1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed cause a processor to: extract an interior of a halftone of an image of printed media, wherein at least a portion of the interior of the halftone is encoded with a print signature; authenticate the printed media based on a forensic-level statistical image analysis, wherein the forensic-level statistical analysis comprises: accessing a reference signature stored in a registry, wherein an interior of the reference signature is encoded with payload information, wherein the payload information is employed to index the print signature; comparing the print signature to the payload information to determine differences between the print signature and the payload information; and verifying that the printed media is authentic based on the comparison.