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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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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The Philippines’ New 50, 100, and 500 Piso Polymer Banknotes
The Central Bank of the Philippines (BSP) expanded its family of polymer banknotes when it put three denominations into limited circulation on December 23,...
The United States is Issuing a New-and-Improved Visa
The United States is now issuing a new-and-improved visa, nicknamed the U.S. Bridge visa due to the background image of the Golden Gate Bridge....
