About ID & Secure Document News
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The authoritative source for news, insight and analysis across the identity and secure document sector — bridging the physical and digital worlds of identity.
ID & Secure Document News™ (IDN) is the authoritative source for news, insight and analysis across the identity and secure document sector. It bridges the physical and digital worlds of identity, providing global coverage of secure documents, digital ID systems, biometrics, authentication technologies, and the policies that shape them.
Founded in 2013, IDN serves the needs of government authorities, document issuers, technology providers, integrators and standards bodies. As identity credentials evolve to meet the challenges of ever shifting methods of fraud, IDN tracks their usage across physical and digital domains. Its scope spans government-issued documents such as passports, ID cards, driving licences and residence permits, as well as biometric enrolment and authentication systems, mobile and digital IDs, and the materials and technologies that underpin them.
Each edition features technical updates, regulatory developments, and critical evaluations of the technologies underpinning secure credentials – from advanced substrates and optically variable devices to mobile ID, quantum-safe cryptography and AI-driven authentication. IDN is published monthly as an 8-page specialist newsletter, with supporting weekly news alerts and a searchable archive on its website.
What IDN Covers
Physical Documents
Passports, ID cards, driving licences, residence permits, and their substrates and security features
Digital Identity
Mobile IDs, decentralised identity and digital wallets
Authentication
Biometrics (face, fingerprint, iris), electronic verification systems, public key infrastructures (PKI)
Security Technologies
Optical effects, polycarbonate, hybrid materials, microlens arrays, optically variable devices
Emerging Threats & Solutions
AI spoofing, post-quantum cryptography, chip-level security
Design Innovation
Documents, case studies, national rollouts and design trends
Regulatory & Policy
ICAO, ISO/IEC standards, eIDAS, NIST, and regional initiatives
Industry Developments
Mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, tenders and supplier directories
Who Should Read IDN
Your Subscription Includes
12 issues/year
Weekly news alerts
Searchable archive access
Editorial Team
Editor
Francis Tuffy
Advisory Board
IDN is supported by a board of advisors who bring a breadth of experience from government, technology and industry associations.
Alan Hodgson
Specialist in imaging science, digital printing and smartphone authentication.
John Mercer
Identity security consultant with global experience in secure document design.
Mónica Peralta
International consultant on civil registration, legal identity and document examination.
Tony Poole
Extensive experience in the industry and has been involved in various initiatives related to secure document production.
Achim Hildebrandt
Former Head of Passports and ID Cards, German Federal Ministry of the Interior.
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