SITA and Indicio announce a co-innovation agreement

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SITA introduced a co-innovation agreement with Indicio, the market chief in open-source verifiable information know-how and trusted digital ecosystems, to speed up the event and deployment of digital identities for journey.

As main corporations of their respective domains, SITA and Indicio are driving innovation in open-source, decentralized id applied sciences that allow seamless, safe, and privacy-preserving processes within the airport and all through the whole journey.

The growth of digital identities or Digital Travel Credentials (DTC) allows passengers to securely create a digital model of their bodily passport in step with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirements. The DTC is saved as a verifiable credential within the passenger’s cellular pockets. This means vacationers hold management of their private information and consent to share it as wanted with totally different entities as they journey. Only required passenger information is shared earlier than journey, so passengers arrive on the airport able to fly with all doc checks already accomplished.

The know-how has been constructed to make sure authenticity and integrity, and possession may be mechanically and repeatedly verified, thereby mitigating the danger of fraud.

The agreement follows a profitable collaboration the place this know-how was trialed with the Government of Aruba. Passengers arriving at Queen Beatrix International Airport utilized for his or her journey authorization utilizing a simplified course of that eradicated the necessity to enter data from paper journey paperwork manually. Using a DTC, passengers may then consent to share any of their related information immediately from their digital pockets on their cellular gadget to a number of entities, from the federal government on the port of entry to different touchpoints similar to motels or automobile rental corporations.

Jeremy Springall, SVP of SITA AT BORDERS, mentioned: “The adoption of digital identities will be the biggest technology breakthrough in the travel industry in decades. It will simplify the identification process at every step of the journey and open up opportunities for the air transport industry to fully embrace the benefits of seamless travel and the digital economy. SITA, together with Indicio, are proud to be leading the charge.”

Heather Dahl, CEO of Indicio, mentioned: “It is difficult to understate just how significant SITA’s leadership has been in the field of open-source verifiable credential technology and decentralized identity; over the past three years, we’ve collaborated to push this technology forward with a shared vision for what it can do. And we delivered. The horizon has now expanded, filled with a myriad of applications. With SITA’s DTC using Indicio Proven technology, we will make all these applications a reality for passengers, aircrew, airports, borders, hotels, and governments. We are excited about what this partnership can build and deliver.”