The Iceberg Effect: why smart back-end systems transform border management
New generations of front-end technology are transforming border crossing experiences for travelers, like Automatic Border Control (ABC) eGates, enrolment kiosks, and other self-service solutions.
But, to be truly effective, the back-end systems supporting these sophisticated touchpoints need to keep pace and not rely on legacy IT infrastructures that aren’t designed for an automated, digital era.
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Redefining border management, above and below the waterline
As border authorities modernise the traveller experience with eGates, kiosks and digital channels, many legacy back-end systems are struggling to keep up with the demands of multi-modal biometrics, real-time decision-making and evolving security threats.
Our new Whitepaper explains why resilient, interoperable back-end platforms are essential to end-to-end border management - and how Thales helps governments future-proof operations with proven biometric and border management solutions.
- What’s changing: Legacy IT infrastructures are typically designed for manual or analog verification of identity and traveler information. Today’s border management is not only driven by digital technologies and information, it also spans processes from pre-travel enrolment through to on-site screening across multiple crossing points via air, sea and land.
- Why legacy back-end systems fall short: The current border landscape is complex and shifting to more secure automated processes with the ability to utilize digital identity data and multi-modal biometrics for faster, more accurate verifications. Legacy systems with data siloes, slow processing, poor usability, limited scalability/flexibility, and growing cyber risk just can’t keep up.
- What modern systems need: Strong border management solutions need to deliver real-time, accurate results throughout the entire system, not only for today’s needs, but to ensure optimum effectiveness in the future as well.
Modern systems support such future-proof interoperability with critical infrastructure like a centralised data repository, standards-based API integration, real-time analytics, automated workflows, and high availability/disaster recovery.
Thales’ end-to-end portfolio for smarter border management solutions is driven by our decades of experience supporting large-scale border management programmes such as IDENT (in the US) and EURODAC (in Europe), incorporating our sophisticated Multi Biometric System (MBS), Border Management System (BMS) and Visa Management.
Check out our Whitepaper above to learn more about the power of smarter back-end border management systems.
