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Security Document World 2008 and Identity Loop 2008 With two conferences and a extensive exhibition, Security Document World 2008 and Identity Loop 2008 comprehensively cover the security document and identity markets. Focusing on cutting edge and practical information for all those involved in the roll-out of ePassports, eVisas, border control solutions, plus an insight into the future of traditional security documents and coverage of registered traveller initiatives, advanced law enforcement techniques and corporate identity solutions – this two-day conference, seminar series and exhibition brings together the whole industry under one roof. April 22 - 23, 2008, 22-23 April 2008, New Connaught Rooms, Covent Garden, London, UK ...read more |
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Infosecurity Europe 2008 Infosecurity Europe is Europe’s most comprehensive convergence of information security professionals. |
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ISC West 2008 Technology - Learn the latest from hardware to software. Applications - Study real life examples of which technologies to use and how to apply them in different settings. Design/Installation - Gain in-depth skills to design security systems. Safety & Security -Understand strategy and technology for incident management. |
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2008 Biometrics Institute Annual Australia Conference & Exhibition In its 6th year, this is the leading biometrics event in the region presented by the not-for-profit Biometrics Institute. This 2 day event will provide access to the key players in the biometrics industry in the Asia Pacific and beyond. The event will focus on biometrics including commercial and government applications, technology updates, privacy considerations, standards, interoperability, testing & evaluation. May 29 - 30, 2008, Amora Hotel Jamison, Sydney, Australia ...read more |
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5th IAPR Int.l Summer School for Advanced Studies on Biometrics for Secure Authentication: NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR SECURITY AND PRIVACY This school follows the successful International Summer Schools on Biometrics held since 2003, but with a different target. In this fifth edition, the courses will mainly focus on new and emerging issues in biometrics: * How to enforce security and privacy in the biometric system (from template to recognition); * The design and application of new and emerging biometric technologies; * Standardization issues and techniques for evaluation and assessment of biometric applications. June 9 - 13, 2008, Alghero, Italy ...read more |
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The 13th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ACISP 2008) TOPICS: access control, authentication and identification, authorization, biometrics, computer forensics, copyright protection, cryptography, database security, electronic surveillance, evaluation and certification, intrusion detection, key management, key establishment protocols, legal and privacy issues, mobile system security, network and communication security, secure electronic commerce, secure operating systems, secure protocols, smart cards, malware and virusesJuly 7 - 9, 2008, Wollongong, Australia ...read more |
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IBC Dublin 2008,The International Biometric Society The International Biometric Society is Devoted to the Development and Application of Statistical and Mathematical Theory and Methods in the Biosciences. |
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| We would like to thank to Mr. Bronislovas Degutis from Lietuvos Bankas for supporting us with specimen banknotes of 10 and 100 LTL / 2007 |
| Many thanks to our Expert Consultant for Asian region, Mr. Li Hao for supporting us with up-to-date informations about CNY and HKD currency |
| We would like to thank to Ms. Andrea Torres Vicent - Documentary Expert from Police of Investigations of Chile, for supporting us with information about passports of South American countries |
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Launch of New Series 5 Kina and 10 Kina Banknotes The Bank of Papua New Guinea ha |
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Israel puts new NIS 20 banknotes printed on polymer into general circulation The Bank of Israel announces that from 13 April, NIS 20 banknotes printed on polymer |
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Nepal issues new 1,000-rupee banknote The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) continues to remove King Gyanendra's name |
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Somalia to issue new banknotes Somalia's embattled central bank plans to revamp the anarchic country's currency because of a flood of fake notes printed by warlords and businessmen. Addressing donors meeting in neighbouring Kenya in March, the bank's director general, Sharif Mohamed Hassan, said "greedy" individuals had pumped counterfeit cash into the market for years, driving the local unit to its lowest ever level. In 1990, Hassan said, the Somali shilling was worth around 930 to the dollar. But by 2001 it had fallen to 14,000, and now it has slumped to around 25,000 shillings per greenback. "The present situation of counterfeit money is catastrophic," he said. "It's a priority to provide the market with a stock of new bank notes with good security features." ...read more |
s timed the release of the new polymer K5 and K10 banknotes to coincide with the Kina and Toea Day, which is on the 19th of April 2008. Because the 19th of April this year falls on this Saturday, bank commence issuing the new notes from Friday onwards. This now completes bank's programme to have a family of banknotes showing the National 
Parliament building on the front. Since Papua New Guinea introduced the Kina and Toea thirty-three years ago on 19th April 1975, family of banknotes and coins have changed reflecting the development of the economy, business activity and world-wide trends. 
