Mitigating the risk of chip shortage in the global identity sector
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PARIS, July 13, 2021, /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--
The Secure Identity Alliance believes that a trusted legal identity is
essential to protecting people's rights, fostering social inclusion and
supporting economic growth.
Goal 16.9 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda promotes a legal
identity for all.
Embedded in national electronic identity (eID) cards and electronic passports,
this identity provides access to essential public and private services for
billions of people around the world. This includes proving one's identity,
accessing healthcare, opening bank accounts and much more.
As many will be aware, over the last few months, there have been many reports
in the media of a shortage in the supply of electronic chips. Industry analysts
believe this shortage may continue until the second quarter of 2022 and beyond.
This situation initially affected the automotive sector, before extending to
impact the manufacture and supply of some consumer electronic devices.
This shortage brings a risk of delay in the supply of government issued
electronic passports or eID cards – for which chips are an essential component.
Two factors are expected to substantially increase market pressure: the
reopening of borders as COVID-19 control measures allow and the acceleration of
Digital ID deployments very often based on a secure document. Both will
accelerate demand for both documents and the component chips.
Ensuring the consistent supply of chips for identity documents is critical and
the Secure Identity Alliance encourages all industry stakeholders to work
together in order to mitigate the potential risk of being unable to provide
citizens with identity documents when they are needed. The failure to do so
will have significant consequences for individual citizens, and lead to
complaints and a loss of trust in the bodies issuing these documents.
The Secure Identity Alliance has identified a number of actions it believes are
necessary to face this potentially challenging situation:
- Authorities in charge of issuing ID documents should estimate their
needs in terms of document deliveries for the next few years and engage with
their industry partners. The current situation calls for the optimization of
inventory management and accurate forecasting.
- The potential chip shortage should also be addressed with other key
stakeholders such as governments, regulators and European authorities. This
will help ensure the needs of the secure identity document sector – which
provides an essential service to citizens across the world – are recognized and
prioritized by chip manufacturers.
The Secure Identity Alliance sees the cooperation between the document issuing
entities, the industry and the identity ecosystem as necessary to ensure this
matter is given appropriate attention.
Note to Editors:
About the Secure Identity Alliance
Secure Identity Alliance 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.
We believe legal, trusted identity is the cornerstone of rights protection,
social inclusion and digital economic development - and the access point to a
wide range of essential public and private services.
We bring together public, private and non-government organizations to foster
international collaboration on the issues of legal identity, to help shaping
policy and to provide technical and implementation guidance for national and
international ID systems.
Its Board Members are Idemia, IN Groupe, Thales and Veridos.
For more information on the Secure Identity Alliance, visit:
www.secureidentityalliance.org.
Follow the Secure Identity Alliance at @secureidentity1
Press Contact: Stéphanie de Labriolle
stephanie.delabriolle@secureidentityalliance.org
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SOURCE: Secure Identity Alliance
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