The recent past of digital identity and data security really won’t much resemble its future all that much, according to Tom Thimot, Socure’s newly minted CEO, and that is very good news for everyone. Because, he says, old-school models built out of static models will...
On May 25, 2018, the EU-wide mandate known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect. Once the law goes live, companies that operate in the EU can face heavy fines or sanctions for mishandling personal data of customers, clients or employees. This...
Is facial recognition tech up to the identical twin challenge? Not exactly, says University of Notre Dame computer science and engineering professor Kevin Bowyer. It’s a topic that Bowyer chatted about with PYMNTS for the latest issue of the Digital Identity Tracker™. He discusses the...
Face and voice recognition technologies are gaining popularity in the fast-evolving world of biometrics. But even these authentication solutions need safeguards in place to ensure they aren’t fooled by passable sound-alikes, or even lookalikes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
KYC for the digital age is no easy task across billions of consumers. In the latest Beyond the Buzzword, Trulioo CEO Stephen Ufford states that mobile networks can help build a level of trust that hearkens back to the days when commerce was done face...
With fraud on the rise, credit card networks have realized that customer signatures are simply not a reliable way to authenticate someone’s identity — and some of the country’s largest retailers agree. According to The New York Times, four of the largest credit card networks...
Most people believe that their personal information is for sale on the dark web — and they’re probably right. That only makes the job of authenticating consumer’s identity that much harder for relying parties. IdentityMind Chief Product Officer Jose Caldera tells PYMNTS there’s a case to be made...
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Two years ago, journalist Walter Isaacson wrote about the “two original sins of the internet.” One was about journalism in particular, and the idea that content should be free for users and paid for by ads. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
