The ACT guide has been designed as an anti-counterfeiting roadmap. It provides an overview of the various solutions currently available and sets the groundwork for building an anti-counterfeiting strategy. Each chapter is dedicated to a different area of anti-counterfeiting technology:chapters 1-5 each cover a different category of technology, classified according to method. Chapters 6 and 7 cover additional tools and industry standards that could contribute to a more effective, all-round anti-counterfeiting strategy.