Ones Technology Makes a Major Impact at WIoT 2024

Ones Technology participated in the Digital ID section, organized by any2any, at the WIoT Tomorrow 2024 Fair, showcasing its industry-leading products and solutions. Attendees from various countries received detailed information about the future of card-based and biometric-based access and security solutions developed under the BioAffix brand. These KVKK and GDPR-compliant solutions, along with products developed using BLE technology, attracted significant interest.

In our interview with Onur Sırmatel, a Board Member at Ones Technology, who stated that they will continue to bring future technologies to users through new events, we discussed the importance of the fair and the company’s global strategies.

“We are a company that develops hardware and software for security purposes.”

Question: What does the WIoT Tomorrow Fair mean to you?

Onur Sırmatel: WIoT Tomorrow, as its name suggests, was a fair attended by companies from around the world that manufacture and develop technology in the wireless IoT space, with a particular focus on core technologies. This platform, where they showcased their new infrastructures, was also an event that included groups responsible for regulating and overseeing similar regulations within the European Union. These groups introduce new regulations and make adjustments based on feedback from the participating companies.

We are a company that develops hardware and software for security purposes. While it wasn’t a fair that directly targeted our customer portfolio, it was important for globally introducing our newly developed BioAffix Gate Vision series devices. It was especially valuable for us to exhibit our products and receive feedback in a venue filled with pioneers of the “Wireless IoT” field.

Question: Which products and solutions did you introduce at the fair?

Onur Sırmatel: We were present in our designated area at the fair along with six of our partners. Six different companies introduced their products and solutions under the “Digital ID” umbrella. Some of the firms at the booth presented solutions for card printing technologies, some for document security, and others for printer security. There were also companies showcasing what we call “mobile credentials,” which are solutions that allow a person’s card to be stored in mobile applications or within the Apple Wallet and Google Wallet infrastructure. At this fair, we introduced our BioAffix Gate Vision product. We demonstrated what our new-generation solutions and future versions will look like.

In Turkey, we primarily provide an end-to-end infrastructure for the security of critical facilities. We build the entire framework with our own central authentication software, card readers, biometric devices, and other related systems. Our market approach is based on replacing old or existing systems and providing a complete solution with our infrastructure. However, this is not as straightforward on a global scale.

“Our primary goal globally is to offer products that can seamlessly integrate into existing infrastructures”

Question: What are your challenges and goals in the global market??

Onur Sırmatel: Our biggest advantage in Turkey is that we have a completely domestic and national infrastructure, offering solutions that address the security vulnerabilities of existing systems. The primary need of customers abroad, especially in Europe, is for solutions that can enhance their security level or offer different functionalities without incurring additional costs, time, or workload on their current infrastructure. In other words, we hope to be effective in this market with “plug-and-play” products that are not commonly found in the sector.yol açmadan güvenlik seviyesini artırabilecek veya farklı fonksiyonlar sunabilecek çözümlerdir. Yani, sektörde bulunmayan “tak-çalıştır” (plug-and-play) özellikli ürünlerle bu pazarda etkili olmayı umuyoruz.

Our primary goal globally is to offer products that can seamlessly integrate into existing infrastructures. Most potential customers already have an established infrastructure, access control system, software, and card readers. These companies typically work with large global corporations or medium-sized firms. For them to upgrade the technologies they use in their existing systems to meet modern requirements, it will be sufficient for them to use our plug-and-play products.

Question: What kind of solutions have you developed to meet this need?

Onur Sırmatel: We have shaped our design and infrastructure accordingly. Our first example was the BioAffix Gate Vision devices installed at Istanbul Airport (IGA). Normally, our devices require our central server. However, we don’t have the opportunity to re-implement this ecosystem globally. For example, if the Mercedes factory uses Siemens’ access control system, they will not want to change their systems even if we give them our devices for free. Therefore, it was more appropriate to provide product-oriented services instead of a complete infrastructure overhaul.

From the customer’s perspective, if they have an existing card reader and the card is no longer sufficient, a new need for biometric or mobile authentication arises. They do not want to run extra cables or use additional hardware. Our new infrastructure offers a biometric-based solution that is completely offline and can operate on its own, without requiring any changes to the existing infrastructure. With biometric technologies, the margin for error in access control security is minimized, while the transit time is reduced to under 1 second.

