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Digital Identity • IAM • Cybersecurity • Payments

Pre-sales | Programme | Expertise | Transition management

Governments & Private sector

Strategic expertise, tailored to your projects

SOFIE unites high-level independent consultants from leading identity, IT, and security firms — bringing deep expertise, efficiency, and objectivity to every project.

Independance

Objective advice, neutral market analysis

Worldwide

Presence in Europe, Asia, Africa

Gouvernmental projects

Numerous reference programs

Skills in 5 strategic areas

Digital Identity

Documents d’identité, National identitification systems, civil registres , Digital eID

IAM

IAM/PKI, access management, authentification, national identification number, biometry

Cybersecurity

Secutiy audits, ISO 27001 conformity, eIDAS, PCI, security policy, cyber assessment

Payments

Secure payments, DSP2, payment systems architecture and financial infrastructure

Banking & Regulation

Banking regulation & e-money, central bank reporting, BNPL frameworks, factoring & working capital

Tailor-made support for the public and private sectors

Governments & International Agencies

 

Tenders

  • Drafting technical and functional requirements for RFPs
  • End-to-end tender process oversight
  • Bid writing and proposal evaluation

Vendor Assessment

  • Development of weighted evaluation frameworks
  • In-depth technical capability analysis
  • Pre-selection technical due diligence

 

Strategic Advisory

  • Coordination of vendor presentations and demonstrations
  • Executive decision support and strategic recommendations

Private entities

 

Growth & Business Development

  • Government & institutional relations, value chain opening
  • Positioning strategy for public procurement markets
  • Strategic partnership development

Managing Complex Projects and Programs 

  • Steering critical programs under regulatory, financial and time-to-market constraints
  • Operational excellence delivery
  • End-to-end technical implementation

Strategic Advisory

  • Technical due diligence and strategic assessment of intangible assets, with focus on M&A transactions
  • Strategic roadmap definition
  • Regulatory compliance advisory

Types of expertise at your service

Strategic Advisor

  • Strategic roadmap definition
  • Mergers & Acquisitions advisory
  • Strategic business development
  • Regulatory compliance frameworks

Tender & Bid Manager

  • RFP design and development
  • Bid evaluation & analysis
  • Proposal writing & structuring
  • Financial proposal development
  • Contract negotiations

Program & Project Management Lead

  • Transversal program steering
  • Multi-party & multi-stakeholder coordination
  • Production optimization & efficiency
  • Integrated cost & risk oversight

IT Identity & IAM Architect

  • Physical & digital identity systems
  • IAM/PKI infrastructure design & deployment
  • Biometric systems integration
  • Cryptography & key management
  • Digital credentials & eID

Cybersecurity & Compliance Expert

  • ISO 27001, ISO 14298 compliance
  • eIDAS & PCI-DSS regulatory frameworks
  • Cyber security assessments
  • Security policy design & implementation
  • Payment security & fraud prevention
  • Biometric systems security

Legal Counsel

  • Complex contract negotiations
  • Contract elaboration, drafting & review
  • Project management & legal framework establishment
  • Intellectual property strategy design & implementation
  • Innovation management & IP protection advisory

Why SOFIE?

✓ Trusted Party

Trusted access to senior leadership, authorities, and strategic partners. Engaging at the highest levels — with executives, authorities, and critical partners

✓ High-level technical expertise

Coming from the main players in the sector

✓ Independance

Fully independent from market vendors — ensuring impartial, objective advice. No vendor affiliations. Only objective advice. 

✓ Proven results

Numerous government programs are referenced

✓ Full coverage

From strategy to operational deployment

✓ A rigorous and innovative approach

Combining precision, innovation and personalisation

✓ Multi-domaine expertise

Identité, cybersécurité, paiements, conformité

✓ Worldwide network

Europe, Asia, Africa & Caribbean

✓ Dual skills

Public & private sectors

References

Some recent projects that illustrate our expertise

Sint Martin

Gathering requirements and drafting a call for tenders for a Digital Identity project (2025)ollecte des besoins et rédaction d’un appel d’offre Identité Digitale (2025)

Technical Due Diligence (Dubaï/Europe)

For the acquisition of a company in the field of identity (2025)

National Payment Acceptance Program (Dubaï)

Data framework, PCI-DSS compliance, fraud processing, risk analysis, audit trail, cross-functional CIO/DPO/CISO governance (Dubai 2025, 100,000+ points)   

Government of Madagascar

Development and implementation of the unique identification number (2021)

Identity BID managment for Greek tender

Bid management of the technical, financial and administrative response in a joint venture, €515 million budget (2020)   Bid management de la réponse technique, financière et administrative en JV, 515 m€ de budget (2020)

Government of Malaysia

Worldwide overview of deployed digital identity solutions (2024)

Estonian eID program management

Program management, eIDAS certification, PCI (2019) 

SOFIE ID worldwide

Let’s talk about your project

You have a large-scale project in the fields of identity, IAM, cybersecurity or payments?

Let’s discuss how Sofie can support you

Thomas DE WILDE

Gilles CASTAGNOLI