Automation and secure birth certificate registration and management process based on biometrics and qr bar codes.
Date
2019
Authors
Musambo, Lubasi Kakwete
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The University of Zambia
Abstract
This study proposes automation of the Zambian civil registration process of Birth and National
Identity Card by incorporating biometrics, geospatial and encryption. In Zambia, The Ministry
of Home Affairs processes civil registration in two ways: urban and rural. Both registrations
initiate with the collection of a birth event on a non-standard birth source record. The birth
source records are authenticated when applying for a birth certificate or a national identity
card by The Government of the Republic of Zambia Affidavit Form N sworn by a
commissioner of oaths. By implication, a commissioner of oaths can authenticate anyone
based on Affidavit form N. This authentication process presents information security risks
such as identity theft. Zambia, like many developing countries still utilize manual systems to
process birth certificate and national identity card information. The first objective of the study
was to determine the challenges in the current business processes leading to successful
registration of birth certificates and National Identity Cards using ISO 27001 and ISO 24745
as information security and biometric security standards respectively. Based on the results
from the first objective, the second objective proposed the development of a business model
for birth certificates and national identity card registration using secure two-factor
authentication, QR barcode, encryption and geospatial technologies. The third and last
objective of the study was to develop a prototype based on the model in the second objective.
A baseline study was successfully carried out and a model for the automation, secure
registration and storage of civil data developed. The security features in the proposed model
are based on biometrics, encryption and QR Barcode Technologies. Validation tests on the
developed prototype were carried out and the results were successfully published in the
IJACSA Journal vol.9 No.5 of 2018. Therefore, all three objectives of this study have been
met. This model has been designed to improve civil registration in the Republic of Zambia
but can be adopted to other countries.
Keywords: Vital-event, Vital-statistics, Authentication, Biometrics, Two-factor
authentication.
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Recording and registration -- Zambia. , Vital statistics.