Security Printing

Purpose of Security Printing

Many types of printed document require security features to protect them against increasingly sophisticated counterfeiting and forgery techniques around the world.

Documents that require protection include election ballot papers, examination certificates, fiduciary documents (including cheques, bankers’ drafts and money orders), gift and payment vouchers, birth and death certificates, identification forms, immigration visas, and vehicle registration documents.

The purpose and life cycle of the document is analysed to provide an enhanced solution and functionality of the document.

Security features are incorporated into the document design and applied in layers to provide authentication at different levels: overt, covert and forensic.

coun ter·feit : the act of manufacturing an imitation item that is made with the intent to deceptively represent its authenticity.

forg·ery : the act of falsely altering a genuine document with intent to defraud.