The latest in national security measures, spearheaded by the state of Virginia, involves doing away with colorized driver’s licenses and IDs and replacing them with laser-engraved black-and-white ones.
Apparently, the many layers of plastic required to produce the full-color product offers would-be sneaks too many opportunities to finagle with the outcome. You know, change the eye color here, add a mole there… Dear me, what’s next? Dorothy, can I borrow your ruby slippers? I want to go back to Oz.
What's Driving This Trend
- Laser-engraved Ids
- A disruptive innovation opportunity for the security industry to offer tamper-proof identification solutions.
- Black and White Ids
- An opportunity for the printing and card manufacturing industry to offer cost-effective, secure, and durable ID solutions.
- Colorless Security Ids
- An opportunity for the biometrics and security industry to develop advanced, secure, and easy-to-use colorless identification systems.
Who This Affects Most
- Security
- The laser-engraved black-and-white IDs trend presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for the security industry to offer tamper-proof identification solutions.
- Printing and Card Manufacturing
- The black-and-white IDs trend presents an opportunity for the printing and card manufacturing industry to offer cost-effective, secure, and durable ID solutions.
- Biometrics and Security
- The trend towards colorless security IDs presents an opportunity for the biometrics and security industry to develop advanced, secure, and easy-to-use identification systems.
