Monthly Archives: August 2023
An Update on the U.S. Mobile Driver’s License Ecosystem
The option to upload one’s mobile driver’s license (mDL) is now offered in several U.S. states, as additional states have pilot projects underway. It’s...
Cybercrime Statistics & Our Arsenal of Expert Advice
It’s no secret: Cybercrime is on the rise. Personal data breaches were the second most common form of Cybercrime in 2022 (just behind Phishing)....
Greece Introduces New Generation of Driving Licenses
Greece is now issuing a driving license in new, enhanced design with cutting-edge security features for improved security and law enforcement control. The new...
Pakistan Issues Its First-Ever ePassport
Pakistan has reached a major milestone by launching its first-ever ePassport, with a microchip embedded in the cover and modern security features integrated throughout...
Germany’s Children’s Passport to be Abolished
Germany’s children’s passport is set to be abolished from January 1, 2024 with the option for parents to choose an electronic passport for their...
North Dakota’s new-and-improved driver’s license and ID card
The North Dakota Department of Transportation is now issuing a driver license and ID card with a new design that incorporates advanced security features...
Physical & Behavioral Biometric Technologies: Part 14
The previous article in this series introduced the topic of signature recognition as a form of biometric technology. Here, expert Ravi Das lays out...
On the Horizon: Euro Banknotes With a More Meaningful Design
The European Central Bank (ECB) aims to upgrade or redesign its banknotes on a regular basis to stay several steps ahead of ever-more-sophisticated counterfeiters....
Malawi Extends Validity of Expired National ID Cards
Malawi’s Minister of Homeland Security Ken Zikhale Ng’oma announced this week that expired national identity cards will be considered valid until January 2026.
The extension...
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 license 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...
Advanced Generative AI: The Variational Autoencoder
In this series of articles, author Ravi Das examines some of the more advanced topics that support Generative AI. In this first article, he...