Secunet is one of Germany's leading providers of superior IT security. In close dialogue with its customers – enterprises, public authorities and international organizations – secunet develops and implements highperformance products and state-of-the-art IT security solutions. Thus, secunet not only keeps IT infrastructures secure for its customers, but also achieves intelligent process optimisation and creates sustainable added value. At secunet, more than 280 experts focus on issues such as cryptography (SINA), e-government, business security and automotive security aiming always to be one step ahead of competitors in terms of quality and technology. Secunet emphasizes on long-term relationships with its customers in an atmosphere based on partnership, as demonstrated by our successful security relationship with the Federal Republic of Germany which has been active since 2004. The department of Biometrics & eID continuously engage in the development of standards, technical specifications and interoperability tests for ID documents and -systems. As IT Security-partner of the German Federal Government, secunet has been working with the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in the field of biometrics in a close and trustful relationship. secunet offers customised solutions and software components for border controls which make the process highly secure, yet flexible.