Increasing concerns for security issues are making holograms more and more popular. Security hologram and holographic labels are of high importance to prevent access to securitized items and data.
High-Security Organizations
Both domestically and internationally, the use of security hologram has increased over the years. Security hologram and labels are a strong deterrent and a control mechanism to prevent access to important information or data, especially in high-security environments. Sometimes, security labels are even used in controlling information related to national security as well. Since matching security label and classification is an easy process for filtering, it offers a strong shield to combat against any issues of security lapses.
For instance, the badges with security hologram stickers or holographic labels that are imprinted on employee badges, serve an efficient security measure to prevent the entry of an imposter. Similarly, even for visitor’s id, special coding in security labels identifies them from the rest, allowing filtration and making a security check easy and efficient. This practice is applied extensively by various multinational companies, airports, and other high securitised organizations.
Departmental Stores
The unique hologram imprinted on the security stickers and holographic labels is even used by several food marts or departmental stores as well.
Increasing cases of pickpocket and shoplifting have made several departmental stores and mall equipped with holographic solutions. Most of the products displayed in departmental stores like food, clothing, decorative items etc. are tagged with special coded security labels, which when passed through the detector often trap the shoplifter. The special security labels may sometimes have either holograms or special barcodes, as per the requirement.
While security labels help in solving one aspect of the security concern, which is preventing access to data or items, then holographic labels fulfill the other criteria in security. The holographic labels help in providing foolproof protection against the counterfeiters. When the holographic labels are used on high-security data records or items, they not only make it difficult for imitation but also equally difficult to tarnish the authenticity of the product.
Electronic Items
Electronic Industry is also having a tough time combating with security issues and counterfeiter. Due to the high rise of piracy of audio and video CD’s, several companies are launching their CD’s with distinct holograms or security labels with 2D/3D holograms that make it difficult for the counterfeiter to forge and sell pirated copies of the original.
The use of holographic labels is also well pronounced in the several electronic items like laptops, adapters, mobile devices, IPAD’s, chargers and various other electronic gadgets. Since the counterfeiting mechanism too has polished and come up as sophisticated, the electronic item manufacturers are resorting to security hologram stickers and special holographic labels that retain the brand image and also make the entire process of counterfeiting difficult and costly for the counterfeiters as well.
