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Creating confidence

The sovereignty of a State entails the duty to protect the identity of its citizens. The challenge is to create a successful trusted digital...

Legal identity of a citizen

In this article, Alenka Prvinšek Persoglio addresses some aspects related to the development of the concept of legal identity of a natural person and...

Security by Design: Monochrome Colour Gamut

Joel Zlotnick, Jordan Brough and Troy Eberhardt In Part 1 of this series, the authors described why colour and other artwork cues can help counterfeiters...

Digital travel credentials

Digital disruption continues to reinvent our expectations on how we transact and interact with the world around us. In our increasingly digital world we...

Documentless identification

Mobile ID is the latest and biggest buzzword in the identification industry. Far from being a clearly defined term, though, ‘mobile ID’ describes many...

Keesing Journal 51

Editorial: Proven versus new Practical experience: Biometric identifiers for refugees Political context and ethical challenges Design: See-through register security feature Obsolete or...

Keesing Journal 50

Editorial: Safety and security are out of reach Special tribute: Identity & Document: more than business talk Special tribute to the 50th...

Keesing Journal 49

Editorial: Safety and security are out of reach Innovation: DNB’s authentication app for euro notes Genuine or counterfeit? The answer is in...

Security by Design: Colour & Split Fountains

Joel Zlotnick, Jordan Brough and Troy Eberhardt Line art, microprinting, guilloche patterns, security halftones, transparent register and other features based on printed artwork are common...

DICE – the banknote of the future

Since time immemorial, cash has determined our social and economic life, with all its related risks and problems, such as enabling crime. Apart from...

New Global Trade Body Champions Optical Security Technologies

January 15, 2025: A new international trade body has been launched to represent and promote the wide range of authentication, anti-counterfeiting and automation optical...

Preview: Falkland Islands’ New Family of Banknotes

The Government of the Falkland Islands will release a new family of banknotes on August 14, 2025—Falklands Day. The new family of notes represents...

EES and ETIAS: the EU’s New Border Management Systems [UPDATE]

As we have previously reported, the European Union has long been planning to introduce two separate but integrated border management systems. Together, the systems...

The 25 Top-Ranked Passports as of January 2025

There are several ways to assess the value of a country’s passport. One measure is the number of countries a holder can access with...

LIVE BLOG: Nevada adds “Communication Need” symbol to driver’s license and more news…

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