Monthly Archives: March 2022
What is the Role of Penetration Testing Teams? (Part 2)
As explained in Part 1 of this series the “ethical hacker” teams that conduct Penetration Testing are known as the Blue Team, the Red...
EU Crackdown on “Golden Passports” for Rich Russians
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rages on, countries around the globe are initiating sanctions against Russia. Now "golden passport" programs are under fire as...
China to Launch Nationwide Digital ID Card in 2022
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced last week that the country is planning to launch a digital national ID card before the end of the...
The Spuriscope: Counterfeit Bill-Busting Gadget, Circa 1935
Counterfeit banknotes have existed since at least 1923, when Keesing began collaborating with Interpol to publish Counterfeits & Forgeries. Merchants were frequent victims of...
What is the Role of Penetration Testing Teams? (Part 1)
When it comes to diagnosing the health of a company’s IT and Network Infrastructures, Penetration Testing is like an angiogram for detecting vulnerabilities. The...
Bahamas CRISP Evolution Banknotes Win Prestigious Award
The Central Bank of The Bahamas has been awarded the prestigious Regional Banknote of the Year—Best New Series Award for its CRISP Evolution family...
New York Rolls Out Redesigned Driver License, ID Card
The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is issuing a redesigned driver license, driver permit and non-driver ID card that incorporate upgraded...
Why Secure Coding is Key for Small Businesses (Part 2)
Part 1 of this series introduced the importance of small business (SMB) to make sure that their web-based apps are created and run using...
World Economic Forum Shares Vision of Safe Global ID System
The World Economic Forum (WEF) believes that data intermediaries should play a key role in a global digital identity scheme. The think tank argues data intermediaries...
Making the Case for a Canadian National Digital ID
Paper licences and plastic cards are old technology and should be replaced with a brand new biometric digital ID system according to Neil Parmenter,...
Advanced Generative AI: The Diffusion Model
So far, this series of articles by Cyber expert Ravi Das has covered two advanced topics in Generative AI: the Variational Autoencoder and the General Adversarial Network....
Upgraded Alaska Driver’s License, ID Card Coming This Fall
The Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) recently announced that it will begin issuing upgraded driver’s licenses and ID cards starting in late Fall...
EES and ETIAS: the EU’s New Border Management Systems [UPDATE]
As we have previously reported, the European Union has long been planning to introduce two separate but integrated border management systems. Together, the systems...
Advanced Generative AI: General Adversarial Network
We kicked off this new AI-focused series by Cyber expert Ravi Das with an article about the Variational Autoencoder (VAE). In this second article,...
Rwanda’s New 2,000 RWF and 5,000 RWF Banknotes
The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has put into circulation redesigned versions of two of its banknote denominations: the 2,000 Rwanda franc (RWF) and...