<?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, 07 Oct 2026 23:30:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.secoia-excon.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><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. #15]]></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-develop15</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f30181d3f2ae6dd918edeb</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:30:08 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twenty experts. On four continents. Zero juniors #14.]]></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-juniors14</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69edb453b502c05c43b8adcb</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Identity, My Shadow. Never Apart: Identity Day and ID intelligence]]></title><description><![CDATA[16 September is International Identity Day – an occasion that is easy to overlook, because for most people identity is something taken entirely for granted. Celebrate the day with 50% off on ID-Intelligence App from SECOIA]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/my-identity-my-shadow-never-apart</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa840aa62f69d4dfc9073e9</guid><category><![CDATA[Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[Company News]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e03e6_25002c8823ce44968fab5ddbf784572d~mv2.gif/v1/fit/w_600,h_413,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a fragile state, the identity system isn’t broken. It was never built. #13]]></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-built13</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f300b224f9d3e5cd752386</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 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. #13]]></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-bui13</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69edb10604fc81dfe25e1d94</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 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. #12]]></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-know12</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69edb08404fc81dfe25e1c58</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 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. #11]]></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-a11</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e7255787a5c2e7c135a0f2</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 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. #10]]></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-industry10</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dfa02047c3def1ffefdd1a</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 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. #09]]></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-review09</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69df9f6347c3def1ffefdaf5</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 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. #08]]></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-setup08</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d6a1f7c55f668b5304b7e1</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 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. #07]]></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-wall07</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d6a01ca51db32c14c052ce</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[App Notification | ID Intelligence #011 — Launched in AppStore ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Update to v1.4.4: Faster startup, better sync. HOT PROMOTION - get the new version from the store and click-into PRO for 1 year at 50%. Act before the offer ends.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/app-notification-2026-04-17-001</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e280fba96d49e56ebdb4b6</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 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[The most expensive line in a national ID tender isn’t a price. 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It’s a good recommendation that surprises the wrong person. #05]]></title><description><![CDATA[A good recommendation that surprises the wrong person is a failed recommendation.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/the-most-common-failure-in-government-advisory-isn-t-a-bad-recommendation-it-s-a-good-recommendat05b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ce61a9535e7bcd2697c6c0</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The European Digital Identity Wallet is the most ambitious identity project the EU has ever launched. #04  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The wallet will only be as trusted as the standards behind it.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/14b003f64</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ce5c24719295076f2c02a8</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every failed identity programme had a plan. What it didn’t have was boundaries. #03]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before a single interview is conducted or a single document reviewed, the most important decision in any identity programme advisory engagement has already been made — or hasn’t. That decision is scope. How many institutions will be assessed? How many site visits conducted? What grade of detail is expected in the analysis? What volume of documents will be reviewed? These are not administrative details. They are the boundaries that determine whether the project delivers insight or delivers...]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/every-failed-identity-programme-had-a-plan-what-it-didn-t-have-was-boundaries03</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ce5e2c719295076f2c06b8</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ID Intelligence: Your Industry Briefing. One App. Every Morning.]]></title><description><![CDATA[SECOIA Executive Consultants AG launches ID Intelligence — a free iOS app that delivers a single, topic-filtered news feed from the most trusted publishers in identity management, biometrics, border security, and secure document technology.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/id-intelligence-your-industry-briefing-one-app-every-morning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3cc1ef433568818447959f</guid><category><![CDATA[Company News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><category><![CDATA[Events]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:20:53 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[Nobody reads your 500-page system documentation. That’s not a filing problem. It’s a project risk. #02]]></title><description><![CDATA[If your system documentation can't be read in an afternoon, it won't be read at all.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/nobody-reads-your-500-page-system-documentation-that-s-not-a-filing-problem-it-s-a-project-risk-02</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ce5eb240e74dbec4fdfa7e</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting Document Fraud: Think from the Other End]]></title><description><![CDATA[We keep asking "how secure is this document?" We should be asking "how good does a counterfeit need to be to pass undetected?"
The answer is uncomfortable: good enough. Not perfect — just good enough for the specific check, the specific environment, the specific person performing it under pressure. Designing systems that hold under those real conditions, not ideal ones, is where the fight against document fraud is actually won or lost.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/fighting-document-fraud-think-from-the-other-end</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2c034ef7064a4e83d51069</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:00:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e03e6_f75742503bb2448cb3b0745b569f9ea6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The birth certificate is the most dangerous document in your identity system #01]]></title><description><![CDATA[The birth certificate is the most dangerous document in your identity system.]]></description><link>https://www.secoia-excon.com/post/the-birth-certificate-is-the-most-dangerous-document-in-your-identity-system01</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ce5f206def0df73ca9970a</guid><category><![CDATA[Educative]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>SECOIA</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>