Unmasking true identity An overview of governments’ concerns regarding valid ID throughout the identity value chain and how the fraud risk, present today at all levels, needs to be addressed from enrolment through background check to the ultimate production of secure documents, including identity verification services Building blocks for smart eIDs & eGovernment We explore the complexities of ensuring wide acceptance and use of new electronic identity documents so that citizens, control authorities and administration’s employees can use new eID’s technologies and all their functionalities in a convenient way, for a fast implementation of an access to citizens identification and authentication and e-Government services Authenticating e-Government An overview of authentication and fraud management best practices for government agencies to protect their constituents and customers against cyber-security threats Diagnosing patient safety An in-depth view of how auto ID technology approaches for hospital safety continue to provide benefits for patients and institutions alike in all areas of healthcare provision Certifying a new frontier As the world’s postal operators move more and more into the digital domain in all areas of their business, the challenges and opportunities that arise are significant both in terms of ensuring security and proficiency. Postal Innovation Digest met with Agostino Ragosa, Chief Information Officer of Poste Italiane, to learn what this digital evolution means for his organization and the international postal community at large Fuelling growth in new domains The decline in physical mail has seen many posts take up the baton and advance developments in the parcels business, as well as embrace opportunities in virtual and financial domains. Postal Innovation Digest spoke to Rafal Brzoska, CEO of InPost, about innovations that are fuelling growth in the Polish market Reshaping mail for profit A look at how recent trends in the mailing industry are reshaping the way organizations think about mail with regards to the types of upgrades and innovations that are helping reduce costs, increase efficiencies and how to profit from them Borderless business How electronic postage technology demystifies international shipping and an overview of how scalability and customization enable international business building Cutting court costs A case study on how e-certified electronic return receipt technology realized new postal efficiencies for a US court service Bottling tax An overview of how machine-readable tax stamps can fight counterfeit crime, while simultaneously increasing tax revenues for governments Tracking drugs in China A look at how Chinese government authorities are implementing track and trace technologies to provide transparency in the country’s manufacturing industries, particularly in medical products and pharmaceuticals Protecting brands against the gray market Unlike black market activity - where counterfeit, refurbished, or stolen goods are resold as genuine brand products - gray market activity involves the unauthorized movement of commerce through various geographies by rogue distributors and trusted channel partners alike. We look at the some of the attendant issues and explore methods for a brand protection strategy |