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Home affairs to roll out face, iris recognition system

Source: IT web, 11/09/2019


Over the years, NEC XON has developed manual and automated border
control solutions leveraging its proprietary biometric
technologies. The company has a long-standing relationship with
the DHA, alongside other technology partners, developing its
biometric technologies under the “Bio-IDiom” brand offerings.
The home affairs ministry, whose core function is to manage
identity, civil status and migration of citizens, has over the
years made clear its intention to introduce digital services to
better serve citizens.
The introduction of the multimodal biometrics system, according to
Le Roux, is part of the department’s automated biometric
identification system (ABIS) launched last year after being
piloted for a few years.
Itreplaced the Home Affairs National Identity System (HANIS), and
is being rolled-out in phases, over a five-year period, with the
next phase including the implementation of the multimodal
biometrics.
“Home affairs has been a long-time customer of ours, since we
deployed the HANIS system, which was mainly based on the finger
identification system,” notes Le Roux.
“Since renewing our contractual agreement, we have implemented a
technology upgrade, introducing the ABIS solutions, which use
multiple sources of authentication, including face, iris, palm
print, finger vein, infant footprints and voice, which helps with
accuracy and service delivery improvements, due to faster
turnaround times, reduced cases of duplicate identities and higher
security.”
NEC XON started the research of biometric authentication
technologies in the 1970s and has serviced an array of private and
government organisations across the globe.
The ABIS system will integrate with other relevant systems,
serving as a single source for biometric authentication of
citizens and non-citizens across state institutions and private
sector entities.
According to the DHA, the banks will be able to verify a client’s
identity quicker, the tourism department will benefit due to
quicker response times at ports of entry to capture or verify a
traveller’s identity, and the South African Police Service will be
able to search for suspects by matching latent prints against
records on ABIS.
“This system will make immigration a lot easier, enabling seamless
passport travel, where in future, customers will only use their
face for identification purposes and won’t be required to go
through passport control, a system which is already being
implemented in countries across the globe. This could mean that if
one loses their passport or plane ticket, they can still fly in a
plane.”
The multimodal system is scalable and expandable for future
capabilities, and is protected through cutting-edge authentication
and security protocols, says Le Roux.
This development builds on the approach used to develop the smart
ID card, which has now been issued to over 10 million citizens
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