Monthly Archives: September 2021
Sorting Machines of Globalization: The Redefinition of Border
As the city torn by the Iron Curtain, Berlin uniquely represents the end of a world structured by border separation. In the fall of...
Mexico Introduces a Commemorative 20-Peso Banknote
The Banco de Mexico has announced the issuance of a new 20 Pesos banknote to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the country’s independence. The...
New Compliance Program for mDL Driver’s License Tools
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) has developed a certification program for electronic identification (eID) products for compliance to ISO/IEC 18013-5:2021, the protocol standard for interoperable personal identification...
Third-Party Risks to Your Business (Part 2)
Most businesses today rely on third parties to help them run their enterprises. As described in a previous article, these relationships inherently carry various...
First eID Service for Canadian Indian Status Cardholders
OneFeather, an Indigenous digital identity company, has created the first online status card (eID) service for Indigenous tribes in Canada. There is one national...
Third-Party Risks to Your Business (Part 1)
Most businesses today rely to some degree on third parties to help carry out their necessary business functions. Depending on the industry your enterprise...
Dominican Republic Issues Updated DOP 1,000 Banknote
The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) entered an updated DOP 1,000 banknote (series 2020) into circulation on September 13, 2021. This banknote contains the...
CBP Commemorates 20th Anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was established in 2003 as part of the Department of Homeland Security to create a single, unified command...
What is a Fractional Information Security Officer? (Part 2)
As we have explained in previous articles, there are several types of IT security specialists that are valuable to companies and organizations fending off...
Bank of England: Paper £20 and £50 Notes Expire in One Year
The Bank of England has announced that 30 September 2022 will be the last day paper £20 and £50 banknotes will be accepted as...
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...