A document is only as secure as its weakest process.
In the age of digital IDs, new security standards for ID documents still matter, which the Document Security Alliance, INTERGRAF, and the Secure Identity Alliance have collaborated on to issue modern best practice guidelines. State issuers bear the responsibility for the integrity of credentials that honour the highest level of security.
Against a backdrop of growing fraud trends, facilitating identity theft and financial crime, good actors are advising how to keep up with evolving technologies, and face the practical realities of threats that even modern frameworks can’t fully secure against. Education is a security imperative. The Minimum Security Standards for Identity Documents provides practical guidance to navigate advanced features of security design and raise the bar on quality control and image management. One of the themes of the paper is the integration of physical security features with embedded digital elements.
Tony Poole, President of the DSA, commented: “The holders of identity documents place considerable trust in the authorities that issue them. That trust deserves to be honored with the highest standards of security that each authority can responsibly achieve.”
