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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 |
| Biometric Identification: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications Course Coordinator and Lecturer James L. Wayman, PhD, Office of Research and Graduate Studies.July 28 - 30, 2008, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA ...read more |
| The International Association for Identification-93rd International Educational Conference An audience of over 1,000 forensic professionals and potential customers. Face-to-face access to senior-level decision makers. A guaranteed way to generate valuable sales leads and increase your organization’s visibility. Professionals who include top-level forensic scientists prepared to make purchasing decisions. This Conference will provide the ultimate opportunity for marketing your products or services. August 17 - 23, 2008, Kentucky International Convention Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA ...read more |
| Eighth Smart Card Research and Advanced Application Conference CARDIS 2008 Since 1994 CARDIS has been the foremost international conference dedicated to smart card research and applications. Every two years the scientific community congregates to present new ideas and to discuss recent developments. September 8 - 12, 2008, Royal Holloway, University London, Egham,Surrey, UK ...read more |
| 8th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition - FG2008 The IEEE conference series on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition is the premier international forum for state of the art image and video-based biometric gesture and body movement recognition. September 10 - 13, 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ...read more |
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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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Eesti Pank releases into circulation new 25-kroon and 500-kroon banknotes The new 25-kroon and 500-kroon banknotes were put into circu |
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Macao to issue new banknotes for Beijing Olympic Games The Bank of China, Macao Branch, plans to issue 4 million 20-Patacas banknotes in commemoration of the 29th Olympic Games that will be held in Beijing this August. |
lation on 26th June 2008 and have the same design as the previous series issued in 2002. The new security features on the banknote are the signature of the Governor of 
Eesti Pank, Andres Lipstok, and the year of issue 2007. Also some changes to UV-protection has been made. All the 25-kroon and 500-kroon notes issued before the 2007 series will also remain in circulation as legal tender. 
Front of the banknote features Bank of China Building, the architecture representing the location of the torch relay of the ancient Olympic Games, as well as the emblem of the Beijing Olympic Games and a vertical line that reads "In Commemoration of the 29th Olympic Games" in both Chinese and Portuguese. Back of the banknote features Beijing Olympic Stadium (also known as the "Bird's Nest"), Macau's Golden Lotus symbol, and the same bi-lingual print as on the right hand side. Photo is courtesy of Macao Government Information Bureau.  | |
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Turkey to implement SAFE ID personalization system SAFE ID Solutions, a leading provider of highly secure ID document solutions, has been awarded the supply of its latest manual personalization system, the MS 300, for Turkey. SAFE ID has been awarded the contract by the winning consortium of IRIS-KUNT who successfully bidded for the turnkey solution to implement the entire ePassport System for Turkey. The combination of benchmark performance and modular design within a highly secure process has convinced SAFE ID's partners to source the MS 300 system. While the tendering process in Turkey is concluded, the project will now turn into the implementation phase and final roll-out of the project. ...read more (pdf format) |
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New biometric access control system will measaure the weight The Russian company ROSAN, which was founded in 1995 and works both in the Russian and international markets, is the system integrator of projects connected with identification documents, access control systems etc. Besides this, it produces plastic and paper cards of various types, including contactless smart cards and is one of the leaders of this market sector. Now ROSAN is the first to include weight detector into the access control systems which may definitely confirm that it was exactly that person who entered, and that he was alone. ...read more |
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SITA research reveals power of mobile Research by SITA, specialist IT provider to the air transport industry, has revealed that the world's 3.2 billion mobile phones could be transformed into air travel tools within five years, and if used as passenger tracking devices could save airlines up to US$600 million on reducing flight delays. SITA says: As personal travel folders, mobile phones have the potential to hold boarding passes, baggage tracking information and payment data making travel truly paperless and location independent. There is also the future possibility that they can be used to store visa and biometric information. ...read more |
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France get ready for fingerprints Atos Origin and Sagem Securite have been selected by France's National Secure Credential Agency (ANTS) to manage implementation and deployment of the biometric fingerprint-based passport system throughout France. Nearly 5,000 data acquisition and processing systems will be deployed in 2,000 French town halls and 350 prefectures and sub-prefectures before June 2009, making it possible to include fingerprints on passports. ...read more |
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Our Catalogue of Currencies was enriched by new additions this month : | |
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United Arab Emirates - new 200 AED / 2008 Begining from 27.05.2008, Central Bank of United Arab Emirates has been issuing a new 200 AED banknote. We bring you initial description of security features and pictures of the banknote. For more information, please check United Arab Emirates section of The Catalogue of Currencies, or access our online version here.
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Mexico - new 1000 MXN / 2008 banknote We enriched our catalogue with complete description of 1000 MXN / 2008 banknote which was issued into circulation on 07.04.2008. Full description of security features with detailed pictures and UV/IR images you can find in Mexico section of The Catalogue of Currencies. If you would like to access online version please click here.
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Our Catalogue of Documents was enriched by new additions this month : | |
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Slovak Republic
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