The ID e-Course is compiled by trainers of the Keesing ID Academy.
Our trainers are experienced document experts and keep up with the latest developments
in document design, security, and anti-counterfeiting technologies.
Keesing Technologies was founded in 1923 and leads the way in digital ID document and banknote authentication solutions. Our objective is to help organisations prevent fraud by providing the best information and document authentication solutions in the world.
We market a range of printed and digital solutions that allow users - from document professionals to untrained staff - to assess the authenticity of nearly all ID documents and banknotes currently in circulation. Solutions that provide you with the assurance of a document’s authenticity.
Keesing is the owner of Documentchecker: the world’s most comprehensive source of genuine ID documents and banknotes. A database which provides you authoritative access to international ID documents and banknotes from over 200 countries and organisations. The database, which powers all our products, includes detailed descriptions and high-quality images of thousands of passports, ID cards, driving licenses, visas, residence permits and banknotes.
Over the years, we have established an excellent reputation for helping organisations prevent fraud involving ID documents and banknotes. Keesing services organisations in over 120 countries, including government agencies, security printers, temporary employment agencies, insurance companies, banks, telecom providers, solicitors and airlines.
Keesing Technologies is a SURYS company.
Instructors
Ruud van Leeuwen
Ruud van Leeuwen works as a Forensic Researcher / Document Expert at Keesing Technologies. He is also responsible for the acquisition of (specimen of) ID documents.
Ruud has accumulated extensive knowledge of ID documents. He is an expert in the field of ID document authentication. For many years, he has worked in government positions at the Dutch Immigration Office and the Forgery Department at Schiphol Airport. Ruud has built a strong expertise in the investigation of document fraud at borders, especially fraud cases concerning travelers crossing borders.
The past years, Ruud has worked as an International Document Trainer at the Expertise Centre Identity Fraud and Documents (ECID), sharing his knowledge by providing ID Document Authentication training for, among others, embassies, consulates, airlines, security agencies, immigration offices and police departments all over the globe.
In 2014, Ruud launched the ID Academy together with his document expert colleagues. The ID Academy is a knowledge and education centre providing in-depth and valuable information on ID documents, document verification, design and development, testing, security features, printing techniques and fraud prevention.
Ruud van Leeuwen [ Document Expert ]
Maickel van Oijen [ Document Expert ]
Maickel van Oijen
Maickel van Oijen works as Manager Operations / Senior Document Expert at Keesing Technologies.
Maickel has accumulated extensive knowledge of ID documents. He is an expert in the field of ID document authentication. For the last 19 years, he has worked in government positions at the Dutch Immigration Office and the Forgery Department at Schiphol Airport Amsterdam.
Maickel has worked as an International Document Trainer at the Expertise Centre Identity Fraud and Documents (ECID), sharing his knowledge by providing ID Document Authentication training for, among others, embassies, consulates, airlines, security agencies, immigration offices and police departments all over the world.
Maickel has been working as a trainer for the Keesing ID Academy since 2016.
The ID Academy is a knowledge and education centre providing in-depth and valuable information on ID documents, document verification, design and development, testing, security features, printing techniques and fraud prevention.
