Reports

In-depth research reports published by Holography & Optical Technology News. Available to purchase from our online shop.

October 2025

Proceedings of ODDS Conference 2025

This volume presents the proceedings of Optical & Digital Document Security™ (ODDS) Conference 2025, held in Warsaw, Poland, on 16 – 17 September. Organised by Reconnaissance International with the guidance of the ODDS Technical Committee, the conference reaffirmed ODDS as the definitive forum for physical, digital, and hybrid document security.

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September 2023

Smartphones for Authentication

The ‘Smartphones for Authentication’ report summarises the wide range of technologies underpinning the role of smartphones in the authentication arena, with the aim of identifying further opportunities… as well as potential drawbacks.

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December 2021

Printing Beyond Colour

A new technology report exploring the domain of commercial printing innovations that go beyond visual colour, with the potential to generate entirely novel features for secure documents.

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December 2020

Security Threads for Banknotes

An essential guide to the technology behind and use of security threads for banknotes. The first use of a security threads as we know it was in 1940. 80 years later, and the security thread has evolved to become one of the most successful and innovative features to secure banknotes - - combining high public recognition value and aesthetic appeal with machine-readability and cost efficiency.

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November 2020

A Market Analysis and Technical Update

The definitive source of data and analysis on the market worldwide for tax stamp and excise recovery programmes.

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June 2019

Physical to Digital: A Revolution in Document Security

There is a revolution underway in the secured document field, as society migrates from using physical secured documents, such as banknotes and identity cards, to the use of smartphones and electronic payment cards for financial transactions and as carriers of our identity credentials.

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