The right identity system. Not the one we happen to sell.
Alef10 advises, designs and integrates identity, KYC, biometric and access-control systems for aviation, national security and the public sector. Cloud or on-premise, software or hardware — we choose with you, then make it work at the checkpoint.
Vendors sell what they make. We recommend what you need.
Twenty years at borders, airports and national programmes taught us that the failure is rarely the algorithm — it's the fit. So we start from your constraints, then pick.
Understand
Throughput, threat model, data residency, existing gates, cameras and networks. What the officer sees, and how fast they must decide.
Choose
Cloud SaaS or sovereign on-premise. Software-only or hardware readers. We shortlist against evidence — NIST, ICAO, field trials — and explain the trade-offs.
Integrate
Document, KYC, biometric and access-control layers wired into one policy engine, one operator console and one audit trail — including your cameras, gates and kiosks.
Operate
Training, tuning, thresholds and 24/7 support. We stay accountable for the system after the vendors have invoiced.
Six systems. One identity fabric.
Biometric KYC
Document, face and liveness in one pass — as cloud SaaS, or entirely on your infrastructure when residency demands it.
Physical access control
Face as the credential at doors, gates, turnstiles and kiosks, enrolled from KYC or your existing dataset. Nothing to lend or lose.
Border & aviation identity
ICAO 9303 document reading and face matching at kerb, check-in, security and gate.
Intelligence & watchlist
1:N face search across galleries and live cameras, fused with sanctions, PEP and national lists. Full audit on every match.
Digital identity / eID
Issue and verify national credentials online and at the counter; reusable KYC and digital travel credentials.
Perimeter & site security
Vehicle, person and credential fusion across the fence line, on your infrastructure.
Digital where you can. On-premise where you must.
The same KYC outcome can be delivered two ways. Which is right depends on your data-residency and sovereignty constraints — not on what a vendor prefers to sell.
Digital KYC as a service
Identity verification, liveness, face match and AML screening behind one API. Fastest to deploy; no hardware; pay per verification. Right for citizen onboarding and remote applicants where residency rules permit.
KYC on your infrastructure
Document readers and verification software running entirely on your servers. Nothing leaves your network. Right for border, defence and any programme where residency is non-negotiable.
Either way, the face captured at KYC — or from an existing dataset — can be enrolled once into a NIST-ranked 1:N gallery and reused for search, watchlist matching and physical access at cameras, gates and self-service kiosks.
Best-in-class components. One system, one accountable partner.
We don't build every layer ourselves. We select proven technology for each layer, integrate it to your policy, and operate it in the field.
Forensic devices and software trusted by 80+ border authorities. The on-premise answer to KYC and document reading when nothing may leave your network.
One API for identity verification, liveness, face match, AML screening, KYB and transaction monitoring. The fastest route to compliant onboarding where cloud is permitted.
NIST-ranked face algorithms for 1:N search and matching, plus on-device authentication modules with active stereo depth and anti-spoofing. Enrol once, use at every camera, gate and kiosk.
Built for environments where a false accept has consequences.
Aviation & airports
From kerb to gate: one biometric token replaces the boarding pass and the passport at every touchpoint.
National security
Border, watchlist and intelligence screening at national scale, with chain-of-custody audit on every match.
Public sector & government
Citizen onboarding, eID issuance and counter verification for ministries and municipalities.
Critical infrastructure
Ports, energy and data centres: credential, vehicle and person fused into one access decision.
Two decades inside the systems most people only pass through.
Alef10's founders spent more than twenty years building and running identity, security and intelligence systems for Israel's defence establishment, intelligence community, aviation authorities and homeland-security agencies. They remain unnamed here by choice: the work speaks, the operators know them, and the clients they serve prefer it that way.
Common questions
By your data-residency and sovereignty constraints first, then throughput and budget. Where cloud is permitted, digital KYC as a service deploys in weeks. Where nothing may leave your network, we deliver the same outcome on your hardware with Regula's on-premise stack.
Wherever your policy says. On-premise processing keeps documents and faces on your servers; RealSense ID templates stay on the device or your host; cloud KYC sessions can be pinned to a residency region.
Yes. A face captured once at onboarding — or drawn from an existing dataset — is enrolled into a 1:N gallery and used for search, watchlist matching and access at gates, cameras and kiosks. One enrolment, many uses.
Because a border authority should not be anyone's beta customer. We are vendor-independent: we select technology already proven at scale, tell you the trade-offs, and take responsibility for the whole system.
ICAO 9303 travel documents, national ID cards, residence permits, visas and driving licences — 16,000+ document types from 254 countries and territories.
Bring us the problem, not a product list.
Tell us the checkpoint, the throughput, the residency rules. We come back with an architecture, the trade-offs, and a bill of materials — from whichever vendors fit.
Tell us the environment, the constraint and the problem — not the product you think you need. A solutions architect replies within two working days.