Authentication in Your Pocket

As Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, puts it, 'Your smartphone is now your passport, your bank, and your key to the digital world', There is no doubt about its increasing usage in our lives. In the authentication industry, smartphones are also important in facilitating the digital authentication of banknotes, identity and tax stamps. The authentication industry integrates digital security features that link high-security printing with the digital world. This article explores several recent innovations.

Orell Füssli Jaguar

Orell Füssli Security Printing and Koenig & Bauer (K&B) Vision and Protection have recently introduced the Cypher Evo House Note, a banknote that combines traditional security features with advanced digital authentication.

A key feature of this banknote is JAGUAR, a next-generation digital security element embedded within it. This element can be authenticated using a smartphone app. Developed with secure graphic technology from Scantrust SA, JAGUAR enhances counterfeit detection through AI analysis of print degradation.