MB MCES ID Chip Coding Application

Key Features

• Personalization of Basic Access Control (BAC) and Supplemental Access Control (SAC) or Extended Access Control (EAC) passports and ID cards
• Increased security: Uses PACE v2 (Password Authenticated Connection Establishment) and asymmetrical encryption
• SAC and EAC strengthen the chip access control mechanism and allow the usage of the Card Access Number (CAN)
• Mandatory for electronic passports issued in Europe from 2014 on and recommended by ICAO for all new issued passports worldwide
• Fully compliant to BSI (Federal Office of Information Security) and international standards
• Seamless transition: Backwards compatible to BAC
• Easy to use chip coding applications, customized to your requirements
• No modification of personalization hardware necessary

Electronic ID documents following the ICAO standard provide highest security for the identification and the authentication of the cardholder. Electronic ID cards and passports have a security chip embedded, which stores personal and biometric cardholder data. There exist several security mechanisms to protect the cardholder data against unauthorized access, to ensure the authenticity of the ID document and to protect it against forgery.

Basic Access Control (BAC) / Supplemental Access Control (SAC)
Basic Access Control (BAC) protects the chip against skimming (reading content from a distance) and ensures the information exchanged with the reading device is encrypted. BAC and PACE (Password Authenticated Connection Establishment), i.e. Supplemental Access Control (SAC), strengthen the chip access control mechanism.

Extended Access Control (EAC)
Extended Access Control (EAC) provides the full BAC functionality, but includes also several advanced security protocols like chip authentication (detection of cloned chips) and terminal authentication and provides additional security.
An ID chip personalization application takes the personalization information of the document holder and encodes it to the integrated chip in the security document like an ePassport or an ID card. The application encodes the chip’s files and datagroups securely according to the individual project requirements which results in a fully personalized and valid ICAO document.