Advanced systems for border security operations
Purpose-built systems for monitoring, control, and rapid response at national borders.
Comprehensive border security phases
Governments face increasingly complex border security challenges driven by transnational crime, terrorism, public health concerns, and the scale of global travel. Many legacy border systems lack the flexibility and integration required to respond effectively to these evolving risks. INKAS® manages border security as a continuous process spanning the full traveler lifecycle.
The approach is structured across four phases: before travel, at the border, within the country, and after travel, enabling early risk identification, coordinated enforcement, and informed decision-making. By integrating advanced data, screening, and monitoring technologies at each stage, governments gain stronger control while maintaining efficient movement for compliant travelers.
Before travel
The "Before Travel" phase enables proactive traveler risk assessment before departure. The Visual Travel Authorization (vTA) system collects biometrics, issuing a Digital Travel Pass (DTP) to simplify border entry. The API-PNR Targeting System gathers passenger data and integrates biometrics for risk assessment, ensuring seamless carrier connectivity. The eVisa system digitizes the visa process, replacing manual steps with a secure, efficient platform. These solutions help governments manage risks and streamline entry for low-risk travelers.
At the border
The "At the Border" phase enhances security by integrating traveler data from different journey stages. Pre-Travel solutions like vTA, API-PNR, and eVisa connect with in-country Border Management Systems (BMS), giving immigration officials vital, real-time intelligence. This integration helps allocate resources effectively, focusing on medium- to high-risk travelers, while providing fast-track entry for low-risk individuals. BMS is offered to replace or work alongside current systems. GateFree further streamlines entry using facial recognition to identify travelers with vTA, sorting them based on risk. This system processes up to 30 travelers per minute, enabling efficient clearance without expensive E-Gates.
Within the country
The vTA system continues to provide intelligence on foreign travelers or identified suspicious individuals throughout their stay in the destination country. The Digital Travel Pass (DTP) generated by the vTA system can be used to monitor the activities of persons of interest when they check into a hotel, rent a car, purchase a SIM card or local phone, dine at a restaurant, attend large events, or engage in other activities. This level of contact tracing is essential to help mitigate virus spread and to prevent international criminal networks, such as human traffickers, smugglers, and terrorists, from establishing operations within the country.
After travel
The vTA system, API-PNR Targeting system, and Border Management system work together to monitor future entries of suspicious individuals or known threats recently added to government or international watchlists. These systems leverage AI and Machine Learning to continually learn from past experiences, enhancing their ability to prevent potential future threats to the nation.
"Our mission is to provide governments with intelligence-led border security capabilities that ensure control, readiness, and decisive response across all points of entry."
Advanced technology for national security
Visual travel authorization (VTA)
The Visual Travel Authorization system is a groundbreaking pre-travel solution that combines biometric data with traveler information to assess risk levels days or weeks before arrival. It’s a fully managed, cloud-based system supporting multimodal travel (air, land, and sea), providing governments the ability to identify and address potential security risks pre-emptively. Each authorized traveler receives a secure Digital Travel Pass (DTP), simplifying their journey with a seamless, fast-track process upon arrival, enhancing safety, efficiency, and traveler experience.
API-PNR targeting system
The API-PNR Targeting System is a comprehensive, feature-rich solution that enables border security agencies to collect and analyze passenger data across multiple travel modes. This next-generation system integrates facial biometric data and other traveler information from airlines, maritime, and land-based carriers without transmission fees, providing enhanced situational awareness. When combined with the vTA, the system delivers a complete, real-time view of border activity, empowering agencies with predictive intelligence and efficient monitoring.
eVisa system
The eVisa system is a secure, cloud-based platform for managing visa applications from start to finish. Designed to reduce processing time and increase operational security, this fully digital system generates a Digital Visa for each approved applicant, eliminating the need for physical visa stamps. This efficient, scalable, customizable system can be deployed rapidly, enhancing convenience for travelers and control for immigration authorities, making it an ideal solution for nations seeking to modernize visa issuance, streamline procedures, and support seamless cross-border mobility.
Real-time data for proactive border security
INKAS® delivers early-warning capabilities powered by data collected prior to travel from travelers, transport carriers, and verified intelligence sources, including international and national watchlists. This data forms a unified risk profile for individuals entering through air, land, and maritime border points, enabling authorities to assess threats before arrival.
All collected information is securely indexed within an Elasticsearch-based architecture, allowing rapid search, correlation, and real-time analysis. Data is fully anonymized and handled in compliance with global data protection standards, while advanced dashboards provide live operational visibility and strategic business intelligence to support informed border security decisions.