnology supplier.

Integrator Technology provider: typical

relations

Enrolment

Based on objective criteria (perormance, price, robustness,conormity to standards, availability and quality o the

support) the integrator will have to evaluate and selectthe technologies listed below and establish a strongworking relationship with the technology suppliers.

PCs (notebook or mobile workstations, desktop orofce environments)

Operating system

Printers (document printer, card printer, mobile or fx,

monochrome or color)Cameras (standard or high resolution)

Signature capture tablets

Fingerprint scanners

Document scanners (high speed, mobile light system)



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Key dierentiators :

Complete oering and project management capabilities

Highly secured and certifed card production unit

Highly skilled and experienced team

Vertical market expertise

Large and complex projects successully conducted

Zetes oers a unique combination o a highly securedindustrial tool (Zetes CardS) with a project managementand sotware development team (Zetes PASS).

- Zetes CardS specialises in highly secured and highvalue added production and personalisation services

for smart card and secure ID documents.

- Zetes PASS (Personal Authentication and SecurityServices) is a multi-competence team (BusinessDevelopment, project management, softwarearchitecture, software engineering, etc.) offeringan all-encompassing global service to its clients for

People ID applications and projects mainly based onsmart cards and biometrics.

This combined expertise allowed Zetes to gain large andcomplex projects such as the Belgian eID card and thevoters enrolment kit or the UN and the DRC (DemocraticRepublic o Congo). These proven successes positionZetes as a market leader or uture secured ID documentapplications in Europe and in the EMEA (Europe, MiddleEast, and Arica).

Amongst ZETES major reerences :

UNDP (United Nations Development Program) :

largest nationwide enrolment project conducted in theDemocratic Republic o Congo, using biometrics technology.

Major deliverables were 10.000 autonomous biometricenrolment kits, training services or more than 20.000operators and decentralised technical services. More than26 million people were successully enrolled.

Belgian Federal Government :

production, personalisation and delivery o more than 10million electronic ID cards within 5 years. ZETES is also acting

as the prime coordinator o the project and developing theofcial sotware suite or citizens and companies to use theelectronic ID card.

ZETES main solutions & services in the People

Identifcation area are the ollowing :

The enrolment o voters using state-o-the arttechnologies

o Mobile enrolment solutions using biometrics

o Live enrolment solutions to support production oICAO-compliant documents

Centralization o enrolled citizen inormation

AFIS service bureau to take out the doubles based onfngerprint matching

The tools to support the elections

National Register solutionProduction capabilities or secure electronic traveldocuments (eID, e-passport), drivers license,

Consulting, program management and implementationservices

Zetes preerred technology providers

Being a global People ID integrator with a strong and

unique experience, Zetes has developed relations with

a number o key technology providers who can deliver

building blocks o people identifcation solutions provided

by Zetes.

Zetes privileged relations

Being a global People Identifcation integrator, Zetes

also maintains privileged relations with important

organisations.

United Nations (UNDP)

Zetes is the supplier o an enrolment solution that was

deployed in RDC at the request o the United Nations to

perorm the biometric enrolment o 26 million people in

6 months. This successul project has established a strongrelationship with the UNDP (United Nations Development

Program).

Belgian Government

The Ministry o the Interior is in daily contact with Zetes

who delivers about 10,000 eID cards every day to the

Belgian municipalities (or a total o 10 million eID cards

to be produced in a 5-year timerame o which more than

3.5 million have already been delivered).

The FedICT (Federal Ministry o ICT technologies) or which

Zetes develops and maintains eID middleware, delivers

and support eID card readers or the 12 year old citizens

(125,000 a year) as well as related services (Web site

management, Helpdesk).

The Ministry o Foreign Aairs and the Ministry o the

Interior or which Zetes develops and maintains ID cards

or Belgian citizens living abroad.

Porvoo Group

Zetes is an active member o Porvoo Group since 2003.

The international Porvoo Group supports the deployment

o electronic identity in Europe

The Porvoo Group is an international cooperative network

whose primary goal is to promote a transnational,

interoperable electronic identity, based on PKI technology

and electronic ID cards, in order to help ensure secure

public and private sector e-transactions in Europe. As

its name suggests, the Porvoo Group was established

in Porvoo, Finland, in the spring o 2002 in conjunction

with the Europe 2002 programme. The Group consists o

governmental representatives rom European countries;

representatives rom the private sector and rom the

European Commission have also attended the two-dayseminars, which are held every 6 months. The number o

participating member countries has steadily increased; at

present, around 30 countries have representatives in the

Group.

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ZETES Group

Da Vinci Science Park Rue de Strasbourg 3B-1130 Brussels Belgium

Tel.: +32 (0)2 728 37 11 Fax.: +32 (0)2 728 37 19

Zetes (Euronext Brussels: ZTS),established in 1984, is a leadingPan-European system integratoroering value-added solutions in theAutomatic Identifcation industry (Auto-ID) or Goods ID and or People ID.These solutions use both emergingand mature technologies (barcode,voice recognition, RFID, smartcards,biometrics) to optimize the businessperormance o many private and publiccustomers in many market segments.

Zetes solutions are implemented invarious sectors o activity: industry,transportation, logistics, distribution,healthcare, fnance, telecommunication,government and public services.

The Zetes group has its headquarters inBrussels, with subsidiaries in Belgium,Germany, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy,the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain andthe UK. Zetes currently employs 455employees and generated consolidatedrevenues o 139.5 million in 2005.

More ino: www.zetes.com


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