Attributes
- Extremely High Resistance to Fraud -due
to physical effects used (completely new to the authentication
industry
- Insensitive to ambient conditions such as magnetic or electrical
fields, dirt, greases, temperatures extremes (-100 to 600
oC)
- Custom “Fingerprint” tagging – unique tagging material for
major customers / integrators means extra security
- Very high authentication reliability with extremely low false
readings rate – meeting 6 sigma level (3 false readings
in a million readings)
- Instantaneous Detection – allows for in-motion detection
(such as credit cards).
Customer’s Operating Advantages
Definite Yes/No indication
- No human judgment means higher operator performance reliability in adverse conditions
Provides solid evidence in court of law
- Extremely high reading reliability
Flexible implementation on products
- May be applied via most printing technologies, inside materials such as plastic, paper etc.
Inherent Control on sub-contractors
Detection
The Readers’ Operating Principles
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These signals excite the taggant atoms to respond to unique frequency signals specific to the Fingerprint |
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The detector transmits specific radio frequency signals to the taggant on the marked object. |
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The taggant atoms emit the unique frequency signals. |
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The detector receives this signal and determines if the proper “Fingerprint” is present on the tagged object. |
Comparative Positioning
The Magic Quadrant |
Simple for
End-User |
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Difficult for
End-User |
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Easy to Break |
Hard to Break |
Six Sigma Reliability
MicroTag technology has an extremely high authentication reliability when applied correctly
having extremely low false readings rate of 6 sigma level (3 false reading in a million).
It is the most reliable covert authentication technology, currently in the Brand Protection market.
Six
Sigma at many
organizations simply means a measure of quality that strives
for near perfection..
Technology Robustness
MicroTag unique technology robustness, stems from it’s breakthrough in applying sub-molecular sophisticated effects,
currently in use only in high cost applications such as medicine and research, to the Brand Protection applications.
Currently, most Brand Protection technologies are either optical, magnetic or biological (DNA) effects.
Most of these technologies have been in use for years and, respectively, they are well known to forgers.
MicroTag came from a new direction - which are completely fresh and unknown to the current forgers generation,
and takes a lot of knowledge base, resources and time to compromise.
Comparison with Other Technologies
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Main Usage |
Ease of counterfeit |
Reliability at “street level” |
Sensitive to environmental
conditions |
Fall-back options |
| MicroTag |
Brand protection, Credit cards,
Bank notes, Valuable documents, Smart Cards, Textile |
Very hard Requires very specific
and high level expertise in physics |
Very high: Green & Red lights
with simple detector. No operator skill required |
Not sensitive to dust, electro-magnetic
fields, dirt, humidity, temperature. |
Built-in the system for easy switch
to next defense line |
| Magnetic effects |
Credit cards, access control, |
Common Knowledge Extremely easy to duplicate or clone |
Poor. High false readings rate due to sensitivities |
Electro-magnetic fields, erosion, dirt, temperature
and Reading distance |
None |
| OVI |
Bank notes, Valuable documents |
Easy to imitate and fool untrained person. Easy to
buy in the open market |
Poor. Dependent on marking condition and viewer attention |
Very sensitive to dirt, and other materials obstructing
line of sight |
None |
Comparison with Other Technologies contd.
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Main Usage |
Ease of counterfeit |
Reliability at “street level” |
Sensitive to environmental conditions |
Fall-back options |
| Hologram |
Brand protection, Valuable documents, Bank notes |
Easy to fool untrained person in the special effects employed. |
Good with trained person plus mag. Glasses |
Dirt, and other materials obstructing line of sight. |
None |
| Bio-Tech. |
Bulk shipped materials. Brand Protection, Textile |
Hard to imitate |
High but only by skilled inspector in special labs. No quick “street level” ID |
Not sensitive |
None |
| Microchip |
Smart-Cards, Access control, Top boxes |
Highly skilled effort to brake or bypass. Within capability of current hackers. |
High with detectors as long as detectors are genuine |
Electro-magnetic fields, and dirt |
None |
| Microprint |
Bank notes. Brand Protection |
Difficult to copy by standard manufacturers. Can be replaced by look-alike |
Poor. Need training to identify |
Dirt, and other materials obstructing line of sight |
None |
