Industry Predictions for 2023

In a very personal account, Lic. Mónica Peralta (Forensic Document Expert) sets out her opinion of what is in store for the ID and Secure Document industry in 2023.

Wartime new risks

If last year was presented as the end of the pandemic at a global level, the Russian military invasion of Ukraine mobilised all nations. International alerts reacted to the massive mobilisation of people fleeing their territory with only what they were wearing.

Like an old postcard from a movie war conflict in the 20th century, we saw how (at the beginning) countries were entered without the usual rigorous controls. Gone were facial recognition solutions, as well as fingerprinting to record those movements.

There is no doubt that the situation called for these actions.