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New British £50 Banknote Coming in June

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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February was a banner month for U.S. Customs & Border Protection in Louisville, Kentucky. CBP officers there intercepted 676 counterfeit IDs, including fake ID...

Busted: Belgian-Greek Network Smuggling Migrants with fake IDs

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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

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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

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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

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Gait recognition is the next potential biometric which is being looked at very closely as a viable technology of the future. Gait recognition, simply...

Macau to Launch New 10- and 20- Patacas Notes in Early 2024

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Macau expects to put new banknotes in two denominations, with a total of four designs, into circulation early next year. The two issuing banks...