Ubiqu Joins Forces with U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Ubiqu will be working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on a two-year project to help identify, develop, and implement privacy-enhancing technologies, Homeland Security has announced. Collaborating with five other startups, Ubiqu will be integrating its Remote Secure Element (RSE) technology with digital wallets. This allows users to maintain sole control over their credentials, ensuring transparency and consent, facilitating a highly secure and convenient user experience for digital credential services.

While Europe has been making progress with the implementation of eIDAS 2.0, other countries have not been idle either. The United States is one of them: with the new project, the Department of Homeland Security aims to make progress with developing a system for American digital identity. Being picked as one of those companies, Ubiqu will be working on this project over the next two years. What does the project entail, and in what way is Ubiqu involved? Ubiqu CEO Boris Goranov explains the project:

“17 years after the introduction of the first iPhone, we still do not have passports on our phone. With our technology, we can change that. At Ubiqu, we enable the development of scalable wallets. How does that work for digital passports? A physical passport contains a chip, that ensures that the passport is unique and inclonable. What we want to do is replicate that on a mobile phone. However, the secure chips in these passports are not available on mobile phones. So that’s what we’ve built. Ubiqu has enabled the linking of a Remote Secure Element on your mobile phone, to enable the same security guarantees for an application as for a physical passport. Now, you will be able to show your passport digitally, in use cases that actually matter.”

In the coming two years, Ubiqu will be working on the project together with the other five companies. “We start testing in phase three of the project with penetration tests. At that point, all that matters is whether it works.”

“Looking forward, I see opportunities to build bridges between the U.S. and Europe. How can we work together to increase efficiency? These are discussions we can now get started. With our experience, we could also contribute to building the digital American passport,” Boris imagines. “Digital security will always be at the core of what we do. Digital identity is the next step in digitalisation, and we need to do it in a safe and secure manner. The more people will use our technology, the safer our digital world will become.”

Source: Ubiqu