The Countermark Blog
“… As sure as eggs is eggs”
12th April 2024“… As sure as eggs is eggs” (found in a dictionary of slang published in 1699) We made Countermark the way it is because we knew that manufacturers, food producers and packaging lines already know all about using Continuous Ink Jet Print (CIJP) – the two rows of distinctive dot-based characters – sometimes with […]
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1st Law of data security
22nd January 20241st Law of data security: ‘We can design a system that’s proof against accident or stupidity; but we can’t design one that’s proof against deliberate malice…’ Arthur C Clark’s (ACC’s) Law appears in Chapter 28 of his 1968 book, 2001: A Space Odyssey, after we discover that the spaceships AI system, HAL, resolves conflicting […]
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Faking of aircraft repair forms
15th December 2023The paper form used to show that a repaired aircraft part is genuine is mandatory and has the same format all over the planet. So cannot be changed without regulatory effort on all continents. The form is called Form1 It requires an original signature, and no way for the buyer to verify the signature. We […]
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Thousands of engine components may have been sold with forged paperwork by AOG Technics
15th December 2023Jet engine maker CFM International said thousands of engine components may have been sold with forged paperwork by AOG Technics. Countermark stops this type of fraud. The aerospace industry uses a standard FORM1, to vouchsafe repaired and resold parts. The only authentication is a signature that the buyer cannot compare with the genuine signature. Countermark […]
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