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BehavioSec is advocating for the use of behavioral biometrics to safeguard online interactions. The company notes that online activity has gone up dramatically since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, both because more people are now working from home and because social distancing restrictions have forced them to do more of their shopping online. That […]
FindBiometrics is at the forefront of the identity privacy discussion, working with our association partners in vertical markets to advise on privacy best practices and help educate people around the world about their digital identity rights. That’s why we are pleased to present this very special episode of ID Talk, created in association with the […]
The cybersecurity integration specialist SOFTwarfare has released a new passwordless security solution for the enterprise. Dubbed BioThenticate, the new platform can be deployed in conjunction with other cybersecurity applications to help protect sensitive corporate materials. According to SOFTwarfare, BioThenticate will be especially useful to remote workforces during the COVID-19 pandemic. The platform leverages the biometric […]
ForgeRock has released its latest Consumer Identity Breach Report, which found that data breaches cost U.S. organizations more than $1.2 trillion in 2019 alone. That number is considerably larger than the comparable 2018 figure of $654 billion. The story is similar with regards to the total number of breaches. ForgeRock found that more than 5 […]
With the aim of spurring more funding from Congress and inspiring a national effort similar to the one that resulted in the U.S. moon landing, a bipartisan group of senators has proposed The Cyber Leap Act of 2020, a bill that would incentivize the development of the cybersecurity industry through competitions and prizes. The bill […]
Atlanta-based artificial intelligence-powered identity services company Trust Stamp has announced it raised $1 million in Series A funding within 36 hours via investment platform SeedInvest, toward its goal of $5.6 million. Trust Stamp uses AI and advanced cryptographic techniques to anonymize an individual’s biometric data, turning it into what is known as Transformed Identity Tokens […]
BioCatch is once again warning about the threat of account takeover fraud. The behavioral biometrics specialist noted that account takeover fraud has gone up since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, due at least in part to the increased amount of online traffic in a remote work environment. People can no longer go to the […]
Yet another report has found that many people are still refusing to adopt better password behavior. The latest evidence comes courtesy of LogMeIn, which released its third Psychology of Passwords report earlier this week. LogMeIn is best known as the developer of the LastPass password manager. The company’s report found that a full two-thirds (66 […]
Embattled facial recognition startup Clearview AI is yet again the subject of scrutiny following reports that a security officer from an outside firm gained access to a cloud repository containing thousands of private files including the company’s source code. Chief security officer at SpiderSilk, a Dubai-based cybersecurity firm, Mossab Hussein discovered the repository. He said […]
In a recent post on its blog, the World Economic Forum (WEF) argues that in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that is sweeping across the globe, now is the time for businesses everywhere to begin the transition toward a passwordless future and look to biometric authentication as the solution. In its post, the WEF […]
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