Monthly Archives: August 2020
Other threats to The Cloud
The malicious insider
Cyber security threats to the Cloud Infrastructure can transpire from both within outside of and businesses, corporations, and organisations. In fact, according...
Latvia offers relocation to businesses in Belarus
Latvian authorities have decided to lend a hand to businesses in Belarus amid ongoing protests against President Alexander Lukashenko’s re-election.
Schengen Visa Info reports Latvia...
Canada’s NWT launch new, secure IDs
Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT) have launched their new driver’s licences and general identification cards.
Security Document World reports both documents offer improved security features, making...
France, Malta and the Netherlands added to UK quarantine list
Travellers from Jamaica, Czech Republic and Switzerland will be required to self-isolate for 14 days upon their return to the UK.
Grant Shapps, Secretary of...
Germany warns against travel to 160+ countries
German authorities have advised residents not to travel to over 160 world countries until at least 14 September.
Schengen Visa Info reports the German Foreign...
Ghana might introduce biometric passports
Ghana might be getting biometric passports soon as the ruling New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2020 policy platform includes a plan to introduce chip-embedded passports.
Biometric...
Germany warns against travel to Paris, Côte D’Azur
Germany is warning its citizens against non-essential travel to Paris and Cote d’Azur in France after a rise in coronavirus cases in these zones.
The...
US moves away from paper-based USID card
The US Department of Defence (DoD) is transitioning from its current paper-based Uniformed Services Identification (USID) card to a more secure version.
Security Document World...
Hungary asks citizens to drop travel plans
Hungarian authorities have asked their citizens to avoid travelling outside the country from 1 September.
Belgian newspaper New Europe reports the Hungarian Government is planning...
Vietnam planning e-ID project
Vietnam reportedly wants to issue chip-based electronic identity cards to its citizens to improve access to e-government services, Security Document World reports.
According to Vietnam...
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...