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The European VIS System The European VIS System Copenhagen November 26 th by Nicolas DELVAUX nicolas.delvaux@sagem.com DOCUMENT INTERNE - Equipe Marketing / 27 novembre 2007 0 Agenda 1. SAGEM Scurit at the glance 2. Schengen 3. VIS
DOCUMENT INTERNE - Equipe Marketing / 27 novembre 2007
November 26th
by Nicolas DELVAUX nicolas.delvaux@sagem.com
Agenda
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Agenda
2. Schengen 3. VIS & BMS 4. … biometric visa on the field
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citizen & Identity security citizen & identity security
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law enforcement business & corporate security business & corporate security law enforcement
WORLDWIDE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS) ID documents including biometric features Biometric terminals Wireless payment terminals
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Wireless payment terminals Smartcards Gaming & betting terminals
KEY FIGURES 2006 Sales of
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sites abroad subsidiaries
GLOBAL PRESENCE
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Headquarters Sagem Sécurité subsidiaries Sagem Orga subsidiaries
SAGEM SECURITE : products portfolio
Identity Transactions Health Communications
Multi Biometric Identification Systems Identity Management & Associated Services Healtcare system Payments system
Smart Cards
Lottery Terminals
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Counter-crime
Transport Migrations Access Control
Automated Speed Control systems Border Control Systems Biometric Terminals Access Control Systems Intelligent Video Solutions Airport Security Solutions
Cards
GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS REFERENCES
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More than 120 systems in 55 countries worldwide
More than 40% of the world AFIS market
Police system Civil system
Agenda
1. SAGEM Sécurité at the glance
3. VIS & BMS 4. … biometric visa on the field
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The long success story of Schengen
History 1985: the first Agreement (F, D, B, NL, L) 1990: Convention (+ I, E, P, GR, A) 1995: new members (DK, FI, N, IS, S) 2007: new members in less than one month !
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Schengen: Border management Police collaboration: ability to refuse specific persons on his territory Border area activity in case of criminals activities Common VISA for short term ( ≤ 3 months)
Information Technologies as support
SIS – System Information Schengen
A database with Central (ref. C-CIS) et National (copy N-CIS) Alpha-numerical data only with records on persons and vehicles
SIS II
A major upgrade of SIS Include Visa management
VIS – Visa Information Schengen
A new database to manage Schengen Visa between Member States Includes a Biometric Matching System
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Includes a Biometric Matching System
EURODAC
In 1990, the Dublin convention related to Asylum seekers In 2003, Dublin II European regulation replace some Schengen articles related to asylum issues EURODAC is an operational AFIS, under EC-JLS responsibility
Data Protection
Schengen has provisioned Data Protection requirements At national level : Data Protection authority is in charge of his N- CIS At European level, States set up a delegation of representatives of States + EDP (P. Hustings)
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States + EDP (P. Hustings)
Agenda
1. SAGEM Sécurité at the glance 2. Schengen
4. … biometric visa on the field
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EUROPEAN CONTEXT
Free travel in the Schengen area
Currently around 10 M visas/year, near future 15 M visas/year 1/4 in France 15 (member) states in the Schengen environment
Identity Fraud
Visa application fraud
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Visa application fraud Visa shopping and visa exchange Travel document fraud
Illegal immigration Internal security and terrorism
VIS - Visa Information System - IT
A central database, supporting Common Visa Policy, for the purpose
The European Commission hosts the Central System, Member State must connect their Consulates and border points to the Central System via a National System (as in SIS)
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Central System via a National System (as in SIS) VIS will contain:
Alphanumeric data, Digitised photo of the face Fingerprints
BMS (Biometric Matching System) deals with fingerprints
European Commission Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and Security
Why fingerprints and not only facial recognition ?
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Process of Schengen visa: traveller view
Consulate
VIS BMS
Application Application VISA # 123456 Consulate 2 Consulate 3
Identification
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Visa shopping?
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VISA # 123456
Verification
Border
This slide is originated from DG JLS
Welcome in Schengen area !
