Leaders in advanced border control solutions

CBN helps governments balance security and accessibility by protecting borders while enabling smooth travel. With global mobility, national security, and economic growth at stake, our trusted, award-winning end-to-end solutions use advanced surveillance, identity verification, and data integration to streamline border crossings, ensure compliance, and reinforce sovereignty.

Real-world impact of Border Security

Border management solutions

Use case:

Smarter border control through integrated, real-time systems

CBN delivers secure and centralized border management platforms that enable governments to monitor, screen,
and verify all travellers across air, land, and sea entry points.
These solutions support fast border crossings while also
deterring unlawful activity.

Key features:

  • Real-time biometric verification
  • Integrated traveller risk assessments
  • Centralized control and monitoring
  • Configurable to local policies and legal frameworks
  • Modular and scalable platform design
  • Supporting land, air, and sea borders

Passport solutions

Use case:

Trusted identity secured for global travel

CBN designs, manufactures, and supports International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) compliant passports that integrate the latest innovations in design, printing, biometrics, and smart card technology. Our solutions are continually evolving to exceed international standards and ensure secure and efficient border management, while preserving the passport as a symbol of national pride.

Key features:

  • ICAO-compliant design and data structure
  • Embedded security to prevent forgery and tampering
  • Durable materials and polycarbonate data pages
  • Custom holograms and watermark features
  • Secure production facilities
  • Full issuance and inventory management system

eVisa solutions

Use case:

Faster and safer entry through digital travel authorization

CBN’s customizable eVisa platform helps governments modernize how they manage visitor access. As a fully digital alternative to traditional paper visas, eVisas allow travellers to apply online from anywhere in the world. Once approved, the visa is electronically linked to the traveller’s passport and automatically appears when scanned at the border, streamlining entry and improving efficiency at the point of arrival.

Key features:

  • Online user application
  • Risk-based applicant screening
  • Integration with border systems for seamless enforcement
  • Scalable for tourism, business, and transit visas

Why choose CBN for Border Security?

Trusted innovation built on proven experience

Border security is highly complex, but CBN brings unmatched experience and scalability to deliver solutions governments can trust now and into the future.

  • 80+ secure document and issuance systems worldwide
  • Passport solutions trusted by over 35 countries
  • Canada’s official passport provider for 45+ years
  • Active contributors to ICAO security standards

Our people and principles in action

Meet the experts behind our Border Security solutions

“We’re not just developing travel and mobility systems, we’re helping nations welcome visitors, protect their borders, and uphold the integrity of international travel. We take this responsibility very seriously and this sense of purpose drives everything that we do.”
— Dwight MacManus, Vice President & GM, Border Security

Our approach to meaningful partnerships

CBN helps governments strengthen border security while enabling safe, efficient travel. We deliver integrated solutions such as digital visa systems, secure documents, and real-time border control platforms. More than
one-time solutions, we act as a long-term partner, ensuring your border infrastructure stays secure, adaptive, and aligned with evolving
global standards.

Below is our proven four-step framework for delivering advanced
border security solutions:

Discover

We collaborate closely with you to understand
your border environment, security objectives,
and operational needs, laying the foundation
for a scalable, policy-aligned solution.

Design

Our team designs secure interoperable systems tailored
to your specific entry and exit protocols, documentation processes, and risk assessment strategies, whether digital, physical, or both.

Deliver

We oversee every step of system and/or document integration, infrastructure setup, and testing, ensuring seamless coordination across airports, seaports and land borders.

Support

CBN provides long-term support, updates,
and training to keep your systems running
smoothly and securely as jurisdictional
needs and technologies evolve.

Client success story

Caribbean Innovation: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) steps into the future

Our Border Security team has delivered a win in the Caribbean. Twenty brand-new immigration kiosks are now live in Saint Lucia and Grenada, marking a major step forward in modernizing passenger processing.

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Related solutions

Explore our broader services and capabilities

Join the team behind
the technology

Help power the systems
the world trusts

At CBN, your work matters. Whether you’re building secure software, designing trusted ID systems, or printing the currency people use every day, every role here contributes to something bigger.

We’re driven by purpose, grounded in principle, and united by the impact we make around the world. If you’re looking for a career where integrity, innovation, and real-world responsibility come together, you’ll find it at CBN.

CBN is an Ottawa institution with global impact. It’s inspiring to see how our team lives CBN’s values of reason, integrity, honesty, independence, justice, productivity, and pride and how these values resonate with partners.”Meredith Anglin
Executive Director, Currency

I value the supportive relationships with my colleagues, and the flexibility to work from home helps me maintain balance. CBN’s growth opportunities and benefits make it
a rewarding place to work.”Sonny Teja
Payroll Manager

CBN stands out through its deep commitment to being a values-based company. Our values guide daily conversations, influence decisions in the boardroom, and shape the environment we work in.”Tim McIntyre
Senior Director, Excise Control

Why work at CBN?

Purpose-driven work

At CBN, your work helps protect identities, secures borders, and supports safer, more connected communities.  Whether you’re in software, manufacturing, or operations, every role contributes to real-world impact.

Guided by values that matter

Our seven core principles, Reason, Integrity, Honesty, Independence, Justice, Productivity, and Pride, aren’t just words on a wall. They guide how we make decisions, lead teams, and build careers.

Global talent & global reach

Our people and partners are based across the world, reflecting the international scale
of the customers we serve. At CBN, you’ll collaborate across borders to deliver secure,
high-performance solutions with global impact.

Professional growth & personal well-being

We invest in your future with competitive compensation, a robust pension plan, and health benefits designed to support both you and your loved ones. That’s why
so many of our team members build fulfilling, decades-long careers here.

Great work starts with great people

At CBN, we’re looking for people who care about doing the right thing and want to build a career that makes a real difference.

Industry recognized
& trusted by clients

“Thanks to CBN’s involvement, the online lottery in Saint Lucia has been a great success. It has met and surpassed our expectations in terms of generating funds for youth, sports, and national building projects in our country.”
— Chairman, Saint Lucia National Lotteries Authority

“The culture within CBN is outstanding. Their responsiveness, professionalism, expertise and dedication have been absolute first rate. From our point of view, the project has been an enormous success, and we’re really excited about the terrific notes that we produced together.”
— Graeme Wheeler, Governor, Reserve Bank of New Zealand

100+ secure government ID and issuance programs delivered globally

250+ partnerships with government agencies and institutions

Millions of secure identity documents produced annually

100+ secure government ID and issuance programs delivered globally

250+ partnerships with government agencies and institutions

Millions of secure identity documents produced annually

Globally recognized as a world leader
From national lotteries to border security, more than 100 governments and institutions around the world rely on CBN to deliver secure, high-impact solutions. Our commitment to innovation, integrity,
and excellence has earned us global recognition and the enduring trust of our clients.

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