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Francis Tuffy

22 Dec. 2021

2 min read

New Report Explores Printing Beyond Colour

Many technologies and features with their roots in commercial printing have made, and continue to make, a substantial contribution to secure document production. However, these technologies have for the most part been concerned with producing visual colours, perceived by the unaided eye as conventional colour printing.

Studies, Reports

Francis Tuffy

22 Dec. 2021

2 min read

Document Checking in Challenging Environments

Each year, the ID and secure document industry produces tens of millions of documents that require fast and reliable examination to confirm their authenticity.

Authentication

Francis Tuffy

22 Dec. 2021

3 min read

Health Status Proof – Time to Step Up

The introduction to Reconnaissance International’s white paper ‘Vaccination Certificates and Immunity Passports – Health Status Proof’, stated that ‘standardisation and interoperability is inevitable to navigate the thousands of bilateral arrangements that are already emerging'.

Editorial Health Status

Francis Tuffy

22 Dec. 2021

4 min read

Identity Fraud in the Modern Era

It is inevitable that as we witness a move from physical to digital assertion of an identity to gain access to financial, retail and payment services we should see an attendant rise in the number and types of digital identity scams.

Digital Identity

Francis Tuffy

22 Dec. 2021

2 min read

Are Governments Ready for Digital Transformation?

The Hype Cycle™ is a well-established graphical tool used to represent the trigger, adoption, maturity and application of a specific technology and so characterise the complete life cycle of that technology’s adoption.

Studies, Reports

Francis Tuffy

22 Dec. 2021

5 min read

2021 – a Year Like No Other, Except the Previous One

A review of last year's headlines.

Editorial Free Free

Francis Tuffy

22 Dec. 2021

5 min read

News in Brief

South African crypto-based money transfer fintech Xago has claimed a world-first in bringing neuromorphic computing to biometric verification and authentication. The mobile app uses neuromorphic computing technologies to simulate human cognition – how the brain naturally and instinctively recognises people.

News

Francis Tuffy

22 Dec. 2021

3 min read

IDEMIA Unveils LASINK™ Helios

IDEMIA has launched a new security feature, based on optically variable elements, that combines colour personalisation and DOVID technologies to secure secondary portraits.

Technical Features

Francis Tuffy

8 Dec. 2021

3 min read

EU Investigating Private Key Leak in Forged COVID Passports

According to reports on ‘threatpost’, ‘BleepingComputer’ and other online platforms, the private key used to sign EU Digital COVID certificates has been leaked and is being circulated on messaging apps and online data breach marketplaces.

Health Status

Francis Tuffy

8 Dec. 2021

4 min read

Physical to Digital: Be Careful What You Hope For

The move to assert digital identities in instances when previously a person (or persons) would need to be present has undoubtedly brought convenience and speed to executing many legal, travel and governmental transactions.

Digital Identity

Nicola Sudan

7 Dec. 2021

8 min read

VDS – More Than Just a Low-Cost Alternative to Document Microchips

The new visible digital seals (VDS), originally adopted by countries for travel document verification, are now gaining wider international acceptance as affordable and efficient solutions to the global challenge of providing travellers with an internationally verifiable proof of health.

Authentication

Francis Tuffy

7 Dec. 2021

4 min read

News in Brief

Starting from 8 November, non-citizen, non-immigrant air travellers to the United States are required to be fully vaccinated and to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination status prior to boarding an airplane, with only limited exceptions.

News

Francis Tuffy

7 Dec. 2021

2 min read

Biometric Authentication for Dummies

London based cyber-security business, iProov, has published a guide providing an overview of how organisations across all industries can use biometric authentication to maximise their potential return on investment.

Authentication

Francis Tuffy

7 Dec. 2021

2 min read

First US Passport Issued with ‘X’ Gender Marker

The United States has issued its first passport with an ‘X’ gender marker, acknowledging the rights of people who do not identify as male or female, the State Department wrote in a recent press release.

Passports

Francis Tuffy

7 Dec. 2021

3 min read

ISO Publishes New Standard for Mobile Driving Licences

The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has published ISO/IEC 18013-5 which, amongst other things, specifies the interface between the Mobile Driving Licence (mDL) and mDL reader and the interface between the mDL reader and the issuing authority infrastructure.

Driving Licences Free Free

Francis Tuffy

7 Dec. 2021

4 min read

Company News

The Danish National Police, Rigspolitiet, has awarded IDEMIA with a ten-year contract plan to develop and maintain a new border management system for the external Schengen borders of Denmark due to the annual increase in visitors and the changed EU regulations.

News

Francis Tuffy

3 Nov. 2021

9 min read

Securing Identity in the Face of Geopolitical Forces, the BDR Perspective

The new design of the German eID card has given the card producer, the Federal State Security Printer of Germany, Bundesdruckerei (BDR), the opportunity to upgrade many familiar features to bring them in line with the latest technology and add some new high-security elements.

Interviews

Francis Tuffy

3 Nov. 2021

5 min read

News in Brief

OVD Kinegram (OVDK), based in Zug, Switzerland and a subsidiary of the KURZ Group, specialises in the design, production and supply of the KINEGRAM® optical security feature for government documents and banknotes.

News

Francis Tuffy

2 Nov. 2021

3 min read

Company News

Global manufacturer of secure document printing and personalisation equipment, Mühlbauer, has added the IDENTIFIER 60 Plus to its established portfolio of passport personalisation machines.

News

Francis Tuffy

2 Nov. 2021

2 min read

Optical & Digital Document Security Conference Programme

Registration is now open for the new Optical & Digital Document Security™ (ODDS) conference, which will be in Vienna, Austria, 17-19 January 2022, with the programme available to view online at opticaldigitalsecurity.com.

Events

Latest News

New Report Explores Printing Beyond Colour

Document Checking in Challenging Environments

Health Status Proof – Time to Step Up

Identity Fraud in the Modern Era

Are Governments Ready for Digital Transformation?

2021 – a Year Like No Other, Except the Previous One

News in Brief

IDEMIA Unveils LASINK™ Helios

EU Investigating Private Key Leak in Forged COVID Passports

Physical to Digital: Be Careful What You Hope For

VDS – More Than Just a Low-Cost Alternative to Document Microchips

News in Brief

Biometric Authentication for Dummies

First US Passport Issued with ‘X’ Gender Marker

ISO Publishes New Standard for Mobile Driving Licences

Company News

Securing Identity in the Face of Geopolitical Forces, the BDR Perspective

News in Brief

Company News

Optical & Digital Document Security Conference Programme

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