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GET Group announces upgrade to ICAO compliant ePassport for Malaysia
Global Enterprise Technologies Corp. (GET Group), a world leader in passport and ID issuing solutions, announced today that it has successfully completed the implementation of the ePassport system upgrade for the Department of Immigration (DOI) of the Government of Malaysia, which has already been using GET Group technology since 2005.
The recent upgrade enables issuance of highly secure ePassports fully compliant with the highest travel document standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
GET Group delivered the ePassport solution upgrade in cooperation with its local partner and prime contractor TAR-GET along with numerous Malaysian technology vendors which include IRIS, PKN and Heitech Padu.
The fully integrated ePassport issuing solution utilizes proprietary personalization software, Toppan E2000 ePassport printers and high security laminate films provided exclusively by GET Group. New ICAO compliant chips and inlays were provided by IRIS, PKN supplied newly designed passport booklets while Heitech Padu contributed both front and back end issuing software applications.
The newly introduced features of the Malaysian ePassport offer some of the highest level security currently available. This security is not only achieved through electronic encoding and encryption of the passport holder’s data, photo and thumbprint on the passport’s smart chip, but is enhanced by a completely redesigned data page protected by the latest Toppan EDE Crystagram security laminate film. This laminate film incorporates a number of newly developed, highly sophisticated optical security elements.
Bahjat Nasser, Technology Director for GET Group, stated: “It is an honor for GET Group’s technology to have been chosen for this project by the government of Malaysia, the first country to ever introduce an ePassport.
It not only reaffirms the trust which issuing authorities across the globe put into GET Group but it confirms GET Group’s leading role in the security document industry. Moreover, implementing a solution requiring components from different vendors proves GET Group’s adaptability and unique positioning as the preferred worldwide passport and ID personalization partner.”
GET Group’s passport and ID systems are used in more than 20 countries around the world and its Passport and ID Division is headquartered outside Boston, Massachusetts, USA. For more information, please contact GET Group at +1-781-890-6700 or visit www.getgroup.com.