Document Security Overview
The AuthX™ Photo ID Systems Provide Three Levels of Document Security

The Base Level of security is a visual inspection of the AuthX™ enabled document. AuthX code makes detection of tampering a near certainty, the mere presence of an AuthX authentication code would discourage a forger.

The Elevated Level of security uses the AuthX™ barcode as a machine-readable "Digital Signature". At a point of entry, a device similar to a standard retail barcode reader would scan the AuthX™ barcode. This would collect the traveler’s identity and biometric information, which is contained in the authentication code. This would confirm that the document has been legitimately processed with AuthX™, the data be rapidly compared to any watch lists. Processing time and network infrastructure requirements are minimal because the information needed to make the comparison is less than 100 bytes.

The Highest Level of security would come from taking each document and doing a complete "full document-full authentication" scan to confirm that the document has not been tampered with in any way. This would also fully authenticate the document by comparing the authentication code with the photo, text and other data from the document scan. This process will also collect the traveler's identity information as discribed above. The time necessary to perform a full authentication of the document is a few seconds, and this time interval is largely determined by the processing power of the scanning unit and processor on site. This speed will continue to improve as faster hardware becomes continually available.

As you can see, the AuthX solution provides a complete solution at any level of compliance. The more sophisticated the inspection, the greater the level of security. But what about scalability? AuthX document security is enabled by the overall AuthX System Architecture.