India, Oct. 14 -- Security documents need to do more than resist copying. They must enable authorities to verify who issued them, confirm that they are genuine and establish whether they remain valid. As AI makes convincing document replicas easier to produce, physical security features alone cannot address every threat. Combining secure printing with digital identity and AI-powered verification offers a stronger approach.
Acviss Technologies brought this perspective to the ASPERSINDO Annual Meeting 2026, held from 24 to 26 September in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Vikas R Jain, Founder and CEO, and Steven Roelandts, Regional Head Southeast Asia, engaged with Indonesias security printing industry on the implementation of advanced authentication technologies.
Holograms, microtext, specialised inks and covert printing features remain important components of security documents. However, inspection of these features does not always establish whether a document is an original, an altered copy or a duplicate of a legitimately issued item.
Security printing has spent decades making things difficult to copy. The next challenge is making authenticity easier to verify, said Vikas R Jain, Founder and CEO of Acviss.
AI can strengthen verification by identifying visual inconsistencies, analysing security patterns and flagging abnormal usage. Connected to secure issuance records, these capabilities help establish whether a documents physical features and digital identity correspond to the same registered item.
Acviss applies this principle through its Axion Label authentication technology. Each label combines an encoded identity with an AI-generated microtexture. During verification, the code and physical fingerprint are checked against a registered reference. Reproducing the code alone is insufficient because copying or reprinting can alter the microtexture, causing the label to fail the physical verification check.
Authentication must continue after a document leaves the printing facility. Linking individual documents to digital records allows authorised users to check their status, identify duplicate verification attempts and maintain an audit trail. Documents can also be suspended or revoked digitally without relying solely on the physical document for status information.
Across Southeast Asia, security printers have an opportunity to build on their established expertise by integrating digital verification into existing production and issuance workflows. The priority is to make each document verifiable, not simply harder to reproduce, said Steven Roelandts, Regional Head Southeast Asia at Acviss.
Acviss has deployed its authentication technology for government certificates in India, where a state police department verifies thousands of certificates each month. The implementation supports faster verification, detection of forged or duplicate identities and digital records for subsequent investigation.
Acvisss participation at ASPERSINDO reflects its focus on bringing AI-powered authentication and digital identity into established security printing processes. The approach complements physical and forensic security measures rather than replacing them.
For the industry, the next step is to treat printing and digital verification as connected parts of one security system, giving every issued document an identity that can be checked throughout its lifecycle.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from FoodTechBiz.