Category: Security
October 17, 2026
Security
Active Authentication Helps Detect Copied Passport Chips
Supported passports can answer cryptographic challenges designed to distinguish a chip possessing its private key from a copy of its…
October 16, 2026
Security
How the ICAO Public Key Directory Supports International Passport Checks
The directory facilitates the exchange of certificate information that participating authorities use to authenticate electronic travel documents. WASHINGTON, DC, October…
October 14, 2026
Security
Why Electronic Passport Checks Still Need Physical Document Inspection
Chip verification complements examination of the booklet, security features and signs of alteration or substitution. WASHINGTON, DC, October 13, 2026 —…
October 01, 2026
Security
How International Travel Can Bring an Unresolved Criminal Case Into Focus
Crossing a border may bring a wanted person into contact with authorities able to act on an international alert or…
September 26, 2026
Security
Who Has the Authority to Arrest Someone Named in a Red Notice?
Authorized police and other law-enforcement officers act under the laws of the country where the person is located, while prosecutors…
September 10, 2026
Security
Vanuatu’s E-Passport Upgrade Strengthens Document Security, but Cannot Repair Weak Citizenship Decisions
Contactless chips, biometric verification, and cryptographic signatures make passports harder to alter or counterfeit. Still, the technology authenticates a document…
September 03, 2026
Security
What Vehicle Access Control Requires Beyond a Gate
Vehicle access control is frequently treated as a gate purchase when it is actually a systems problem spanning credentialing, detection,…
July 13, 2026
Security
Why Security Is Becoming a Continuous Validation Problem
For years, software teams have relied on a familiar model of control. Code is written. Then it is reviewed. Then…
June 29, 2026
Quickreads, Security
How scams are getting more personal
Fraudsters are using data, technology, and psychology to blur the line between deception and reality. Scams are changing shape. In…
April 23, 2026
Security
AI Is Making Fraud Indistinguishable From Reality
For years, fraud followed a familiar pattern. It relied on small mistakes—awkward phrasing, poor grammar, suspicious requests—that gave people just…