Monthly Archives: March 2021
New British £50 Banknote Coming in June
The Bank of England has announced that it will release a new polymer £50 banknote on 23 June 2021.
Perhaps the most unique feature of...
Penetration Testing (Part 1)
Introduction
With the Remote Workforce now an almost certain reality for the foreseeable future, businesses are scrambling as fast as they can to beef up...
Fingerprint Technique Detects Counterfeit Banknotes
Researchers at the University of Warwick, and their collaborator at Durham University, have developed a technique that identifies every banknote’s fingerprint, which is unique...
The Bank of Russia is planning a new banknote series
The Bank of Russia has approved a document that specifies necessary areas for cash circulation development, including cost reduction through technical infrastructure improvement, and the development of partnerships with banks...
Three Ways COVID-19 Could Revolutionize TSA Checkpoints
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a terrible crisis for the U.S. aviation security community. Thousands of airport and airline workers have lost their jobs....
New Algeria 2,000-dinar banknote
On 18 March 2021, the Bank of Algeria unveiled its new banknote worth 2000 Algerian dinars. The note contains images that Prime Minister Abdelaziz...
How to Share Cybersecurity Risk in Your Company
Introduction
A year after the COVID-19 pandemic began, many people and businesses thought that by now things would be more or less back to normal....
Belarus to introduce biometric passports starting 1 September
Belarus will introduce biometric documents starting on 1 September 2021. The president's press service reported on Wednesday that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed...
The Importance of Cyber Resilience
What exactly Is cyber resilience? A technical definition of it is as follows:
“Cyber resilience is the ability to prepare for, respond to and recover...
U.S. Customs & Border Protection Seizes Over 600 Counterfeit IDs
February was a banner month for U.S. Customs & Border Protection in Louisville, Kentucky. CBP officers there intercepted 676 counterfeit IDs, including fake ID...
