Following more than ten years of preparation and a 180-day roll-out phase, the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) went live in April 2026 in all 29 Schengen states. A significant number of these countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, rely on border control technology from secunet. This technology ensures seamless integration with the EES, captures biometric facial images and automatically verifies travellers’ identities. Experience gained by the Czech Border Police during live operations confirms that secunet’s technology minimises waiting times for travellers despite the more complex EES processes. This is achieved through speedy automated border control systems and self-service kiosks where third-country nationals can enter their data in advance. The Czech Republic is one of the few Schengen states to have opted for the immediate roll-out of full-scale operations. This roll-out took place as early as October 2025, meaning that reliable data on live operations is already available. With an average processing time of 24 seconds per person, the automated secunet easygate border control systems ensure a swift departure for third-country nationals. At the same time, the secunet easykiosk self-service kiosks are successfully fulfilling their role in speeding up the process: they relieve the burden on border control officers by shifting registration and data collection from the counters to the kiosks. In this way, the additional workload resulting from the EES has been effectively mitigated. “We were well prepared for the EES roll-out, and the launch went very smoothly,” says plk. Mgr. Petr Malovec, Ph.D., Deputy Director of the Directorate of the Foreign Police Service, Police of the Czech Republic. “It was also important to us that, despite the additional workload, our staff could continue to focus on their core tasks and that travellers would continue to enjoy a pleasant travel experience. We have achieved these objectives too,