09Jun
21Apr
PICO secure™: Passport Protection Where Trust Travels
Passports are equipped with a multitude of security features to prevent counterfeiting and ensure the authenticity of travel documents. In today’s threat landscape, passport security features must deliver overt, tamper-evident protection while supporting seamless integration into polycarbonate data pages and secure document workflows. Governments, passport integrators and high security printers now demand solutions that combine Level 1 public verification with nanoscale resistance...
15Dec
Next-Gen Optical Security for Embedded Documents
View in PDF format here. Why are PICO secure™ OVDs Easy to Identify by Frontline Law Enforcement and Border Control? Authentication and visual confirmation of travel documents upon crossing borders is of utmost importance for national security. Optical Variable Devices are part of a larger set...
01Dec
Authentix Launches World’s First Nano-Optic Security Product
ADDISON, Texas, December 1, 2025 — Authentix, the authority in authentication and information services, announced the production qualification and launch of PICO secure™ – a revolutionary new security product based on its award-winning Nano Optic technology. PICO secure is the first nano-optic,...
05Nov
Scaling Nano-Optic Security: Industrialization and the Evolution of PICO secure™
This paper explores new developments in Authentix’ sub-wavelength nano-optic platform and lessons learned in industrializing this technology for mass manufacturing both novel and cutting-edge security features for government identity documents. These new PICO secure™ OVDs are highly resistant to counterfeiting and represent an optical...
21Aug