Veridos Launches New Security Features

Veridos, a global provider of integrated identity solutions, is set to unveil a new range of security features specifically aimed at protecting the transparent window areas on ID documents, namely Amber ID, Diamond ID and Spectre ID.

In recent years there has been a trend towards using transparent elements on polycarbonate ID documents. With the launch of this new family of features, Veridos aims to further enhance document security by using more complex features.

Amber ID, Diamond ID and Spectre ID are part of the company’s philosophy of making documents easy to verify but difficult to duplicate.

Amber ID appears as a metallic window with a bright positive photo of the document owner. In backlight, the window with the subject is almost transparent, while in normal light it looks like a golden metal leaf that turns green depending on the viewing angle. The integrated, but un-printed pigments, make it suited to personalisation in a transparent window.

The Diamond ID feature helps to clearly verify questionable documents. It is a fully transparent window in normal light, while glowing bright white in UV light thanks to a special Smart Color technology developed in collaboration with CST (Crime Science Technology).

Lille-based CST develops and markets security features for identity documents and banknotes, and designs processes that reveal traces and clues allowing the identification of criminals.

Spectre ID, on the other hand, is a further development of the Veridos feature Magic ID, which breathes life into static images. When tilting the card, the images appear to move. Thanks to Spectre ID, this effect can now also be transferred to the transparent window areas of the cards and to data pages in combination with a repeating image of the holder.

These next generation of transparent elements typify the evolution of ID document protection. A modular system approach, made possible by this new family of features, makes it possible to combine various functions into a single document design. This also applies to the Veridos feature ‘Look ID’ – a transparent strip that extends across the entire data page – which is already used in passports, for example in Latvia.

Thanks to these different options for securing transparent windows, and other built-in technologies, counterfeiting of the card is extremely unlikely, says Veridos.

In addition, Veridos relies on polycarbonate, which ensures that the plastic layers actually fuse together. This makes it very difficult for counterfeiters to manipulate materials or security features without leaving traces.

‘With our new security features, we are able to counter the risk of forged ID documents with a whole range of countermeasures,’ explains Andreas Kuba, Global Vice President Identity Documents at Veridos. ‘In this way, we are helping to limit identity theft and respond to market demand for innovative security features on ID documents. In addition to developing new technologies for forgery-proof documents, we also focus on their quick and easy implementation.’