Digimarc Corporation supplies secure identity solutions, as well as solutions for use in media identification and management. Its solutions enable governments and businesses worldwide to enhance traffic safety and national security, combat identity theft and fraud, facilitate the effectiveness of voter identification programs, improve the management of media content, deter counterfeiting and piracy, and support digital media distribution models that provide consumers with choice and access to media content. The company provides financial document security solutions, and government-issued secure IDs that include driver licenses and other secure personal identification documents. Digimarc also owns intellectual property in a signal processing technology, digital watermarking, which allows imperceptible digital information to be embedded in various forms of media content, including personal identification documents, financial instruments, photographs, movies, music, and product packages. Its customers comprise state and national government agencies that issue driver licenses, national IDs, and voter credentials; an international consortium of central banks; and other customers, such as movie studios and music labels, television broadcasters, and creative professionals. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Beaverton, Oregon.