IDEMIA Public Security
“Biometric eGates and facial boarding at hub scale.”
Decades of ground presence across the GCC.
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Company brief
IDEMIA Public Security is the public-sector business of IDEMIA, a global leader in biometrics and cryptography that traces its legal roots to 2017. The Public Security division supplies biometric, AI and video-analytics products to law enforcement, justice agencies, border authorities, road and city-safety operators, airlines, airport operators, ferry, cruise and rail operators around the world. The company reports more than 140 criminal systems in operation worldwide, presence in 55+ countries, and a #1 ranking in police biometric systems, supported by repeated top placements in NIST fingerprint and latent-print benchmarks (FRVT, ELFT and the DHS RIVTD evaluation). Its product lines for travel and aviation operate under the PaXpress family — PaXpress Sky for airline and airport solutions, PaXpress Sea for cruise and ferry operators, and PaXpress Rail for rail operators — alongside BORDERGUARD border control, EU Entry/Exit System support, and TSA enrolment and airport security checkpoint solutions. Adjacent product lines include enrollment and verification workstations and portable devices, criminal identification (fingerprint, palm print, facial image, tattoo matching), video analytics and investigation intelligence, and access control for sites, facilities and VIP secure identity. Recent press cited on the site includes the NAFIS NextGen biometric system go-live with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, an expanded strategic partnership with Tahakom in Saudi Arabia for road safety, the launch of SMART-E kiosks for civil applicant processing, and Samsung Wallet support for California Mobile ID. IDEMIA Public Security operates alongside sibling businesses IDEMIA Secure Transactions and Identity & Security North America (IdentoGO).
Indexed product lines
Passenger processing and identity solution for airlines, part of the PaXpress family.
Airport-side passenger processing solution under the PaXpress brand.
Border-control solution including support for the EU Entry/Exit System.
Enrolment systems and airport checkpoint biometric solutions deployed for the US Transportation Security Administration.
Range of biometric enrollment workstations and portable field devices used for identity capture and verification.
Criminal identification suite for forensic experts and investigators covering fingerprints, palm prints, facial images and tattoos. NIST ELFT and fingerprint benchmark leader.
Video analytics tools to accelerate review of large volumes of video evidence in trafficking, custody and major-incident investigations.
Self-service kiosks for civil applicant processing and criminal background checks (enhanced version launched September 2025).
Compliance + accreditation
Operating in 5 countries
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