Securing Identity in the Face of Geopolitical Forces, the BDR Perspective

The new design of the German eID card (see IDN September 2021) has given the card producer, the Federal State Security Printer of Germany, Bundesdruckerei (BDR), the opportunity to upgrade many familiar features to bring them in line with the latest technology and add some new high-security elements.

At a period of transition within the ID and secure document industry from physical to digital identities, ID & Secure Document News™ (IDN) thought it a good time to find out from BDR about the improved protection that the new design affords the physical document.

Duncan Faulkner is a Fellow of Security Documents at BDR, where he has worked for over 20 years in various departments and positions gaining a thorough knowledge of all aspects of the security document industry. His current role is based within the German ID-Systems Business Unit, which is responsible for and oversees all the identification documents produced for Germany and for the systems that are in place to personalise the documents centrally or de-centrally as required by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community.