Guide to ID Card Security Features: Prevent Counterfeiting

Counterfeiting of identity documents causes significant harm to governments, societies and individuals, leading to crime, financial losses, safety risks and loss of trust. With OVD Kinegram's advanced solutions, governments can securely protect identity documents, ensure easy authentication, and safeguard their reputation in the fight against counterfeiters and bad actors.

Key Takeaways

ID document counterfeiting significantly harms governments and societies. It enables a variety of crimes, causes significant financial losses, puts identities at risk and harms trust in the reliability and security of identity documents.
OVD Kinegram provides a variety of highly sophisticated solutions, based on the company's proprietary KINEGRAM technology, to stop counterfeiters and protect identity documents.
Implementing KINEGRAM features enhances ID document security, reduces counterfeiting risks, and helps to build long-term trust in the security of ID documents.

Secure Technologies for ID Cards

OVD Kinegram’s solutions, based on the KINEGRAM technology, provide instantly visible and highly effective security. Used in identity cards, passports, driver's licenses and other government-issued documents worldwide, these features make it easy to identify genuine documents.

Sound ID card protection and reliable ID verification are critical issues for every citizen. The global gold standard in secure identity cards and licenses is the use of polycarbonate substrate combined with a sophisticated, well-integrated security feature. KINEGRAM elements can be securely embedded into polycarbonate-based identity credentials, making them highly resistant against counterfeiting and fraud.

New bulgarian national ID card with embedded KINEGRAM PCI Full Data Protection (FDP)

Integrated Polycarbonate-Based Solutions

KINEGRAM solutions for the protection of polycarbonate-based ID documents include embedded features or threads, that can be used to protect photo ID cards and driver licenses. The KINEGRAM Full Data Protection solution comes with virtually unlimited possibilities for design integration and takes document security to the next level.

Secure Full Data Protection of the personal data
Tamper-proof due to complete embedding of the KINEGRAM
Excellent resistance against wear and tear
Comprehensive ID protection due to integration of 1st, 2nd and 3rd level security features
Enables optical machine authentication and mobile-device based authentication

Real-World Examples of Successful ID Card Security

OVD Kinegram’s solutions are known and appreciated by governments, security printers and other institutions worldwide. Documents with KINEGRAM features, including ID cards, passports, visas and other documents, are circulating in billions around the globe. Over 500 different types of documents in more than 120 countries are currently protected by KINEGRAM security elements.

Governments leveraging the KINEGRAM technology have successfully reduced counterfeiting risks, enhanced ID document security, and paved the way for creating trust.

Summary

Sophisticated anti-counterfeiting technologies are vital for protecting identity documents, and thus, governments and citizens from the risks posed by counterfeiters and fake IDs. OVD Kinegram's solutions based on the proprietary KINEGRAM technology provide comprehensive protection and authentication capabilities.