Monthly Archives: February 2023
Polish 20 Zloty Collectors’ Note Honors Historic Innovator
The Central Bank of Poland recently issued a new banknote to commemorate the 550th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus, a renowned Polish astronomer, doctor,...
History of the U.S. Passport: Part 2
In this new series of articles, Tom Topol—passport expert, collector, and author of Let Pass or Die—chronicles the fascinating history of the U.S. Passport. The...
Physical & Behavioral Biometric Technologies: Part 5
Although fingerprint recognition is one of the dominant biometric technologies available today, it is very important to take an objective view of it, from...
Fake & Forged ID Documents in the COVID Era
The COVID pandemic limited and shut down business operations around the globe, yet criminals managed to perform dastardly deeds despite the challenges—including those who...
History of the U.S. Passport: Part 1
In this new series of articles, Tom Topol—passport expert, collector, and author of Let Pass or Die—chronicles the fascinating history of the U.S. Passport....
Physical & Behavioral Biometric Technologies: Part 4
The previous article in this series served as an introduction to fingerprint recognition. This article will delve into the quality control checks that are...
High Security Printing EMEA
3 - 5 February 2025 | Switzerland - Basel
High Security Printing (HSP) event focuses on government-specified and issued documents, including currency, fiduciary documents, excise...
Counterfeit Euro Banknotes in the COVID Era
The COVID pandemic may have curtailed or shut down business operations around the globe, but criminals managed to do their dirty work despite the...
Switzerland’s New Identity Card: Redesigned and More Secure
Switzerland will begin issuing a new, more secure national identity card on March 3, 2023, just a few months after the launch of the...
Physical & Behavioral Biometric Technologies: Part 3
So far, this series has provided an overview of physical and behavioral biometric technologies, as well as guidelines about which technology to use in...
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...