Steria FITPlus

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Securing IT solutions
Steria has worked
closely with the
Norwegian police
for twenty years
You’re safe with Steria
Steria, a European end-to-end IT services partner, is a forerunner
in homeland security. It has over 20,000 employees, including a
large pool of NATO and national security-cleared personnel, and
more than 35 years’ experience in delivering large-scale systems
that help increase security and efficiency within clear budgetary
parameters. Here’s a quick summary showing some of Steria’s
areas of expertise:
• SteriaAFIS completes Steria's range of biometrics software.
This unique solution facilitates super-fast, reliable and
accurate fingerprint identification from large databases
• Command and control systems – ‘field’ supervision and
action coordination
• Investigation case management systems – operative support
and analysis
• Secure infrastructures – management, design, hardware,
data protection, network security, etc.
• Secure intelligence databases, such as Schengen – includes
delivery and support of secure electronic content management
• System-to-system information systems – SOA, distributed
architectures, secure messaging
For further details of our solutions, services and innovations
download the brochure from steria.com/homeland today.
Our experience
Steria works with public and private organisations across Europe
and beyond, including the UK Ministry of Justice, Romanian Ministry
of Administration and Interior, Danish and Norwegian customs
authorities, French and Belgium interior ministries, Spanish
ministries of labour, economy and health, and national police forces
in 27 countries. Examples of such projects are shown below.
Eurodac: Implementation and maintenance of the innovative
Eurodac immigration control system for the European Commission.
This improves the management of asylum requests through
biometric processing of fingerprints in 25 countries.
Schengen Information System (SIS II): As prime contractor
for the project, Steria’s Schengen Information System provides
reliable and exchangeable information about nationals of non-
Schengen countries wishing to enter or live in the Schengen area.
Visa Information System (VIS): A large-scale information
system handling visa requests to enter European countries in the
Schengen area.
Norwegian Armed Forces: Support for operations, running
modifications, maintenance and further development of
operating tools.
UKvisas: Supply of biometric recording equipment, verification
equipment and hardware maintenance.
Swedish Police: Steria has built one of the largest, most
advanced virtual private networks (VPNs) in the world with over
700 Secure Office Gateways protecting the systems within.
About Steria
Steria delivers IT-enabled business services that help
organisations in the public and private sectors operate more
efficiently and profitably. By combining in-depth understanding
of our clients’ businesses with expertise in IT and business
process outsourcing, we take on our clients’ challenges
and develop innovative solutions to address them. Through
our highly collaborative consulting style, we work with our
clients to transform their business, enabling them to focus
on what they do best.
Founded in 1969, Steria has offices in Europe, India, North
Africa and SE Asia. Annual revenue is around € 1.75 billion
and employees own 21% of Steria’s capital. Headquartered
in Paris, Steria is listed on the Euronext Paris market.