Welcome - Marc Sel
Security documents
- Intergraf.eu - European Federation for Print and Digital Communication - separate section on secure printing
- certifies Morpho against a.o. ISO 14298
- ISO 14298 Management of Security Printing Processes - A transposition of the former CWA 14641
Research and Conferences
ICAO MRTD and eMRTD
Services
ILO - International Labour Organisation
Europe
- PRADO (Public Register of Authentication Documents On-line) from the European Consilium.
Note that FADO (False and Authentic Documents Online) is similar but not in the public domain.
- Frontex - a.o. best practice guidelines on ePassports and ABC gates
EMEA - integrated solution providers
EMEA - Electronic passports
Vendors - personalisation machines
Many vendors overlap with smart card industry.
Vendors - features and components - visual security
- CH - Kinegram (foil)
- FR - Surys - holograms
- FR - Petrel - security inks
- US - Opsec security - anti-counterfeiting
- US - ITW - Security and Brand Identity group (ribbons, labels, overlays, coatings, laminates, ...)
- Hologram.Industries
- UK - Holographic Innovations
- DE - Bayer - Makrofol
- DE - Covestro - security films - formerly Bayer MaterialScience
- UK - SecurityFoiling - foils/holograms
- US - Troy Group - secure printing
- US - Sigma Inks
- CA - Opalux - security features based on tunable photonic crystals (OpalPrint Polycarbonate, Elastink, PhotonicInk, PhotonicNose)
- IL - bsecure - documents, currency, tamper, ...
Vendors - features and components - logical security
- DE - Infineon - SLE78
- FR - Gemplus
- FI/FR - Setec - part of Gemplus - manufacturer of Swedish and Norwegian biometric passports
- NL - NXP - Dutch e-passport is based on NXP SmartMX with 14443-A contactless interface (see also SDU Enschede)
- DE - Masktech - MTCOS as OS the fastest e-passports (chips/OS/middleware) "In MTCOS all applications are built-in, i.e. are part of the OS and can individually or complementary be activated by the user."
- US - DigiMarc - digital watermarking, including Ghanian driving license<
- US - Airside Mobile - mobile passport for US citizens/Canadians
Vendors/service providers for banknotes
ABC-gates and document readers
Forensics