Monthly Archives: May 2018
Composite material, evolution in ID’s
Polycarbonate, a very useful material for ID-card manufacturing, is relatively sensitive to influences such as chemical stress and ageing. Similar to other applications, a...
Biometrics versus ID-cards
The world of identity cards evolves around making a safer card for less money. The essence of ID-cards is that on the one hand...
Safe and reliable use of biometrics
The security of our modern information society increasingly depends on the ability to accurately identify people. That way, they can conduct transactions, prove something,...
Key elements in banknote design
Commissions to design a new banknote are typically unclear, hiding many implicit aspects. In 2008 Hans de Heij started a Ph.D. on the subject...
Breeder and supporting documents
Barack Hussein Obama wasn’t even the US Democratic presidential candidate yet when the first allegations about his citizenship began to emerge. The issue was...
Renaissance of intaglio
In this article a link is presented between visual and somatosensory receptive fields in the authentication of a document or banknote containing intaglio printing....
Interoperability of IAS systems
Published information, whether in the form of periodicals, journals or files transferred around the internet needs to be trusted, if it is to be...
Safe and reliable use of biometrics
In this article, which is a continuation of the one that appeared in KJD issue 32, the chairman of The Netherlands Biometrics Forum (NBF)...
A new anti-counterfeiting technology
These days, luminescent materials are widely used as anti-counterfeiting measures in security documents. When exposing a banknote to ultraviolet light the illuminants can be...
Keesing Journal 57
Editorial:
Food for thought
Innovation:
Identities in the blockchain
A working model of self-sovereign identity in the blockchain Identities in the blockchain
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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...
Security Banknote Hologram Wins International Trade Award
An advanced banknote showcasing the best in micromirror and hologram integration, has won the ‘Best Applied Security Product’ category at the Excellence in Holography...
Provisional Agreement on European Digital ID Reached
The Council of the European Union issued the following press release on November 9, 2023.
With a view to ensuring a trusted and secure...
Biometric Technologies of the Future: Gait Recognition
Gait recognition is the next potential biometric which is being looked at very closely as a viable technology of the future. Gait recognition, simply...
