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Security Features

Adding visual security features to a card helps reduce the risk of fraud. Combine multiple security options for the utmost protection.

Id & Security

Layers of Protection

No single security feature is right for every application. Overt and covert security options can be tailored to specific program requirements, helping strengthen credential integrity and support verification efforts. Understanding how these features work individually and together can help create a more secure and effective credential program.

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Embedded Holographic Foil

Embedded foil offers security while allowing for maximum customization

Description

A foil containing refractive optical imagery that is transferred using a heated die to stamp an opaque or translucent image into the center of a plastic card.

Product Details

  • Provides an attractive professional look
  • Difficult to replicate
  • Stock or custom designs available
  • Excellent overt security
  • Designed for use with: 
    • Driver’s Licenses
    • Border crossing cards
    • Government ID cards
    • Event badges
    • ID badges
    • Pre-paid cards
    • Student ID cards

Guilloche Patterns

\gi-ˈlōsh\ or \gē-ˈ(y)ōsh\

Description

A series of finely printed lines created by a mathematical formula. The effect, used extensively in currency, features curved interwoven patterns.

Product Details

  • Provides an attractive professional look
  • Difficult to replicate
  • Designs available in single or multiple colors
  • Excellent overt security
  • Designed for use with:
    • Driver’s Licenses
    • Border crossing cards
    • Government ID cards
    • ID badges
    • Student ID cards

Microtext

Get out your magnifying lens for this security feature.

Description

Microscopic text only read with magnification. Appears as a solid straight or curved line.

Product Details

  • Easily authenticated using an inexpensive magnifier
  • Uses very little real estate
  • Excellent covert security feature
  • Difficult to replicate
  • Designed for use with: 
    • Driver’s Licenses
    • Border crossing cards
    • Government ID cards
    • Event badges
    • ID badges

Signature Panel

Also Known As (AKA) Sig Panel, Signature Strip, Signature Stripe

Description

A defined area, typically on the back of a card, that has been hot-stamped or silkscreened with a writable material that is receptive to a ball point pen.

Product Details

  • Low Cost
  • Assists in identity verification
  • Designed for use with: 
    • Driver’s Licenses
    • Border crossing cards
    • Government ID cards
    • ID badges
    • Pre-paid cards
    • Student ID cards

Surface Holographic Foil

A holographic foil or 2D/3D image on the surface of the card.

Description

A foil containing refractive optical imagery that is transferred using a heated die to stamp an opaque or translucent image onto a surface. Contact Bristol ID for more.

Product Details

  • Low Cost
  • Difficult to Replicate
  • Stock or Custom Images
  • Creates a unique and attractive feature
  • Designed for use with: 
    • Drivers’ Licenses
    • Border crossing cards
    • Government ID cards
    • Event badges
    • ID badges
    • Pre-paid cards
    • Student ID cards

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