Gemalto launches family of security features

Gemalto launches family of security features
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By Staff Writer, ITWeb
09 Dec 2014

Digital security firm Gemalto launched a family of new security features, Sealys Secure Surface for identity documents.

The security features namely Sealys Lens Surface, Sealys Optically Variable Surface and Sealys 3D Surface will help strengthen protection against fraud by combining three different effects light reflection, movement and tactile elements, says a press statement.

In the statement the firm said the Sealys Secure Surface can be applied on documents such as passport datapages, ID cards, healthcare cards, driver licenses, vehicle registrations, and resident permits.

Sealys Secure Surface is designed to enhance the security of existing features such as the changeable or multiple laser image, which enables several pieces of information to be seen depending on the viewing angle, the statement notes.

Youzec Kurp, vice president of marketing & products, government programmes at Gemalto said, "The three new innovative features can be elegantly combined to keep our customers one step ahead in the fight against fraud.

"They have already been implemented in a European national programme since mid-November."

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