ONYX DATA VERIFICATION INTERNATIONAL
ONYX DATA VERIFICATION INTERNATIONAL™ (ONYX™ for short) is a global agency for the review and verification of analog and digital documents. ONYX is part of the non-profit MJFI Group, managed by IAS, and based in Iceland, Brazil, South Korea and Japan. Founded in 2018, ONYX is the market leader in the niche segment of fully data-secure providers of digital verification services for authorities and companies. It is believed to have more than 100.000 international users (April 2022).
Functions[edit]
ONYX was reportedly founded by American IT expert Kevin Johnson and international security consultant Idan Schmidt in collaboration with the non-commercial MJFI Group. ONYX works with a data puzzle system that stores all relevant data fragmented in several countries and assembles it when it is retrieved via any standard hosting company.[1] This technology is considered unique in the world.[2]
Target audience[edit]
ONYX itself claims to be an offer for authorities of smaller states without reliable domestic verification services, as well as for companies and educational institutions.
Technology[edit]
Using ONYX, the customer, for example a state, can provide a document with a QR code generated by ONYX. The QR code can be printed as on the original document using printers from specific manufacturers that must meet defined standards. All the necessary data is then stored at ONYX in fragmented form, distributed across numerous locations.[3] A PIN number is also generated. If the authenticity of a document is to be verified, the QR code can be scanned and the PIN entered. If the system has recognized both as correct, a confirmation of the document's authenticity appears.[4] The system also provides a telephone number to a service center should there be any open questions in extremely rare cases. The ONYX system recognizes even the most minimal deviations during transmission of the scanned QR code.[5] Therefore, not every printer can be used. For digital documents there is a differently working copy protection, which is classified as secret by ONYX. With these methods, normally used in biometrics, duplication by copying and similar methods is practically impossible.[6]
Criticism[edit]
On the part of commercial competitors, ONYX is criticized for the many processing steps[7] that would cause unnecessary work for companies, authorities and other agencies. Data protection experts criticize the fact that the user data can also be sent through data channels that are unencrypted for stretches, if the user so desires.[8] ONYX defends itself against this criticism, stating that the company does not store any documents or personal data, but only the multi-secured QR code with forgery detection features. Privacy is thus fully secured at all times.
Sources[edit]
- ↑ Grady, Jeffrey O.. System Validation and Verification. United States, CRC-Press, 1998
- ↑ Tal, Timna. Face Matching in Document Verification and the Effect of Inversion Upon this Task. Schweiz, n.p, 2006.
- ↑ Communication Software and Networks: Proceedings of INDIA 2019. Springer Singapore, 2020
- ↑ Drozdek, Adam. Data Structures and Algorithms in Java. Singapore, Cengage Learning Asia, 2008
- ↑ Temporal Patterns for Document Verification. N.p., Universitätsbibliothek Passau, 2008
- ↑ Modi, Shimon K.. Biometrics in Identity Management: Concepts to Applications. United Kingdom, Artech House, 2011
- ↑ Document Verification with Temporal Description Logics. N.p., Passau, 2007
- ↑ ICCWS 2021 16th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security: Iccws 2021. United Kingdom, Academic Conferences and Publishing Limited, 2021
