Saudi Arabia is the newest country to roll out a national ID program – and has chosen Entrust, Inc. to provide the infrastructure and technologies needed to get the new program going. The new ID cards will be issued to all Saudi nationals, and will feature state-of-the art encryption and security measures to keep sensitive personal data safe.

The Entrust sytem, which is Saudia Arabia’s first foray into the electronic world, features top-to-bottom encryption, with encrypted communications and data storage, and a safe system that will be evenutally transitioned and built up to be used for other electronic systems and web services.