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July 30, 2025 — [Ottawa, Canada] — Face4 Systems Inc., a leading provider of face recognition solutions, is proud to announce its innovative seamless travel solution has now been successfully tested by the Government of Canada. This project was funded by Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC), which operates under the department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada to leverage research and development procurement that provides federal departments and agencies with an opportunity to test precommercial innovations made in Canada. The test was conducted at Shared Services Canada’s Innovation, Collaboration, and Experimentation Lab (ICELab), a next-generation IT environment designed to perform research and development on innovative and emerging technology.
Developed in partnership with Entrust, Face4’s Seamless Travel solution incorporates advanced face recognition and digital credential technologies to revolutionize the travel experience. Travelers can generate a digital identity using a mobile phone together with an ePassport, creating a W3C-compliant verifiable credential (VC) that is securely stored in a mobile wallet via Entrust’s Identity Security solutions. Upon presenting the credential to an authorized verifier such as border control, an airline, or aviation security, the relevant biometrics information and metadata is submitted to a secure, cloud-based face recognition service, and is subsequently synchronized to a tablet device at a travel touchpoint. Travelers can then seamlessly proceed using only face recognition, facilitating a fast, secure, and touchless verification process.
The solution also conforms with the Pan-Canadian Trust Framework™ (PCTF) guidelines, which address current and future Canadian digital identity ecosystem innovation needs by verifying the trust of services and networks.
By enhancing both aviation and border security, and improving operational efficiency, the solution from Face4 and Entrust offers significant improvements in both traveler convenience and safety.
“We are thrilled to have our seamless travel solution selected and successfully tested by the Canadian Digital Service with support from Shared Services Canada, and to be able to contribute to Canada’s vision for a digital trust framework,” said Ilan Arnon, CEO of Face4 Systems. “This collaboration with Entrust combines the power of face recognition technology and secure digital credentials, helping to transform the future of travel in Canada and beyond.”
“This project for Canada showcases the digital transformation of travel. Entrust is proud to collaborate with Face4 Systems to demonstrate that the travel experience can be made more seamless while also enhancing security,” said Tony Ball, President of Payments & Identity at Entrust.
About Face4 Systems
Face4 Systems is a leading provider of innovative face recognition solutions, specializing in seamless travel, identity verification, and identity issuance. With a focus on security, efficiency, and user experience, Face4’s solutions are designed to enable streamlined and effective deployment of face recognition for businesses and governments alike.
www.face4systems.com
About Entrust
Entrust fights fraud and cyber threats with comprehensive identity-centric security that protects people, devices, and data. Our solutions help enterprises and governments safeguard critical systems from every angle, enabling secure onboarding and issuance, providing everyday identity protection, and empowering them with 360-degree visibility and orchestration across keys, secrets, and certificates so they can transact and grow with confidence. Building on our decades as a pioneer and innovator in establishing trust, Entrust has a global partner network and supports customers in over 150 countries. For more information, visit www.entrust.com.
For more information, please contact:
Ilan Arnon, Face4 Systems: [email protected]
Ken Kadet, Entrust: [email protected]
