GijimaAst Selects Daon’s Identity Platform for South Africa WAIO Program
Reston, Virginia; September 22, 2009 - Daon, the award-winning global provider of identity assurance software and services, announced today that it has been selected by GijimaAst as the identity platform provider for the “Who Am I Online (WAIO) (I am I said)'” program in South Africa. The transformational program, pioneered by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), will deliver a single citizen-centric application.
This new system is focused around the population registration, administration and management of life-events within a South African citizen's life, integrating into the existing Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). Furthermore, it paves the way for future smart chip-based technologies such as the electronic passport, smart card ID, electronic health card, drivers' licence etc.
This new 'Who am I online (I am I said)' project will ensure that the department and country is ready to host the hundreds of thousands of soccer fans during the FIFA World Cup 2010 and all visitors/tourists to the country. More importantly, all South Africans will receive greater benefits as their interaction with the Department of Home Affairs will be enhanced through improved, efficient and effective service delivery, underpinned by a superior technology that will be automated.
“With Daon’s COTS software solution, GijimaAst can reduce project schedule and risk and have the flexibility to add new identity systems in the future”, according to Jonas Bogoshi, CEO GijimaAst.
Daon’s identity management system provides the centralized platform and client biometric infrastructure for a variety of uses including employee credentialing, government benefits programs, border management, civil ID, airport e-gate systems and immigration control, with DaonEngine™ serving as the platform and additional Daon software being used for remote enrollment and verification. Daon’s COTS software and biometric expertise has proven to be invaluable in the delivery of cost-effective, consistent and scalable solutions. Daon’s work with South Africa adds to the depth of experience in the immigration and border management arena. Other customers include Australia, Japan, US Dept. Homeland Security, United Kingdom, European Commission, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
According to Daon’s CEO Tom Grissen, “Daon is honoured and delighted to work with GijimaAst as they implement this highly prestigious identity – centric transformational program. We take pride in supporting GijimaAst in the deployment of a state-of-the-art solution as they prepare for World Cup 2010.”
About Daon
Daon is a leading provider of identity assurance software products focused on meeting the needs of governments and commercial organizations worldwide. Daon supports customers and system integrators in building enterprise solutions requiring the highest level of security, performance, scalability, reliability and privacy. Daon’s multi-modal authentication infrastructure, DaonEngine, integrates seamlessly with IT platforms and applications and manages the identity life-cycle of small and large populations. DaonEnroll and Daon Enrollment Manager provide powerful tools for faster development of scalable, robust and secure identity registration and vetting solutions. Daon is the recipient of the 2008 Frost and Sullivan award for Product Line Strategy Leadership. Daon’s offices are located in Washington DC, New York, Canberra, Singapore, London and Dublin.
For further information, please visit: http://www.daon.com
About GijimaAst
GijimaAst is a proudly empowered South African Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company listed on the JSE. The firm has gained recognition as the complete ICT partner to a considerable client base or large technology users in both the public and private sectors. Its intellectual capacity, business model and extended geographic footprint is unparalleled in the local market and provides clients with sophisticated and diverse service delivery options in the infrastructure, solutions, systems integration and networking arena.
Contacts:
Cheryl W. Waldrup
Daon
Tel: 703-984.4040 (U.S.)
Email:cheryl.waldrup@daon.com
