Elaine is a technical expert in the area of identity management and security documents. After a 30-year stint with the US government (DOJ-INS and DHS-ICE), she is providing consulting and education services via her own "crime lab" (IDxQD) and the Keeping Identities Safe non-profit. Elaine’s forensic focus areas include design strategies for security documents (especially the use of printed digitally signed elements), forensic document examination, and the evaluation and development of forensic tools to assess digitally created and reproduced documents. Her other focus is on education - providing information to the public about the need for better identification documents & how to avoid identity theft, and briefing government & elected officials, as well as industry members, about document fraud trends.  Elaine is a board member and technical advisor for the Document Security Alliance, an alliance of 120+ organizations focused on document security.