In many electronic identification schemes, a key contained in a security device has to be delivered to the proper person. Also, the issuing organization must register the security device, which means to establish and to record the the association of a specific key value to a specific person, with confidence that the key has not been compromized by the time the association is established and recorded.
With many processes for security device distribution and registration, the security device receives the key before being delivered to the legitimate user. This means that courrier services must be used to deliver each security device individually to its target user. The SAKEM procedure avoid the use of such individual courrier services in the distribution and registration process.