Transferring Technology from Security to Sustainability

Companies in our sector are not only working to reduce their environmental footprint – through reduced energy, use of raw materials and waste – and contribute to a greener future. In some cases, their solutions are being used to further it, transferring their technology from the traditional security space to the green economy. Two cases in point are Digimarc and Lumenco.

Digimarc’s digital watermarks have been used as an anti-scan feature on banknotes for more than 20 years, forming the basis of the Counterfeit Deterrent System (CDS) deployed by several central banks to prevent the digital scanning and reproduction of banknotes. The watermarks are added to banknotes to enable imaging software to detect their presence in a digital image, and block the user from reproducing that image using colour photocopiers or scanners.