<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[SECOIA Executive Consultants AG]]></title><description><![CDATA[SECOIA is a Swiss advisory network providing mentoring, advice and support to security sensitive clients, both in public and private sector.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/news</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:32:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.secoia-excon.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[In thirty years, the technology has changed completely. The reasons programmes fail have not changed at all.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first electronic identity card our founding partner helped deliver used a chip that held 32 kilobytes of data. Today’s secure documents carry biometric templates, digital signatures, and cryptographic keys that would have been unimaginable a generation ago. The technology has transformed beyond recognition: In thirty years, the technology has changed completely. The reasons programmes fail have not changed at all.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/in-thirty-years-the-technology-has-changed-completely-the-reasons-programmes-fail-have-not-changed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f302dbbc2ce3253fd422c6</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:00:10 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[App Notification | ID Intelligence #008 — Sync fixes in v1.1(8) ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Final TestFlight build before App Store launch. Thank you for your support!]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/app-notification-2026-04-17-001</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e280fba96d49e56ebdb4b6</guid><category><![CDATA[Company News]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:56:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e03e6_cba7dcf65b49433fb0368aa29fa6319a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_693,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your competitor just lost a CHF 50M tender. Not because their product was worse. Because their bid didn’t speak the language of the specification.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the secure document and identity technology market, the distance between winning and losing a sovereign tender is rarely about product superiority. It is about specification alignment, context, understanding the pain points and addressing the various stakeholders: Does your bid team read the standards — or just reference them?]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/your-competitor-just-lost-a-chf-50m-tender-not-because-their-product-was-worse-because-their-bid-d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f307287cb0726b2daf61a5</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:00:16 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are five moments in the life of a national identity programme when independent advisory pays for itself ten times over. Most governments miss all five.]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are five moments in the life of a national identity programme when independent advisory pays for itself ten times over. Most governments miss all five. Not every phase of an identity programme requires external expertise. But there are five windows where the absence of independent advisory consistently leads to decisions that cost years and millions to reverse.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/there-are-five-moments-in-the-life-of-a-national-identity-programme-when-independent-advisory-pays-f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f30740bc2ce3253fd42c0c</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 07:30:11 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The project kicked off on Monday. By Wednesday, three stakeholders had different understandings of the objective.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is the default condition of complex, multi-stakeholder identity programme advisory — and it is the single most reliable predictor of downstream failure: Teamwork before taskwork. Alignment before analysis. Agreement before assessment.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/the-project-kicked-off-on-monday-by-wednesday-three-stakeholders-had-different-understandings-of-t</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f302ee07a67a09ac7b9a51</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 07:30:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The European Digital Identity Wallet will let you prove who you are anywhere in the EU. Unless the document that made you “you” was fraudulent.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Digital Identity Wallet will let you prove who you are anywhere in the EU. Unless the document that made you “you” was fraudulent: A wallet is a delivery mechanism. A breeder document is a trust anchor.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/the-european-digital-identity-wallet-will-let-you-prove-who-you-are-anywhere-in-the-eu-unless-the-d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f303057cb0726b2daf5915</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 07:30:12 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Publishing guidance is not capacity building. If it were, every country with internet access would have a secure identity system.]]></title><description><![CDATA[ICAO’s Traveller Identification Programme — TRIP — represents one of the most ambitious capacity building efforts in the identity and border management space. Its objective: to help 193 member states implement the standards, systems, and institutional capabilities required for secure and efficient traveller identification.