Consulate: 1. sends applicants details to its national system. 2. Background checks: 1:N search in BMS only + National procedures 3. Reply then sent to Consulate more information 4. Visa decision to applicants
National Consulates Process of Schengen visa: State view C-VIS One access by Schengen State
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National VIS Visa control
Biometric Matching System
One access by Schengen State
Border checkpoint: 1. Based on Visa N°, 4/10 FP send for 1:1 check 2. If no visa, 4/10 FP send for 1:N identification
Some keys facts of BMS & its VIS application
BMS Service Orientated Architecture:
For VIS alone: 70 million 10-fingerprints records The engine could be re-used for other application (e.g. EURODAC)
Implemented by
Accenture & SAGEM Consortium Consortium also includes Daon, Bull, Steria, UniqKey, WCC
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Consortium also includes Daon, Bull, Steria, UniqKey, WCC
Border checkpoints deployment:
Land/Sea borders? Legal Framework foresees ‘grace’ period of 3 years; At mid-term: fingerprint checks will apply as well to EU citizens
No database, but e-Passeport with 2 fingerprints Versus US, EU will consider ID check at same security level for Citizen & visa applicants
Some technical figures of BMS
Standards
ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2000, compression is WSQ and JPEG2000 Image resolution: 500 dpi to 1000 dpi (256 grey levels) encapsulated in SOAP/XML Webservice
For VIS, flat (slap) fingerprints (1:N 4-4-2; 1:1 4) on live-scan ≥ 500 dpi
10 fingerprints enrolled (or those present…) to extract a maximum of information to
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10 fingerprints enrolled (or those present…) to extract a maximum of information to
4 fingerprints verified (where possible) to reduce the number of retries (that could lead to longer queues) and to limit the number of faults (increased annoyance, reduced security) flat-prints (contrary to rolled-prints), no need for ‘ink’ on live-scans, no need for assistance age limits is not defined yet. Technical proposal:
Children protection, No upper limit, Lack of academic study on large scale use of juvenile fingerprints
Agenda
1. SAGEM Sécurité at the glance 2. Schengen 3. VIS & BMS
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BIODEV: BIOmetrics Data Experimented in Visas
In 2005, France and Belgium started with EU funding an experimentation (ARGO financial support) General objectives:
Use of biometrics to identify and verify visa holder identity at the point of application (consulate) and border entry (checkpoints) Launch of the Biometrics Matching System (BMS) initiative by the European Commission
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BIODEV contributes for some VIS/BMS experiments
Kingdom of Belgium Federal Public Service – Foreign Affairs and Federal Police
PENDING QUESTIONS address by BIODEV
How to store the Biometrics of the visa holder ?
Chip in the passport, Chip on a separated card, 2D Bar Code, Central Database ?
How the new process will be accepted ?
By the visa applicants By the governmental operators (consulates and border police)
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What will be the changes impacting the current visa process ?
Time is the key parameter
Technical issues monitored
Technology tests
Biometrics (10 Fingers, Face) stored as images Contactless chips, ICAO, 64 kb, with high protection (BAC and Secure Messaging) Connection to various databases (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Interior) contactless chips versus central database for visa Inter-operability (multi source of Sensors, chips, encoders & readers)
Process tests
Enrolment and Chip personalisation at the consulate
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Enrolment and Chip personalisation at the consulate Chip reading, simple or in-depth biometrics verification at the Border
Acceptability
Travellers Personnel
Data protection
Issue pop-up
Very short time frame
Supplier of the experimentation
Kingdom of Belgium Federal Public Service – Foreign Affairs and Federal Police
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WORLDWIDE DEPLOYMENT
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8 consulates (6 French sites and 2 Belgian sites) 3 airports & 1 port Selection based on diversity and links between the countries
(only around 30% of the “BIODEV” visas delivered are checked)
DATA CAPTURE
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VISA APPLICATION
VISA ISSUANCE Biometrics stored on the VISA or in a central database
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AUTHENTIFICATION
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VERIFICATION
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Foreign Affairs
Immigration
On the field: at the consulate (1/2)
4 minutes to enrol the biometrics 2 minutes to personalise the chip ~10 person trained per consulate
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> 30 000 biometric visas issued (25% on a chip) 250 average applications/day (500 during summer)
On the field: at the consulate (2/2)
Good acceptability by travellers:
It’s new and they also want to get a visa Same situation around the world (Colombo, San Francisco, …)
Importance of training and support for the personnel during the process
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the personnel during the process Properly distinguish the introduction of biometrics from any other changes (improving automation of tasks)
On the field: at the border checkpoint (1/2)
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Arrival at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in April 2005
On the field: at the border checkpoint (2/2)
> 1000 border guards that could potentially use the tool hundreds of daily controls Standard processing time:
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Standard processing time:
27 s without chip 42 s with chip
Improved processing time :
6 s with or without chip
BIODEV conclusions The crucial issue is change management, not biometrics
Biometrics are not the finality of the process Operational experience is required to address the consulate needs Difficult but mandatory mass training at the border Adaptation of the member states’ existing system
Manage from the beginning the expectations of all stakeholders
Ministries = Security Operators = Usability Travellers = Time
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Travellers = Time
Technology is improving very quickly, but expertise still needed…
Chip doesn’t fit visa needs But, the matching challenges are still very demanding (1 to 1, 1 to many searches, database size and daily throughput)
This project provides indication for VIS/BMS deployment
BIODEV is ended BIODEV II is running with more countries (7), more consulates, more checkpoints and more providers
Agenda Agenda
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SAGEM Sécurité at the glance
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