Special counselor Robert Mueller recently indicted 13 Russians for using stolen identities to illegally open U.S. bank accounts and meddle in the 2016 election. Given SSNs’ history of vulnerability and compromise, they have “outlived their usefulness,” says Ross Rustici, senior director of intelligence services for...
In the digital identity space, biometrics have become all the rage. In several markets around the world, biometric solutions are gaining ground among consumers, companies and government organizations. These solutions could shift the way national security agencies in several countries operate, or force employers to...
It’s every subscription service’s dream: Out of 140 million Spotify users who can stream anything from U2 to Beethoven, about 60 million pay for the privilege to listen to whatever music they like on demand. With a little less than half of its base as...
In life, 40 percent of anything is a lot. In online banking, 40 percent abandonment is … intolerable. As many as four in 10 consumers have at some point in their journey into online banking found the process frustrating enough to give up, as estimated...
Samsung is taking authentication to another level: The company recently applied for a patent covering a device authentication method that would measure a user’s blood pressure to verify their identity. According to TechRadar, the patent states that “the arterial conduction paths of different users are...
Timing is everything, as the saying goes. It’s also the story of a startup named Poly, and its visual identification software, says its CEO, Alberto Rizzoli. Two years ago, Rizzoli began developing an AI platform capable of seeing an object – or person – and “visually” identifying it, with a high...
Remember how Barbie — at first just a popular doll with pretty hair and clothes — eventually became a teacher, gymnast, veterinarian, astronaut, paratrooper, NASCAR driver, business executive and even President of the United States? Amazon’s Alexa has been building a similar resume, adding well...
American Express has announced SafeKey 2.0, the next generation of its online authentication tool, which provides an extra layer of security when a card member makes a purchase online at a participating merchant. Leveraging the EMV’s 3D-Secure 2.0 industry standard, the enhanced SafeKey 2.0 can...
Bank of America announced that it will add another layer of authentication for its online banking services. According to news from Reuters, the bank is incorporating Intel Corp’s Online Connect technology, which will enable fingerprint touch payments into its online banking systems starting next year....
