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How Secure Is Your ID Card?

It’s a question that is often overlooked. You’ve completed your research, and finalized your ID Policy right down to the badge accessories. Did you ask yourself what would happen if someone were to copy your ID card to either pose as a representative or gain access to your facility? Unfortunately, it is something that we [...]

Benefits of Magicard’s HoloKote™ and HoloKote FLEX™

All current Magicard printers offer a unique visual security option called HoloKote™ (excluding the all Prima printer models). HoloKote is a watermark style image that is visible only when the PVC card is held at an angle. The entry level Magicard printer models include a standard image when you purchase the printer (Pronto, [...]

San Francisco Increases Card Security Without Breaking the Budget

With their new municipal ID card program, San Francisco proves that you don’t have to sacrifice your entire security budget to create extremely secure photo ID cards.  You can ensure the security of your ID card program by using a strategic combination of secure design features that make forgery or tampering very difficult. San Francisco was able to [...]

Government FIPS 201 Standard Increases Smart Card Use

Until now there has not been wide-spread use of smart cards, but the US Government’s adoption of FIPS 201 standards creates benchmarks for others corporations and entities interested in adopting this ID card format. Magicard’s Andy Matko recently wrote “with so many different technologies around, the sheer choice of which smart card technology to use [...]

HoloKote Flex—Another Option in Card Security from Magicard

With the introduction of HoloKote Flex, Magicard now offers another option in photo ID card protection. Magicard HoloKote is an anti-counterfeiting custom watermark that was previously only available in a fixed 6×4 overlay grid design (with the same image repeated across the card 6 times x 4 times). The new HoloKote Flex allows you to [...]