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Update: New French Digital ID Card (eID) Launched in 2021

On 16 March, the French government launched its new national digital ID card, equipped with an electronic chip, QR code, and fingerprints to fight...

The Security Challenges Posed to Industrial Control Systems

Just as in the digital and virtual worlds, numerous threats can affect Industrial Control Systems (ICS) of any type of Critical Infrastructure, many of...

Central Bank of Liberia Introduces a New L$100 Banknote

The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has announced its new 100 Liberian Dollar banknotes, the first in a new family of Liberian dollar currency...

Simultaneous Offset: Strategies for Optimization (Part 3)

Introduction This paper is the third of five parts in a series about optimizing simultaneous offset security features. Simultaneous offset is a security printing technology...

Banknotes Celebrate the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing

Four commemorative banknotes are being issued in honor of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games to be held in Beijing 4 to 20 February 2022....

The Basics and Benefits of the Virtual Network

Long before the technical term “Cloud” became a household word, networks have existed in some shape or form. A network typically involved hardwiring servers...

UAE Marks 50-Year Anniversary with Commemorative Banknote

The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates is commemorating the country’s 50-year anniversary with a new 50-Dirham banknote. The note pays tribute to...

Simultaneous Offset: Strategies for Optimization (Part 2)

Introduction Simultaneous offset printing, also referred to as see-through register or front-to-back register, is a security printing technique in which offset plate images are applied...

Gibraltar Issues New £5 Banknote Starting 1 December 2021

H.M Government of Gibraltar began issuing a new £5 banknote on 1 December 2021. The new £5 note has the prefix B/AA and is...

Which Industries are Top Targets of Cyberattackers?

2021 has been especially challenging for the world of Cybersecurity. One of the main catalysts for this has been the unprecedented explosion in the...

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International Optical Trade Body Names First Executive Board

The new trade body representing the international optical security technologies industry has confirmed its first executive board. Ondřej Fedorčák from Optaglio, Holoflex’s Manoj Kochar, Don...

Biometric Technology in Action: Palm-Vein Recognition

When it comes to biometrics, we often hear about technologies like fingerprints, iris recognition, and facial recognition. Yet other, newer biometric technologies are gradually...

Pqc4emrtd Enhances Security of e-Passports in The Quantum Era

Thales published the following press release on February 28, 2025.  A significant European initiative, the PQC4eMRTD (Post-Quantum Cryptography for electronic Machine-Readable Travel Documents) project,...

LIVE BLOG: Arkansas Launches Mobile ID; Arizona Helps Foster Youth Get Driver’s Licenses

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