Royal Institute of Technology

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Royal Institute of Technology Systems Theory and
Security IV2036
ePassport System
Huan Meng Sabrina Ali Vivek Agrawal
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Agenda
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Introduction

• E-passport is also known as biometric passport.
• To authenticate the Passport holder.

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Introduction

• E-passport uses contactless smart card
  technology, microprocessor chip and antenna which
  is normally embedded in the front or back cover
  of the e-passport.
• Chip contains the same information that is
  printed in data page as well. (name, date of
  birth and other biographic info)
• These days we use facial recognition, fingerprint
  recognition and iris recognition for e-passport
  identification system. We only use digital image
  of biometric feature which is stored in the chip.
  
• ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization)
  decides the standard of e-passport.

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Why ePassport

• Problems with Paper/Normal passports
• It doesnt provide privacy, identity can be
  revealed to anyone who can physically access the
  passport.
• Passport can be used by someone else and identity
  can be theft.
• Data can be modified on the passport as
  everything is accessible and readable.
• It can be duplicated.

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Why ePassport

• Benefits Of ePassport
• Travelers can be securely identified.
• Identity theft can be checked.
• protect privacy.
• It is almost impossible to subvert the
  information.

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Mechanism
Acquired Data
Enrollment
Template Matching
Feature Extraction
Extracted Features
Database of Templates
Selected Template
Decision Module
Threshold
Grant
Deny
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Performance
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Applying Systems Theory to the ePassport
systems
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ePassport under Churchmans model
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Systems TheoryThe Systemic-Holistic Model
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Cost/benefits
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Bouldings classification
ePassport System
Comp L Ex I ty
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Cybernetics
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Shannon Weaver Model
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Security
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Attacks
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Solutions
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Conclusion

• Different countries have adopted different
  technical combinations in their e-passports to
  prevent attacks.
• By using RFID, the whole system gains a lot of
  security norms, but it still needs to be
  developed in order to solve various security
  issues.
• Further improvements in the security of
  e-passport private data and the process of
  communication should be done.

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• Thank you!!