Monthly Archives: April 2022
Lithuania Awards Tender for Biometric Border Control System
The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service has awarded IDEMIA and Easier (a traveler self-service company) the contract to build a biometric entry/exit border control...
The European Digital Identity in Active Implementation
2022, a pivotal year: this year marks a high point in the constitution of the European Digital Identity, which is being implemented with the...
Ireland Extends Multi-Entry Short Stay Visa Term to 5 Years
Ireland’s Ministry of Justice has decided to give travellers from all countries under its visa regime the option to apply for short-term, multiple-entry visas...
How To Mitigate the Security Risks of Wi-Fi Access Points
Now that the Remote Workforce is more or a less a permanent fixture in the American Workplace, many employees not only choose to work...
Implementing mDLs: Not as Easy as You Think
You’re in the airport security line struggling to get your driver’s license out of your wallet. After retrieving it, you drop your identification (ID)...
UAE ID Card Replaces Visa Sticker as Proof of Residency
As we previously reported, the United Arab Emirates has begun issuing a new generation Emirates ID Card. In a new development, the UAE Federal...
Zimbabwe Introduces a New $100 Banknote
This month, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe introduces a new ZWL100-dollar banknote, the country’s highest denomination bill in circulation. This occurs at a time...
Cybersecurity for the Retail, Healthcare and Finance Sectors
Many businesses across Corporate America are now starting to reopen their doors, to both clients and employees. But COVID-19 has taught both CIOs and...
ID Verification and Employment of Refugees from Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has led to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. An estimated 6.5 million people have been displaced within Ukraine and more than...
Philippines will soon start issuing new 1,000-Piso banknote
The Central Bank of the Philippines will soon put into circulation a new 1,000-piso banknote made of polymer. The bank describes the new 1,000-piso...
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...