About Veridos Securing identities worldwide
A legal identity is essential to our lives. For an individual, this does not only mean belonging to a country, but also guarantees access to social benefits and services such as health care, education, humanitarian aid, and financial support. An official identity enables you to exercise your rights and responsibilities in society, such as the right to vote and the right to inheritance.
Our Vision
We believe unique identities are a human right, granting access to the physical and virtual world.
Our Mission
We secure trusted identities for everyone by delivering holistic solutions to governments and their citizens.
We support our customers with secure, reliable, and holistic identity solutions, expert guidance, and future-proof technology to enable local infrastructure and empower citizens worldwide.
Our mission is to deliver end-to-end solutions and services to meet every government identity need. These range from paper to security printing, electrical chip components, enrolment, personalization and issuance, mobile ID solutions, and border control solutions including eGates. Governments can acquire best-in-class passports, ID cards, driver’s licenses, and more, or even the facilities to manufacture their own.
Our broad portfolio gives us the rare ability to cover the full identity value chain at the scale or complexity required. We consult our clients to provide bespoke identity solutions with a high certainty of success. This means maximum convenience for customers and citizens, as we provide support through increasing complexity while securing the future viability of ID infrastructures.
Our customer’s trust is the cornerstone of our work and the key to our solutions' success.
Facts & Figures
- The German company is headquartered in Berlin with an office in Munich
- Subsidiaries, production sites, and local representatives in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Greece, the United Arab Emirates, and beyond
- Veridos employs more than 600 people worldwide
- Shareholder structure: Giesecke+Devrient 60%, Bundesdruckerei 40%
- Shareholders' Committee: Dr. Stefan Hofschen (CEO Bundesdruckerei GmbH), Christian Helfrich, (CFO Bundesdruckerei GmbH), Ralf Wintergerst (CEO Giesecke+Devrient GmbH), Jan Thyen (CFO Giesecke+Devrient GmbH)
Network & Memberships
Our network of valued subsidiaries and partners helps us secure citizen identities all over the globe:
Veridos Matsoukis
Veridos Matsoukis SA Security Printing is specialized in the production of identification documents and any other forms of security printing documents. The company is located in Athens, Greece and has been part of Veridos since 2015.
NetSeT
NetSeT Global Solutions is a recognized player in the field of electronic identification, eGovernment, and systems for secure communication. The company is headquartered in Belgrade (Serbia) and it boasts a team of 100+ members, including over 50 highly skilled software engineers. The key products in the company's offering are identity document management systems, national registers, and PKI solutions. NetSeT has been part of Veridos group since 2017, and is today present in the markets of 15+ countries.
E-Seek
E-Seek is a US-based company that specializes in ID card verification technology and devices. Acquired by Veridos in 2018, the company’s expertise and experience in the field have complemented and expanded Veridos’ authentication portfolio and market presence in North America.
ID Day Friend of the Coalition
Veridos is an official friend of the coalitions for the international ID Day 16.09.
APSCA
Veridos is a member of APSCA. The industry association for payments and identity in Asia, from secure smart chip-based and contactless applications to the latest digital payments and digital identity services.
D4Fly
Veridos is leading a team of 18 partners for EU-funded project as part of the security program Horizon 2020. The project is called D4Fly and has the aim of improving verification quality and efficiency at borders and enable a non-stop border-crossing experience for travelers.
FastPass
Veridos was a member of FastPass. It was a project Funded by the European 7th Framework Programme which focused on the innovation and harmonization of automated border control solutions for air, sea and land borders.
ICAO New Technology Working Group
As a member of the ICAO New Technology Working Group, Veridos contributes to the development of specifications for travel documents with the goal of global interoperability. The group also issues an RFI every three years in order to keep abreast of new and improving technologies which is then shared with the ICAO contracting states.
MobilePass
Veridos was also a member of the MobilePass consortium. The project, which started in 2014 and lasted 2 years focused its efforts on developing a technologically advanced mobile equipment for the land border crossing points.
OAV
Veridos is a member of OAV, a German business association that promotes the strengthening of economic relations with the dynamically growing Asia-Pacific region. Since its founding in 1900, it has performed pioneering work for the Asia-Germany bilateral economic relationship.
PROTECT
Veridos is participating in the PROTECT project as part of the EU-funded program Horizon 2020. The project aims at building biometric-based identification systems for a range of border crossing types and that has strong user-centric features.
Secure Identity Alliance
Veridos is a member of the Secure Identity Alliance (SIA). SIA is dedicated to supporting the provision of legal, trusted identity for all, and to drive the development of inclusive digital services necessary for sustainable, worldwide economic growth and prosperity.
Secure Technology Alliance
Veridos is a member of the Secure Technology Alliance (STA). STA is dedicated to embracing secure solutions in the U.S. with a particular focus on securing the connected digital world.
Biometrics Institute
Veridos is a member of the Biometrics Institute. The Biometrics Institute provides thought leadership and guidance for the responsible use of biometrics and facilitates knowledge transfer to different stakeholders.
As a joint venture of Giesecke+Devrient GmbH and Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Veridos pools the expertise, experience, and innovative power of the two largest German providers for high-security technologies.
Shareholder structure:
Giesecke+Devrient 60%, Bundesdruckerei 40%
Revenue of parent companies:
Giesecke+Devrient Group: 2.31 billion euros in 2020
Bundesdruckerei Group: 568.1 million euros in 2020
Giesecke+Devrient
Giesecke+Devrient is a global company that offers security technologies, both in the physical and digital spheres. Every day, billions of people benefit from G+D innovations in their personal, digital and business lives. With around 11,600 employees across 32 countries, the corporate group develops, manufactures, and distributes products and solutions for the safeguarding of payment processes, identities, connectivity, and data.
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Bundesdruckerei
Bundesdruckerei GmbH is a Berlin-based leading provider of system solutions and services for secure identification. In addition to comprehensive passport and ID card systems, the company supplies German and international customers in both the public and private sectors with ID documents, high-security cards, document verification hardware and security software along with trust center and eID services. Bundesdruckerei also produces banknotes, postage and revenue stamps as well as electronic publications.
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