The International Optical Technologies Association (IOTA) has inaugurated its Excellence in Optical Technologies Awards, recognising outstanding advances in optical security technologies. The awards were presented during a special ceremony at the Optical & Digital Document Security™ (ODDS) 2025 conference in Warsaw, underlining the position of optical devices at the heart of the secure document industry.
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The 2025 edition of Optical & Digital Document Security™ (ODDS), held in Warsaw, Poland (15-17 September), on…
ID.me has raised $340 million in Series E funding to scale its secure, int…
Covestro, the German materials science company spun out from Bayer in 2015…
Warsaw has just hosted ODDS 2025 – the Optical & Digital Document Security™ conference – and once again, the event proved to be more than just a technical gathering. It was a reminder that secure documents are not dull, bureaucratic artefacts but living examples of human ingenuity. They sit at the intersection of science, design, and trust. They deserve to be celebrated not only for the technologies they embody but for the fundamental role they play in our societies.
With the rise of digital identity systems, mobile driving licences and biometric identity authentication, it’s tempting to think physical IDs are becoming obsolete. But despite progress being made in…
A major new initiative, APTITUDE, has launched under the European Commission’s Large-Scale Pilot (LSP) programme to accelerate the rollout of the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet). Coord…
Thales has unveiled MultiApp 5.2 Premium PQC, which it claims is the world’s first smartcard …
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a suspension of all …
Guyana’s new ePassport represents a significant upgrade in both security and national identity. The project …
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