Monthly Archives: February 2016
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...
The march of the mobile
The financial services industry is increasingly showing an interest in biometrics.
Apple Pay and iTouch have taken biometrics to the mass market, followed by leading...
A giant leap forward
Nathalie Creste and Claudia Schwendimann
In 2015, based on an amended legal basis, the laissez-passer issued by the European Union made a giant leap, from...
Intelligent use of CCTV
According to the World Health Organization, by 2050 seven out of every ten people will live in a city - an urban population of...
DNB’s authentication app for euro notes
Today, over 80% of Dutch people own a smartphone. A recent study indicates that people use
their phones more than 200 times a day for...
Multibiometrics
Today’s dramatic advances in biometric technologies open the way to unprecedented opportunities in the field of border control. On-the-fly, non-intrusive systems enable fast, yet...
20 years of commercial holography
Ian Lancaster, general secretary of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association, is stepping down after more than 20 years of service. Ian gives his insight...
How Gen AI Can Speed Detection, Response to Cyber Threats
In the world of Cybersecurity today, there are many metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that can be used to not only gauge what...
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...
