Bahrain's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has signed an MoU to adopt Beyon Connect digital identity and postbox products and services. The NCSC aims to develop a strong cyber security framework as part of the country's 2030 vision and economic development. Beyon Connect will provide the recently launched OneBox to enable national secure communication between the public sector, private businesses and residents of Bahrain.
Beyon Connect will also deliver its OneID platform for registering a unique digital identity and for interacting securely with public and private sector digital services across Bahrain. OneID will be made available as a mobile application for both iOS and Android. Bahraini residents can sign up via e-KYC supporting passport and national ID cards with facial recognition and liveness check. The owner of the digital identity wallet will receive a push notification in their OneID app when a new digital identity is issued for them. The owner stores the issued ID in the digital identity wallet, and it is ready for use. An organisation can sign up and start receiving OneID digital identities to use within their e-services within 30 minutes.
Beyon Connect, which launched in January, is a subsidiary of Batelco and specialises in providing new technologies with innovation potential, Software-as-a-Service platforms, and advanced IT services for the public and private sectors in the MENA region.