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Francis Tuffy

2 July 2023

3 min read

Celebrating Outstanding Design and Innovation in ID and Travel Documents

The prestigious Regional ID Document of the Year Awards form part of the industry’s High Security Printing (HSP) Latin America conference.

Events

Francis Tuffy

2 July 2023

2 min read

Vision-Box Installs eGates at Ezeiza Airport

Multinational technology company, Vision-Box, has deployed its Seamless Journey Platform in the new terminal at Ezeiza, Argentina’s largest international airport by passenger numbers.

Biometrics Technical Features Travel

Francis Tuffy

2 July 2023

4 min read

HSP Latin America 2023 – Celebrating 10th Anniversary in Style

Nassau, the Bahamas was the spectacular setting for the 10th High Security Printing™ (HSP) Latin America conference, which welcomed over 240 delegates from 118 organisations and 38 countries, over half from Latin America and the Caribbean.

Events

Francis Tuffy

2 July 2023

5 min read

Company News

The Togolese Agency for Identification, ANID-TOGO, has partnered with Atos and IDEMIA to build a national biometric eID system based on the Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP).

News

Francis Tuffy

2 July 2023

3 min read

Apple on the Biometric ID Trail Again

While the tech giant, Apple, is essentially a consumer electronics firm that produces stylish smartphones, laptops, desktops and TVs, it is also a big user of biometrics to verify the identity of the user. Even more than that, it has never shied away from following other research areas that involve identity as a service.

Biometrics Free Technical Features Free

Francis Tuffy

2 July 2023

3 min read

What We Can Learn from Over-Reliance on Mobile-Based Authentication

The transition in the ID and secure document industry from physical to digital authentication is just one example in a wider movement across many sectors to strike a balance between convenience and security in identity verification.

Authentication

Francis Tuffy

7 June 2023

3 min read

Continuing Efforts for Greener Cards

The inaugural Cash & Payments Sustainability Forum (organised by Reconnaissance International) created the ideal venue for cash, ID and other secure document manufacturers to showcase their efforts to put our industry on a more environmentally sustainable footing.

ID Cards Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

7 June 2023

2 min read

Update on the Pakistan ePassport Project

The new Pakistan ePassport includes 29 new and modern security features. Here, we open the passport and take a look at some of them.

Government Passports

Francis Tuffy

31 May 2023

5 min read

News in Brief

The Nigerian government is planning to authorise banks to issue debit cards that will double as National Identity Cards, following the failure of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to issue the cards to applicants.

News

Francis Tuffy

31 May 2023

1 min read

Compensation for Taiwan's Halted ID Plan

Taiwan may have to pay substantial compensation to a contractor after the country’s digital ID plan was halted due to privacy and cybersecurity concerns.

Digital Identity Government

Francis Tuffy

31 May 2023

1 min read

Expansion for Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance International, publisher of ID & Secure Document News® and secretariat to the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA), has recently added two senior industry executives to help continue the work.

Company

Francis Tuffy

31 May 2023

3 min read

AI OK but Biometrics Not

A small article in the news section of March’s ID & Secure Document News noted that at the same time as European Union lawmakers are on track to ban the use of remote biometric surveillance for general law enforcement purposes, France had approved the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor public spaces for suspicious behaviour during the 2024 Paris Olympics.

AI Biometrics

Lic Mónica Peralta

31 May 2023

5 min read

Thoughts on Producing Travel Documents

In this opinion piece, Lic Mónica Peralta (Forensic Document Expert) looks at the current state of physical document security printing and gives her thoughts on how it might be improved in the age of physical/digital co-existence.

Passports Travel

Francis Tuffy

31 May 2023

2 min read

Development in Partnership

The ID and secure document industry is not known, for obvious reasons, for its willingness to share information. But a chance meeting at a Reconnaissance conference between a client and supplier is beginning to bear fruit.

Company Free Technical Features Free

Francis Tuffy

31 May 2023

2 min read

New Document Issues

One new document issue to report on this month, the Canadian Passport.

Passports

Francis Tuffy

31 May 2023

2 min read

IN Groupe Acquires Portals Technology Business in Italy

IN Groupe, global specialist in identities and digital services, has announced that it has signed an agreement with UK-based Portals, supplier of security features and paper, for the sale of Portals’ security components business in Bollate, Italy.

Company

Francis Tuffy

31 May 2023

4 min read

Company News

South African company, Contactable, has announced its adoption of Regula’s ID verification technology to further combat identity fraud across the continent.

Company

Francis Tuffy

4 May 2023

2 min read

Thales and Infineon Win Passport Security Contract in the US

A contract to provide the US State Department with passport electronics and software has been awarded to Thales and Infineon.

Passports

Francis Tuffy

4 May 2023

3 min read

EU Digital Wallet Update

From its earliest stages as a consultation on revisions to the eIDAS (Electronic Identification and Trust Services) regulations, ID & Secure Document News™ has followed the progress of the EU Digital Wallet.

Digital Identity

Francis Tuffy

4 May 2023

5 min read

In My Opinion – Marc-Julian Siewert

In this occasional series of interviews, we ask leading figures in the world of ID and secure documents their opinions on some of the pressing concerns facing the industry today.

Interviews

Latest News

Celebrating Outstanding Design and Innovation in ID and Travel Documents

Vision-Box Installs eGates at Ezeiza Airport

HSP Latin America 2023 – Celebrating 10th Anniversary in Style

Company News

Apple on the Biometric ID Trail Again

What We Can Learn from Over-Reliance on Mobile-Based Authentication

Continuing Efforts for Greener Cards

Update on the Pakistan ePassport Project

News in Brief

Compensation for Taiwan's Halted ID Plan

Expansion for Reconnaissance

AI OK but Biometrics Not

Thoughts on Producing Travel Documents

Development in Partnership

New Document Issues

IN Groupe Acquires Portals Technology Business in Italy

Company News

Thales and Infineon Win Passport Security Contract in the US

EU Digital Wallet Update

In My Opinion – Marc-Julian Siewert

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