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Keesing Journal 40
General interest:
Looking back and ahead
A biometric anniversary
Innovation:
Spotting the differences
The revision of the EUR 5
Cases analysed:
Disruptive technologies in personal identification
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Keesing Journal 41
Editorial:
Full circle
Innovation:
Current aspects in machine authentication of security documents
Part 1: Do we need optical document security?
General interest:
Innovation drives hologram document...
Keesing Journal 42
Editorial:
The human factor
General interest:
Optiks™: past, present and future
How experimental work can lead to different opportunities
Practical experience:
Meeting...
Hype or trend?
Sector organisation IATA predicts flight movements will grow by 30% by the end of 2016 (an increase of 800 million travellers). All these travellers...
Meeting the Olympic challenge
In the summer of 2012, London hosted the biggest sporting event in the world: the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Many commentators agree that the...
Optiks™: past, present and future
In this article, Malcolm Knight discusses the history, technology and status of the banknote feature termed Optiks™. The journey has not been straightforward and...
Fighting crime in Africa
The organisation and management of a country’s identity infrastructure requires the continuous attention of the government. The changes in types of fraud and the...
Part 2: Seeing eye to eye on iris recognition
Ravi Das
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the use of biometrics increased dramatically as a means of positively verifying and/or identifying an individual....
SPARK®
This article focuses on the innovative optical technology SPARK®, designed for front-line authentication required for level one protection. The cutting-edge technology - encompassing patented...
New application makes life easier
As all around the world people are becoming increasingly mobile, new demands are being placed on their technological environment. Modern nomads want to make...
Kenya Kicks Off Digital Identity Pilot Program [Update]
Update: Just a month after Kenya launched the rollout its new digital identity pilot program, the country’s High Court has ordered the process be...
The UAE Introduces a New 500-Dirham Polymer Banknote
The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has announced the issuance of a new AED 500 (500-Dirham) banknote made of polymer. The announcement came...
Biometric Technologies of the Future: Earlobe Recognition
Expert author Ravi Das has, in previous articles, described DNA recognition and Gait recognition as physical biometric technologies of the future. Here, he presents...
Argentina Upgrades Its Relatively New 2,000-Pesos Banknote
On November 7, just months after issuing its first 2,000-pesos banknote, the Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA) has put into circulation an...
Busted: Belgian-Greek Network Smuggling Migrants with fake IDs
The following news story was released by Europe’s Border Security Report earlier this month.
Authorities in Belgium and Greece have dismantled a network that was...
