Government

Entrust ePassport Security Solutions

Security concerns, developing technologies and emerging standards have led national governments to pursue the issuance of more sophisticated machine readable travel documents (MRTD) to their citizens. Commonly known as "ePassports", these travel documents contain a chip that stores information that can be verified against the data on the passport.

In order to facilitate interoperability across countries, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has set global standards for ePassports. Since the ePassport contains sensitive personal information, the security and integrity of the ePassport are critical. Therefore, PKI has become an integral technology for the security and verification infrastructure around ePassports. Entrust is providing leadership for the security of these important and sensitive documents through software solutions that reduce fraud by verifying the integrity of the personal and biometric data contained on the chip imbedded in the ePassport.

Entrust has been a trusted advisor to many countries as they pursue ePassport projects and our software is currently in production use in a number of countries issuing a high volume of ePassports including the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Slovenia and New Zealand.

Protecting Biometric Data with Extended Access Control [135 kb]

Countries are beginning to evolve their ePassport programs to include capabilities for Extended Access Control (EAC). Entrust is participating in related standards bodies and is consulting with our customers as technical specifications solidify and progress is made towards implementation of EAC. With flexible solutions for Basic Access Control (BAC) passive authentication (CSCA PKI) today, Entrust is also releasing security solutions to meet the certificate management requirements of Extended Access Control (CVCA PKI).

To access the EAC demonstration site, click here.

Entrust would be pleased to share our experiences and lessons learned related to ePassport and citizen identification with you. Expertise in information security has been a hallmark of Entrust since we began developing best-in-breed solutions over thirteen years ago and we are proud of the value Entrust provides to government customers across the world. Click here to contact us.

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Entrust Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Public key infrastructure or PKI refers to a comprehensive system that uses authentication security and encryption software to establish and maintain a trustworthy network. Government agencies and corporations use PKI certificates to fortify their IT infrastructure from unauthorized access.

Entrust PKI security solutions help network administrators accomplish the goal of greater security by associating a public key with authorized users to enable encryption and digital signature capabilities across network applications. Epassport PKI is an adaptation of PKI for the government sector that stores information on a chip that can be verified against the data on the passport. Entrust, a certification authority, also enables passport PKI and smart card PKI for an additional security.

Entrust is a trusted provider of network security solutions that include digital certificates, two factor-authentication, ssl certificates, token authentication, and certificate management systems.