Helps you understand the importance and potentialities of document security. Topics cover: security design of valuable documents & products, security papers and special effects, security printing techniques and more. CD ROM included. DLC: Forgery - Prevention.
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Chapter 1. : Forensic Aspects of Document Counterfeit
Chapter 2. : Security Design of Valuable Documents and Products
Chapter 3. : The Evaluation of Document Fraud Resistance
Chapter 4. : Introduction to Optical Document Security
Chapter 5. : Security Papers and Special Effects
Chapter 6. : The Historical Development of Security Printing : Design and Technology
Chapter 7. : Security Printing Techniques
Chapter 8. : Digital Copying Security Elements
Chapter 9. : Noniridescent Optically Variable Devices
Chapter 10. : Document Protection by Holograms
Chapter 11. : Document Protection by Optically Variable Graphics (Kinegram)
Chapter 12. : Zero-Order Grating Microstructures
Chapter 13. : Optical Thin-Film Security Devices
Chapter 14. : Liquid Crystal Security Devices
Chapter 15. : Iridescent Optically Variable Devices : A Survey
Chapter 16. : Retroreflective Security Devices
Chapter 17. : Optical Security in Laminates
Chapter 18. : Identification Cards
Chapter 19. : An Introduction to Biometrics
Appendix of Optically Variable Devices (OVDs)
About The Authors
Index