“The user creates, holds, and controls their own biometric data”

Question: How do you integrate this system?

Onur Sırmatel: We can remove the existing card reader and connect our device to the panel with the same cable. We write the user’s biometric data onto the card’s chip or to an encrypted QR code added to the card. If their cards are not smart cards, we use the QR code. This also eliminates the cost of card renewal. When the user presents their card and scans their face, our device performs the verification biometrically but acts like a standard card reader, sending the verified user’s ID—not their biometric data—to the panel. This opens the door and ensures full compatibility with the existing system.panele gönderiyor. Böylece kapı açılıyor ve mevcut sistemle tam uyum sağlanıyor.

Question: What are the data security advantages of this system?

Onur Sırmatel: The most important advantage is that the user’s biometric data is not stored on the device or a server. The data is stored in an encrypted format on the user’s card or mobile phone. This ensures full compliance with personal data protection laws like KVKK and GDPR. The user creates, holds, and controls their own biometric data. Furthermore, since this data is encrypted and liveness detection sensors are active during verification, it prevents identity theft and fraud.

Additionally, the user can also use their mobile phone. They can store the QR code on their phone or authenticate via a mobile application. Thanks to Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology, our device communicates with the user’s mobile phone to perform the authentication. The user can pass through the door by scanning their face without even taking their phone out of their pocket.

Question: How do you plan to apply this technology in larger areas?

Onur Sırmatel: We can use this technology in large-scale facilities with large crowds, such as major production plants, military barracks, stadiums, and public transportation areas like metro stations. For example, the biometric data of individuals at a metro station can be shared with the device in real-time, allowing users to pass through quickly and securely.

To give another example, imagine 20,000 fans heading towards a stadium entrance. The verification devices communicate via BLE with the mobile phones of nearby users. If the devices tried to perform biometric verification for all 20,000 people at once, it would not be an efficient process. Instead, the verification devices will temporarily hold the data of 15-20 individuals based on their proximity, keeping them ready for verification. This allows for instant and secure authentication without dealing with large databases. Moreover, during the verification process, the user’s biometric template is compared only with the templates of individuals in the area the device is communicating with, not with the templates of all 20,000 people. This minimizes the potential error rate of the sensors and reduces the verification time to under 1 second.

We also develop mobile applications that allow users to create and store their own biometric data on their own devices. The user’s biometric template is created using digital photos taken from the chips of government-issued ID cards or passports. Since this data is entirely under the user’s control and is not stored on any server, the process is fully compliant with GDPR and, in Turkey, KVKK.

“We can undertake more projects on a global scale”

Question: What was your interaction with your business partners at the fair like?

Onur Sırmatel: We had six partner companies at the WIoT 2024 fair in Wiesbaden, Germany, under the leadership of any2any. Some of them work on card printing technologies, document security, and printer security. For example, the company Tanlock specializes in cabinet locks. By collaborating with these companies, we aim to extend the reach of our products and solutions to a wider audience. By maintaining a broad partner ecosystem, we can increase potential business opportunities and attract new customers. This way, we can undertake more projects on a global scale.

Question: Finally, what are your goals in the security sector?

Onur Sırmatel: There are areas in the security sector where we can create innovation and reach a different position globally. We are particularly working on the secure and user-centric management of biometric data. Sometimes, unfortunate national events remind us of the importance of developing and implementing such technologies with local and national sensitivity. A grave incident that recently occurred at one of our institutions requiring high-level security has reminded us of this reality once again.

Today, it has become imperative to deploy new technologies that provide biometric authentication to prevent potential attacks, sabotage, and intelligence attempts at critical facilities, stadiums, and sometimes places of worship and schools, both in our country and around the world. As Ones Technology, we aim to continue developing and updating these solutions with a proactive effort and offering them to the service of humanity in our country and the world. I would also like to remind everyone how important it is to be prepared for any potential negative scenarios today and in the future with the new technologies we have developed.

In this interview, we have gained detailed insights into Ones Technology’s global market strategies and innovative biometric solutions. We thank Onur Sırmatel for his time and wish him continued success.