1. Chapter 12 Security Seals and Printing

2. Security Printing Money Primary or first level inspection Secondary or Second level inspection Tertiary or Third Level inspection Need to study more closely what causes a person to recognize forged note Kind of like the HCI of preventing forgeries Security usability

3. Techniques pages 246 - 247 Intaglio Letterpress Simultan presses Rubber stamps Embossing and laminates Watermarks

4. Modern Techniques Optically variable inks Inks with magnetic or photoacoustic properties Printing features requiring special equipment to see Metal threads and foils Screen traps Digital copy marks Unique stock

5. Technology moves forward What is expensive and difficult to do today will not be tomorrow Copying big issue Check fraud Alterations Credit cards Travel documents

6. Packaging and Seals Print on substrate glue to package Substrate properties Can use the properties of the substrate to mark and make unique Problems of glue You can typically cut the glue and remove seal intact.

7. Vulnerabilities Wristband seal Enemy is customer Customer applies seal Seal re-use indistinguishable from failure Seals can be bought in marketplace Counterfeit seals can be manufactured Effective inspection is infeasible

8. Issues Peculiarities of threat model Staff diligence Random failure Materials Control Not protecting the right thing Cost and Nature of inspection

9. Evaluation Methodology How long has the system been used How widely available are the sealing materials Will person applying seal be careless or corrupt Does seal protect right part of product What are quality issues Who will spot forged seals Are the evidential issues How will seals be disposed of

10. Discussion articles Techniques used to protect new US currency especially tactics to spot forgeries at first level New techniques to prevent check fraud

11. Past Articles Site for the treasury’s prevention of counterfeit bills: http://www.treasury.gov/usss/money_technologies.shtml They should have stuck to the 1 and 5 dollar counterfeits: http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/02/22/100loc_b4briefs001.cfm Meter Security http://www.metering.com/archive/014/25_1.htm Minimizing Fraud http://uaelp.pennnet.com/articles/article_display.cfm?article_id=239315 This is a 5 page PDF about the possibility of this security model making it out in the world, as well as a few examples. http://csdl2.computer.org/comp/mags/co/2002/04/r4s22.pdf This is a general overview of bluetooth security, and how it can be used to implement the "Duckling". http://www.niksula.cs.hut.fi/~jiitv/bluesec.html Wow check fraud is simple.. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7914159/ http://qchex.com/ Laser printing fingerprints – http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118189,00.asp

12. Nice article on de-incentive to catch Wal-Mart fruad http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1748499,00.asp How they were caught, what they did: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1748274,00.asp

13. List of Resources Counterfeiting http://www.treasury.gov/usss/money_techno logies.shtml http://www.treasury.gov/usss/money_techno logies.shtml Usable Security http://usablesecurity.com/

14. List of Resources Secure printing http://www.art.eku.edu/programs/print/tech/c olorIntaglio.html http://www.art.eku.edu/programs/print/tech/c olorIntaglio.html http://www.polestarltd.com/ttg/ttgdetail.html http://www.sekuworks.com/ http://dmoz.org/Business/Publishing_and_P rinting/Printing/Products/Security/ http://dmoz.org/Business/Publishing_and_P rinting/Printing/Products/Security/

15. List of resources Seals and packaging http://www.stoffel.com/ http://www.americancasting.com/ Walmart scam http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1748 499,00.asp http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1748 499,00.asp http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1748 274,00.asp http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1748 274,00.asp