The global resource for counterfeit deterrence, brand protection and product authentication.

Established at the end of 2000, the Worldwide Security Exchange is being developed as a global resource which can be searched by brand owners, enforcement agencies, governments, intellectual property owners and solutions providers. It's aim is to offer a searchable worldwide data-based web site providing information on all aspects of the problems, requirements, enforcement and solutions relating to counterfeit deterrence, brand protection, document and product authentication, as well as anti-tamper and anti-theft solutions.

Provided on a joint basis by six key security-related organisations, worldwidesecurityexchange.com is a unique internet-based exchange built up from knowledge and data collected over more than 10 years and as a continuously ongoing project. Key organisations involved in running and up-dating the site are:

Product & Image Security Foundation
Founded in 1991, the Foundation (previously known as Label & Tag Security International) is a non profit making organisation with some 115 members, primarily security solutions providers, in 17 countries. The Foundation offers members a regular magazine and newsletters, a members'handbook, training courses, reduced cost attendance at security conferences, introductions to organisations seeking materials and technology solutions and marketing support or assistance. See securitysolutions-online.com

Labels & Labelling Consultancy
was initially set up in 1984 to provide information, market research, training and market strategy support to the label industry. In 1989 it broadened its activity into researching the problems of counterfeiting, tampering and theft, looking at solutions to these issues which involve labels. Today, it also researches and writes techno-economic and market research studies on security related topics ranging from counterfeit deterrence, brand protection, product authentication, source tagging and international crime. See labelconsult.com. An associate company is Mifair Publishing. See www.mifair.com

Security Solutions Consultancy
was founded four years ago as an associate company of Labels & Labelling Consultancy, and undertakes specific security projects, carries out security products benchmarking, training activities, as well as market strategy and market launch guidance. The Consultancy works closely with members of Product & Image Security Foundation. See securitysolutions-online.com

Tarsus Exhibitions and Publishing
The Tarsus Group plc acquired the Labelex/Cowise Group in 1998 and has continued to organise the successful series of product and image security conferences that were first established in 1989 by Labelex/Cowise, and has also introduced additional conferences on RFID. Now run under the names of PISEC, these highly regarded conferences provide a key global resource for all those involved in brand protection, anti-counterfeiting, authentication, tamper resistance and retail theft. Details of the current PISEC conference can be found on www.pisec-europe.com

Product & Image Security magazine
was founded three years ago and has rapidly become the definitive journal for everything to do with brand protection, authentication and deterrence across printing technologies, packaging and digital imaging. Now published by EPI International the magazine is one of the major information resources in these areas of security. EPI also publishes magazines for the package printing and document sectors. See eci-international.com .

LPI/Cab. Penhallow
Based in Paris and providing specialist monthly abstracting services for both the label and security sectors in either printed or e-mail format, LPI/Cab. Penhallow offers subscribers a quick and easy summary way to keep up to date with the world of counterfeit deterrence, brand protection and product authentication through brief abstracts of relevant security-related articles and news from journals worldwide.

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