Continuum Identity is a newly launched company in the identity management and access control sector, targeting the complexity of managing various Access and Identity Management (AIM) systems offered by established players.
Founded by seasoned professionals in both the hardware and software aspects of the industry, Continuum Identity offers a secure, cloud-based solution. Their newly developed application provides integrated, secure, and reliable identity management for diverse access control readers, including its own readers. As a cloud solution, users will always have access to the latest version of the application and any new modules as they are released.
Continuum Identity is EU-based, meaning it complies with the requirements of GDPR and, by extension, PoPIA. Of local interest, one of its founders and the CEO, Nicolas Garcia, spent many decades in South Africa in various positions within the AIM market, where he is well known and respected.
Continuum Identity defines its mission as empowering “active digital citizenship by providing innovative and seamless identity solutions”. Moreover, it focuses on the privacy of the individual, enabling accurate identity management without compromising privacy. The platform's launch functionality includes access control management and eKYC (electronic Know-Your-Customer) services that operate in most countries.
The services are secured so that identity information is available only to authorised people, and companies can create their own ‘identity templates’ to enrol individuals in accordance with their corporate standards or governmental regulations.
Services available
The services available on the platform range from verifying people through a third-party vetting company to enrolling and managing their access to physical and digital assets using biometrics. Customer or employee onboarding can include verification of the identity of an individual, or company, and company representatives; verification of financial credibility and income; verification in external databases (AML, credibility data); checking the credibility of browser and device data (KYU); and electronic signature verification with EIDAS (an EU legal framework for electronic identification (eID) and trust services, like digital signatures and time stamps, for cross-border electronic transactions within the European Union. It promotes interoperability between national eID schemes, ensuring that an eID from one EU member state is recognised in another, and makes trust services provided by compliant providers legally valid across the EU, creating a secure and efficient digital single market).
With offices currently in France and Switzerland, the company works via partners, including technology and reseller partners, as well as end users. Partners can provide a managed access control service to clients, or companies can manage it themselves.
CID readers and packages
In addition, Continuum Identity has also released a range of facial biometric readers that automatically integrate into its platform. Currently, there are three CID facial recognition readers, offering different capabilities depending on customer requirements (the CID Face Ultra, for example, can save up to 50 000 facial biometric records). As an open platform, other brands are also integrated into the system, including IDEMIA and Suprema, with more to follow. Technology partners play a crucial role in this ecosystem, as they will be able to develop modules to integrate their own hardware into the platform and even offer identity-based services via their own ‘apps’ integrated into the platform.
As a cloud-based system, there are four options customers can sign up for. The first is the free Starter Package, which provides basic access and people management for up to five access control readers and 100 individuals. The Essentials Package supports up to 15 readers, token-based eKYC services, and can handle up to 3000 people.
The Professional Package offers advanced services for up to 50 000 people and 50 readers. The Enterprise package supports unlimited readers, and most features and functions can be customised to the customer's requirements.
The Continuum Identity team will launch in South Africa in November and will host a breakfast on 06 November. Interested parties can register at continuum-identity.com/breakfast-club.html.
For more information contact Continuum Identity, [email protected], www.continuum-identity.com
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