I.R.I.S. has completed a project commissioned by the Belgian Federal Police for the modernization of the scanners at the border control points. I.R.I.S. has been handling projects for the Belgian Federal Police since 2005.

            I.R.I.S., a company specialized in Intelligent Document Recognition (IDR), Electronic Document Management (ECM) and complex infrastructure for Information and Communication Technology (ICT), has completed a project commissioned by the Belgian Federal Police for the modernization of the scanners at the border control points.
           I.R.I.S. has been handling projects for the Belgian Federal Police since 2005, when the company installed a system which automatically reads passports at the Schengen checkpoints. Since then, new technologies have been developed and the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) has implemented additional measures to carry out stricter controls and to move towards one international norm.
           The latest project was financially supported by the European Commission. The covers of the new passports have been fitted with an electronic microchip or RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). This chip stores personal information including name, date of birth, place of birth as well as a numeric photograph. Thanks to the module which I.R.I.S. has added to the scanners, the chip is now automatically read and compared with the information retrieved from the Machine Readable Zone. For this I.R.I.S. has developed integration between its own software and that of third-party developers. The successful completion of this project ensures a higher level of security due to the double electronic check.