Monthly Archives: June 2019
Holography for ID security
In the face of continued reports about fake identity documents and the ‘skills’ of counterfeiters to reproduce passports, driving licenses and other official papers...
3D Printing, counterfeiting and risk
Joel Zlotnick, Elizabeth Gil, Jordan Brough and Troy Eberhardt
In recent years, 3D printing technologies have been increasingly adopted for a wide range of product...
Digital identities
Multiple states in the United States and multiple countries in the European Union have been working on digital identity apps. Governments around the world...
Recent impact in Optical Machine Authentication
Continuing our trilogy on optical machine authentication (previous parts please see Keesing issues 57 and 58 ), this article focusses on future perspectives...
Mobile Identity
The Virtual ID is the Dutch initiative for a non-physical identity credential. The goal of the Virtual ID is to become a mobile representation...
Driving mobile services
If you’ve hired a car in the UK over the last few years, you will have probably been asked for a ‘check code’ by...
Facial identity verification
The scientific study of facial identification in Psychology is of practical relevance to security operations and police investigations in which establishing the identity of...
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....
Mauritius Issues Upgraded 1,000 Rupees Banknote on Polymer
The Bank of Mauritius is introducing polymer banknotes in denominations of 100, 200, and 1,000 rupees. The first polymer version of these denominations, the...
