Monthly Archives: June 2022
Northern Ireland’s New £50 Banknote Has Been Issued [UPDATE]
North Ireland’s (NI) new 50-pound banknote, which celebrates some of its accomplished women, was put into circulation by Ulster Bank on 15 June 2022.
The £50...
What Cybersecurity Insurance is All About (Part 3)
Previous articles in this series covered the purpose and history of Cybersecurity insurance as well as the advantages and disadvantages of this specialized type...
What is PKI? Understanding Public Key Infrastructure (Part 2)
As the first article in this series explained, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology assures authorities that information on a secure ePassport chip can be...
What Cybersecurity Insurance is All About (Part 2)
Part 1 of this series described the purpose and history of Cybersecurity insurance. With that in mind, Part 2 will lay out the advantages...
New OSIA Qualification Program from Secure Identity Alliance
Secure Identity Alliance (SIA), the global identity and secure digital services advisory body, has launched the OSIA Qualification Program. The announcement was made on 15...
Azerbaijan to Issue a Redesigned 10-Manats Banknote
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan has redesigned its 10 manats banknote and plans to enter it into circulation on 22 June 2022. Banknotes in...
What is PKI? Understanding Public Key Infrastructure (Part 1)
Trust in passports is essential. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) technology gives strong evidence that information on a secure passport chip can be trusted. This...
What Cybersecurity Insurance is All About (Part 1)
Today’s Cyberthreat Landscape is evolving and changing daily. It seems that no sooner is one threat vehicle launched, than many variants follow soon after....
Yoti, UK Post Office Apps Approved as Digital ID Providers (Updated)
Early last year, we reported that the Post Office in the UK had teamed up with London-based Yoti, a digital ID software company, to...
Data Privacy Laws and Small to Medium Sized Businesses
As the Cybersecurity landscape is now targeting small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), there will soon be far greater pressure on SMBs to become compliant...
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...
Security Banknote Hologram Wins International Trade Award
An advanced banknote showcasing the best in micromirror and hologram integration, has won the ‘Best Applied Security Product’ category at the Excellence in Holography...
Provisional Agreement on European Digital ID Reached
The Council of the European Union issued the following press release on November 9, 2023.
With a view to ensuring a trusted and secure...
Biometric Technologies of the Future: Gait Recognition
Gait recognition is the next potential biometric which is being looked at very closely as a viable technology of the future. Gait recognition, simply...
