Digital Travel Credentials Are Set to Transform the Travel Experience for Citizens
AUSTIN, Texas, May 21, 2024 – HID, a global leader in trusted identity solutions, will be at ID4Africa, Booth H02, showcasing innovative solutions designed to streamline the transition to a secure and inclusive digital identity future. ID4Africa 2024 will take place in Cape Town, May 21-24, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre 2.
This year’s theme, “Digital Identity as DPI: Fostering Trust, Inclusion & Adoption,” resonates strongly with HID’s commitment to make it possible for people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. Secure and interoperable identity solutions are foundational for building trust and empowering governments to build robust Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).
The ability to travel seamlessly is crucial in connecting people and facilitating economic growth. Yet, balancing security, efficient border control operations, and traveler expectations requires a thoughtful approach.
Recognizing this, HID is paving the way toward a more secure and convenient travel with Digital Travel Credentials (DTCs), or in more simple terms, mobile passports. Stored securely on a smartphone, a DTC offers a digital representation of a passport, facilitating a smoother travel experience.
While a fully functional DTC ecosystem is still under development, a hybrid approach is recommended, where a physical document is still used as a secondary method of verification. To that end, cloud-based document printing can help governments maximize efficiencies and reduce costs at scale. Moving towards DTCs offers numerous benefits, including enhanced security, streamlined processing and greater convenience for citizens and governments.
Visit Booth H02 to interact with the solutions that will simplify the transition to digital identities, including:
Digital Travel Credentials (DTC) – Come and see how a mobile passport could look like in the future and take a test to see whether your government is ready to move to the next level of identification.
Secure and Durable Documents– Our robust, award-winning identity documents are designed with color portrait and HID proprietary technologies that make documents extremely difficult to reproduce. Integrated chips store the holder’s biometric data in the passport digitally.
Streamlined and Personalized ID Issuance – Cloud-based solutions, high-precision desktop issuance printers and laser engraving technology for ID cards integrate multiple security features that can be issued and managed remotely.
Convenient Citizen Enrollment – Our convenient and secure kiosks allow citizens to customize their own credentials, as well as a new laser engraving system capable of etching permanent and secure multi-faceted security elements into identification cards with unprecedented ease and speed.
Visit HID from May 21-24 in Booth H02 at the at the Cape Town International Convention Centre 2 in Cape Town to learn more about HID’s broad range products, solutions and services that empower governments to build a robust and inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure.
For more information solutions that cover the entire lifecycle of identification and authentication, from enrollment and management to issuance and verification, visit this website.
