Digital Identity Friday Five: August 30, 2024
Digital Identity Friday Five: August 30, 2024
Covering the most interesting news for the week of August 24 to August 30
Today is Friday, August 30. Here are five things in #digitalidentity that I found interesting this week
1/ Peter Horadan Joins Identity Verification Startup Vouched as CEO
"I am pleased to welcome Peter as our new CEO and support him in driving future success for Vouched," said John Baird, Chairman of the Board and Chief Strategy Officer
Congrats Peter and welcome to #idv
2/ US identity verification start-up IDPartner Systems to shut down
Sometimes interesting news is sad 😥
Rod Boothby announced: “After almost three years of hard work, IDPartner Systems is shutting down.”
I’m inspired by Rod’s contributions to #identity and look forward to his next play
Thank you, Rod, for sharing your lessons learned, your openness is admirable
#reusableID #bankID #startups
3/ AuthenticID Unveils Enhanced Smart ReAuth for Instant Biometric Reauthentication
"Smart ReAuth™ was developed to ensure that this solution isn’t just a powerful tool to fight fraud, but also improves the customer experience, giving fraud-weary customers peace of mind while eliminating the need for cumbersome processes like KBA or passwords." said VP of Product Management, Alex Wong
#biometrics #reauth
Congrats on the product update, Alex!
More details in the press release below 👇
4/ Socure Promotes Jordan Burris to VP & GM of Public Sector
Fresh off the promotion of Matthew Thompson to CRO, Socure has promoted Jordan Burris to run Socure’s public sector business
"Public sector agencies today face monumental challenges accurately determining identity in the face of historic levels of fraud and populations that are hard to verify," said Burris
Congrats Jordan, see you at Identity Week!
#publicsector #governmentIDV
5/ Deepfakes explode in Japan
"The number of deepfake cases in Japan jumped 28-fold last year" according to Sumsub
Due to the complexity of the Japanese language, scammers have had low success rates with native speakers
Now, they’re using #genAI tools to create natural-sounding imitations in #audio & #video
#deepfakes #generativeAI
*** LINKS
BOOTHBY POST: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rodboothby_after-almost-three-years-of-hard-work-idpartner-activity-7233963539063812096-5yOn
SOCURE: https://www.socure.com/news-and-press/socure-promotes-jordan-burris-to-vp-of-public-sector