Monthly Archives: December 2021
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...
Kenya Kicks Off Digital Identity Pilot Program [Update]
Update: Just a month after Kenya launched the rollout its new digital identity pilot program, the country’s High Court has ordered the process be...
The UAE Introduces a New 500-Dirham Polymer Banknote
The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has announced the issuance of a new AED 500 (500-Dirham) banknote made of polymer. The announcement came...
Biometric Technologies of the Future: Earlobe Recognition
Expert author Ravi Das has, in previous articles, described DNA recognition and Gait recognition as physical biometric technologies of the future. Here, he presents...
Argentina Upgrades Its Relatively New 2,000-Pesos Banknote
On November 7, just months after issuing its first 2,000-pesos banknote, the Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA) has put into circulation an...
Busted: Belgian-Greek Network Smuggling Migrants with fake IDs
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...