are being put into general circulation via the commercial banks and the Postal Bank. From 13 April the Bank will also issue a limited quantity of 1,800,000 polymer banknotes with a special inscription (in Hebrew) referring to Israel's sixtieth anniversary. These notes will be available only from automatic cash dispensing machines that dispense NIS 20 notes. Such machines are available at the branches of Discount Bank, Mercantile Discount Bank and Otsar Hahayal Bank. The new polymer banknotes will be in circulation alongside with the current paper notes. The quality of NIS 20 paper banknotes in circulation at present is very low, as the notes change hand very frequently. The use of polymer instead of paper will increase the durability of the banknotes and their lifespan in circulation. 
, image, and royal symbols from the country's currency. Banknote is being issued from April 8, 2008. Front of the note depicts Mount Everest and rhododendron over watermark of King Gyanendra. Banknote has wide windowed security thread, NRB as registration device and Rhododendron and elephant on back.  | |
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Taiwan Bureau of Consular Affairs Selects HP to Enable Biometric ePassports HP announced that it has been selected by the Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to introduce a National Identity System (NIS) enabling Taiwan to issue biometric epassports to 23 million Taiwanese citizens. The new epassports are designed to improve the detection of forged passports and ensure convenient travel across borders for Taiwanese citizens. HP's experience in identity management, security and biometric epassport solutions will enable the implementation of Taiwan epassports by the second half of 2008. HP will leverage its expertise of delivering similar systems for countries including South Korea, New Zealand, Italy and the Slovak Republic to ensure fast and efficient implementation in Taiwan. ...read more |
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Cote d'Ivoire adopts ePassports Cote d'Ivoire is set to become the latest African country to adopt the ePassports. The new Ivorian ePassport will include the holder's photo, name, address, digital fingerprints and signature. Suppliers to the project include Gemalto and Zetes. Under the terms of the deal, Gemalto will supply system integrator Zetes with its Sealys eTravel Inlays, the secure devices embedding its advanced secure electronic passport software technology. More than one million passports are currently in use in Cote d'Ivoire and the government intends to roll out the first ePassports from June 2008 onwards, with a view to renewing all of them by the end of 2009. ...read more |
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E-Passport Hacker Designs RFID Security Tool The team that produced the RFDump research/hacker tool for cloning and altering data stored on radio-frequency ID tags has now come out with a product to thwart RFID hackers. German security researcher Lukas Grunwald, who made headlines two years ago for uncovering security vulnerabilities in new electronic passports being adopted by the U.S. and other countries, created RFDump with colleague Boris Wolf in 2004. Now the two have created RF-Wall (shown on the lower shelf in the picture at right) to help thwart RFID fraud and attacks against e-passports, electronic access cards and payment cards -- such as the Mifare Classic card that is used in the London Underground and which security researchers recently cracked. ...read more |
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UK national ID database tested with FBI criminal data The Home Office is testing its identity scheme database with criminal data supplied by the FBI. The Identity and Passport Service said in a written statement that the FBI had agreed supply data from the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), its biometric criminal database. "IPS has a Memorandum of Cooperation with the FBI which enables the FBI to provide IPS anonymised fingerprint data for the purposes of testing our biometric systems," said the statement. The IPS did not say how many records or precisely what fields of the FBI database would be used to test the ID system. But it did say that the test data would be "available in the millions", and that it would include 10-print fingerprint records. "We need to ensure that all biometric systems used in the National Identity Scheme are fit for purpose," said the IPS. "This requires us to ensure that any biometric system is tested thoroughly before, during and after deployment. One of the most important things to test is the ability to correctly identify fingerprints," it said. ...read more |
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Our Catalogue of Currencies was enriched by new additions this month : | |
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Bahrain - New banknote series - 2008 We enriched our catalogue with complete description of whole new series of Bahrain banknotes issued into circulation on 17 March 2008. Full description of security features with detailed pictures and UV/IR images you can find in Bahrain section of The Catalogue of Currencies. If you would like to access online version please click here.
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Lithuania - 10 and 100 LTL / 2007 We enriched our catalogue with complete descriptions of 10 and 100 LTL banknotes issued into circulation on 5 March 2008. Full description of security features with detailed pictures and UV/IR images you can find in Lithuania section of The Catalogue of Currencies. If you would like to access online version please click here.
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