Increased security for international travel is at the forefront of policy for many nations. The ability to positively identify individuals and make it far more difficult to forge travel documents and identities is of paramount importance.

A prime development is the addition into the back covers of many countries passports of contactless smartcard technology. This will enable the passport to store detailed biometric information, such as fingerprints or facial or iris scans. In turn this enables positive identification of the traveller to be absolute.

The International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, has set out specifications for the new E Passports. Ecebs Multefile technology is able to provide ICAO compliant products to produce electronic passports. Moreover, these passports based on Multefile can be upgraded after issue to maintain the security levels required.

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