The challenge is not ambition. It is delivery. Publishing guidance is not capacity building. Information is not capability.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/publishing-guidance-is-not-capacity-building-if-it-were-every-country-with-internet-access-would-h</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f3031cbc2ce3253fd4234a</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 07:30:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nine thousand professionals. One conversation. No sales pitches.]]></title><description><![CDATA[LinkedIn group “ICAO ePassports and eID Cards”: Nine thousand professionals. One conversation. No sales pitches.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/nine-thousand-professionals-one-conversation-no-sales-pitches</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f30330d3f2ae6dd918f18d</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 07:30:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot digitise an identity system that doesn’t know who was born, who died, and who married whom.]]></title><description><![CDATA[You cannot digitise an identity system that doesn’t know who was born, who died, and who married whom. Civil registration and identity document issuance are treated as separate systems in most countries. Different ministries. Different budgets. Different databases. Different political priorities.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/you-cannot-digitise-an-identity-system-that-doesn-t-know-who-was-born-who-died-and-who-married-who</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f303427cb0726b2daf5996</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 07:30:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask anyone in your passport authority to draw the system architecture on a whiteboard. Time how long it takes before they reach for a laptop.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ask anyone in your passport authority to draw the system architecture on a whiteboard. Time how long it takes before they reach for a laptop: A system that only its builders understand is a system its operators cannot sustain.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/ask-anyone-in-your-passport-authority-to-draw-the-system-architecture-on-a-whiteboard-time-how-long</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f30353fea9f34ed56e66ef</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 07:30:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your product roadmap has a three-year horizon. The standard it depends on has a seven-year development cycle. Do the maths.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your product roadmap has a three-year horizon. The standard it depends on has a seven-year development cycle. Do the maths: Standards aren’t just rules. They are market intelligence.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/your-product-roadmap-has-a-three-year-horizon-the-standard-it-depends-on-has-a-seven-year-developme</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f30181d3f2ae6dd918edeb</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 07:30:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twenty experts. On four continents. Zero juniors.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twenty experts. On four continents. Zero juniors. The traditional consultancy model sends a partner to win the engagement and a team of associates to deliver it. The client buys authority and receives availability. The person who scopes the mandate is the person who delivers it]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/twenty-experts-on-four-continents-zero-juniors</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69edb453b502c05c43b8adcb</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a fragile state, the identity system isn’t broken. It was never built.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a fragile state, the identity system isn’t broken. It was never built.
Design for the context you find. Not the context you wish existed.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/in-a-fragile-state-the-identity-system-isn-t-broken-it-was-never-built-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f300b224f9d3e5cd752386</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a fragile state, the identity system isn’t broken. It was never built.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a fragile state, the identity system isn’t broken. It was never built. International best practice assumes a functioning civil registration system, a reliable chain of custody for foundational documents, trained personnel, stable institutions, and continuous power supply. In fragile and post-conflict environments, none of these assumptions hold. Design for the context you find. Not the context you wish existed.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/in-a-fragile-state-the-identity-system-isn-t-broken-it-was-never-built</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69edb10604fc81dfe25e1d94</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The identity modernisation market is booming. The question is who’s buying — and whether they know what they’re getting.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Automation without institutional readiness is not modernisation. It is automation of an existing vulnerability]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/the-identity-modernisation-market-is-booming-the-question-is-who-s-buying-and-whether-they-know-w</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69edb08404fc81dfe25e1c58</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biometric scanner works perfectly in the lab. In the field, there's no power, no connectivity, and no shade.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Design your biometric strategy from the field backward. not from the datasheet forward.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/the-biometric-scanner-works-perfectly-in-the-lab-in-the-field-there-s-no-power-no-connectivity-a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e7255787a5c2e7c135a0f2</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[“ICAO compliant” is the most overused — and least understood — claim in the secure document industry.]]></title><description><![CDATA[“ICAO compliant” may be the most overused — and least understood — claim in the industry.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/icao-compliant-is-the-most-overused-and-least-understood-claim-in-the-secure-document-industry</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dfa02047c3def1ffefdd1a</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:58:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Borders must be both secure and humane. The document framework for achieving both is under review.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The answer is not to choose between security and humanity. It is to build systems that serve both.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/borders-must-be-both-secure-and-humane-the-document-framework-for-achieving-both-is-under-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69df9f6347c3def1ffefdaf5</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complex advisory doesn’t fail in the analysis. It fails in the setup.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most valuable document in any advisory engagement is the one written before the work begins]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/complex-advisory-doesn-t-fail-in-the-analysis-it-fails-in-the-setup</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d6a1f7c55f668b5304b7e1</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:44:41 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country A captures a fingerprint. Country B can’t read it. The biometric border just became a wall.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A biometric system that cannot interoperate is not a security system. It is an expensive database.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/country-a-captures-a-fingerprint-country-b-can-t-read-it-the-biometric-border-just-became-a-wall</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d6a01ca51db32c14c052ce</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>