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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 Sécurité at the glance 2. Schengen 3. VIS & BMS 4. … biometric visa on the field DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 1

Agenda 1. SAGEM Sécurité at the glance 2. Schengen 3. VIS & BMS 4. … biometric visa on the field DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 2

citizen & citizen & Identity identity security security law law enforcement enforcement business & business & corporate corporate security security DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 3

WORLDWIDE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS  Automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS)  ID documents including biometric features  Biometric terminals  Wireless payment terminals  Wireless payment terminals N ° N ° N ° N °  Smartcards l l e e a a d d e e r r  Gaming & betting terminals DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 4

KEY FIGURES 2006 M€ Sales of 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 employees in more than employees countries countries sites abroad subsidiaries DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 5

GLOBAL PRESENCE Headquarters Sagem Sécurité subsidiaries Sagem Orga subsidiaries DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 6

SAGEM SECURITE : products portfolio Identity Management & Payments Healtcare Associated Services system system Transactions Health Lottery Terminals Multi Biometric Identification Systems Identity Communications Smart Cards Cards Counter-crime Migrations Access Control Transport Access Control Systems Automated Intelligent Video Airport Speed Border Control Systems Biometric Solutions Security Control Terminals Solutions systems DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 7

GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS REFERENCES More than 120 systems in 55 countries worldwide Police system More than 40% of the world AFIS market Civil system DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 8

Agenda 1. SAGEM Sécurité at the glance 2. Schengen 3. VIS & BMS 4. … biometric visa on the field DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 9

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 ! 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) DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 10 10

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  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 DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 11 11

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) States + EDP (P. Hustings) DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 12 12

Agenda 1. SAGEM Sécurité at the glance 2. Schengen 3. VIS & BMS 4. … biometric visa on the field DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 13 13

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  Visa application fraud  Visa shopping and visa exchange  Travel document fraud  Illegal immigration  Internal security and terrorism DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 14 14

VIS - Visa Information System - IT  A central database, supporting Common Visa Policy, for the purpose of exchanging visa data between States  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) 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 DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and Security European Commission 15 15

Why fingerprints and not only facial recognition ? DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 16 16

Process of Schengen visa: traveller view Application Application Consulate Mr. X Identification VISA # 123456 Consulate 2 Mr. X = Mr. Y BMS Visa shopping? VIS Consulate 3 Mr. X Border VISA # 123456 Welcome in Schengen area ! Verification This slide is originated from DG JLS DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 17 17

Process of Schengen visa: State view Consulate : 1. sends applicants details to its national system. 2. Background checks: 1:N search in BMS only + Consulates National procedures 3. Reply then sent to Consulate more information C-VIS 4. Visa decision to applicants National National One access by Schengen State One access by Schengen State VIS B iometric Border checkpoint : M atching 1. Based on Visa N°, 4/10 FP send for 1:1 check S ystem Visa 2. If no visa, 4/10 FP send for 1:N identification control DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 18 18

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  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 DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 19 19

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 10 fingerprints enrolled (or those present…) to extract a maximum of information to optimise accuracy  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 DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 20 20

Agenda 1. SAGEM Sécurité at the glance 2. Schengen 3. VIS & BMS 4. … biometric visa on the field DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 21 21

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  BIODEV contributes for some VIS/BMS experiments BIODEV BIODEV Kingdom of Belgium Federal Public Service – Foreign Affairs and Federal Police DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 22 22

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)  What will be the changes impacting the current visa process ?  Time is the key parameter DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 23 23

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  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 DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 24 24

Supplier of the experimentation BIODEV BIODEV Kingdom of Belgium Federal Public Service – Foreign Affairs and Federal Police DRTB / ND /2007 11 26 25 25