About us

Our history

It all started in 2011 with 3 ingredients: the need to ensure at low cost the reliability of information on paper documents, a strong public leadership to find a solution, and a small company with a big idea!

Before the Otentik VDS, there was the 2D-Doc VDS

New technologies and deceits reduce the barrier to entry for counterfeiting and fraud. This is especially true for paper documents, and it can become extremely problematic when these documents are used to issue passports.

Leaders at France’s Ministère de l’Intérieur (Interior Ministry) and l’Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés (ANTS) decided to tackle this problem and financed a solution that provided highly reliable information and that was low cost to operate : the 2D-Doc. In operation since 2012, it is used in France to deliver proof of addresses across multiple industries, notably telecom, energy and finance.

The Otentik VDS is an important evolution based on 2D-Doc, and the Otentik network supports both VDS technologies.

Our members

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Institutions

Name	Country	Description
Ag. Nat. de Certification Electronique – TUNTRUST	Tunisia	The national electronic certification agency TUNTRUST is the root certification authority in Tunisia.
Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés (ANTS)	France	As part of the dematerialization of its services, the French government has delegated the production of secure documents, including registration certificates, to the ANTS.
Alliance pour la Confiance Numérique (ACN)	France	ACN represents companies (world leaders, SMEs and ETIs) in the digital trust sector, particularly in cybersecurity and digital identity.
Comité Français d’Organisation et de Normalisation Bancaire	France	CFONB is a professional body whose mission is to study and resolve technical problems related to banking, in terms of organization and standards.
Conseil National de l’Ordre des Experts Comptables	France	L’Ordre des experts-comptables is the professional association of chartered accountants in France.
Fédération des Tiers de Confiance du Numérique	France	FnTC brings together software publishers, service providers, experts, regulated professionals, start-ups, international players, users and institutional structures.
IN Groupe	France
ONECI	Côte d’Ivoire	ONECI is an executive agency whose mission is to implement national policy on civil status, identification, immigration and emigration, and to produce secure documents. ONECI is the trusted third party for identity in Ivory Coast.
ResoClub	France	ResoClub is an association that brings together public and private players in the fight against fraud.

Certification authorities and service providers

Name	Country	Description
Advanced Track & Trace	France	Provider of digital solutions for brand protection, data protection and document security.
Asernum	Côte d’Ivoire	Asernum is a digital services agency providing document security and digital identity solutions using Otentik VDS in Africa.
Confero	France	VIewFec accounting software.
La Poste – Digiposte	France	Digiposte is a digital safe for centralizing, archiving and managing all important documents. This service is provided by La Poste, a French company operating mainly as a postal services operator, bank, insurance company and digital services provider.
Certigna – Goupe TESSI	France	European trusted third party managed by Tessi.
Certinomis	France	First Certification Authority on the French market.
CST – Crime Science Technology	France	CST develops innovative solutions for identifying persons and securing of documents and products.
Fiskaltrust SAS	France	Cash register software.
id3 Technologies	France	id3 innovates in the fields of artificial intelligence and biometrics to offer its customers modular systems that guarantee identities while protecting data privacy.
Jenji Silae	France	Expense report software and expense report application.
MOBILEAD	France	MobiLead is an expert in NFC, QR Code and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, contributes to the development of standards with AFNOR, is a member of W3C, and participates in GS1 standardization work.
NGTechnologies	Tunisie	Electronic signature and security for printed documents.
Notarius	Canada	Notarius provides solutions for legally reliable documents. The company is approved to issue certificates for Otentik VDS and has a software suite for creating and validating VDS on the Otentik trust network.
OSTENDI	France	Ostendi is a French software publisher offering the Osidoc solution, specialized in the drafting of BtoB legal documents.
Paragon ID	France	Paragon ID is a provider of intelligent physical and digital ticketing solutions.
PROGIDYS	France	Integrated management software (ERP) and cash register software with double NF anti-fraud law certification: NF525 & NF203.
Securikett	Austria	Securikett offers security consultation, product integrity and digitization, tailored design and improved customer communication.

Users

Name	Country	Description
ADCET	France	Association for the development of digital uses.
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations	France	Created in 1816 to safeguard French savings, Caisse des Dépôts is a public financial institution.
Experts Comptables et Commissaires aux Comptes de France	France	One of the two major employers’ associations in the chartered accountancy profession.
FACACI	Côte d’Ivoire	Federation of active consumer associations in Ivory Coast.
Resocom	France	Combating document and identity fraud, KYC ID expertise.
SGV Champagne	France	General Syndicate of Champagne Winegrowers.

Experts

Logo	Name	Country	Description
	Gilles Barré	France
	Stéphane Gasch et Associés	France
	Herschel Security	France
	Florian Hoefle	UAE
	Le Querrec, Yves	France
	Amine Mézian	Marocco

Associate members

Name	Country	Description
Ministère de l’Intérieur (2MLFDI)	France	Ministerial mission to fight document and identity fraud.
MICAF	France	Interministerial anti-fraud coordination mission.
Alain Ducass	France
G.L.I. Ingénierie et Services	France