Monthly Archives: October 2017
Tracking issues in travel documents
The technical standards for machine readable travel documents (MRTDs) have existed for nearly four decades, as originally published by the International Civil Aviation Organization...
Security by Design: Split Fountains Redux
Joel Zlotnick, Jordan Brough and Troy Eberhardt
Reverse engineering of document artwork is a critical prepress activity for sophisticated counterfeiters that print by offset lithography...
Will Brexit lead to regained sovereignty?
When on 23 June 2016 a small majority of the UK voters voted in favor of leaving the EU – in fact on the dissolution...
Can the grid protect us from terror?
In the aftermath of horrific events such as the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, Nice, Manchester, Kabul and London or anywhere else, many of...
Internet of Things
The digitalisation of industrial processes dominates the present industrial developments and has started to change our lives dramatically. On the way to self-organising factories,...
Optical security media
Increasing the security and utility of national identity programmes is one of the most pressing concerns of governments around the world, driving the evolution...
Science delivers input for identity domain
The organisation and management of a country’s national identity infrastructure and of identity information by companies and institutions requires the constant attention of both...
Blockchain technology
In 2008, a white paper titled ‘Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System’ mysteriously appeared under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Said paper explained the infrastructure...
The future of identity management
Being able to prove one’s identity is a prerequisite for administrative, social and economic inclusion in the modern world. Citizens lacking a recognised form...
Advanced Generative AI: The Variational Autoencoder
In this series of articles, author Ravi Das examines some of the more advanced topics that support Generative AI. In this first article, he...
LIVE BLOG: Hawaii launches mobile driver’s license/ID card for Apple devices and more news…
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Kenya Releases an Updated Series of Banknotes
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has made some updates to all denominations of the Kenyan banknotes. All denominations are affected, including the 50...
A Sneak Peek at Indonesia’s New-and-Improved Passport
Indonesia plans to celebrate its 80th Independence Day next year by issuing a redesigned passport to its citizens. The Directorate General of the Ministry...
Optimizing Serialization: Part 4
The first three articles in this series reviewed contemporary security document serial number design strategies related to letterpress printing technology, security inks and font...