Digital Identity Friday Five: September 13, 2024

Covering the most interesting news for the week of September 7 to September 13

Today is Friday the 13th of September. Here are five things in #digitalidentity that I found interesting this week

1/ Identity Week America in #WashingtonDC

This week I’m in Washington and attended #IdentityWeekAmerica

It was amazing to see so many familiar faces (and meet some new ones) at the premier event for all things #identity

Be sure to visit the PEAK IDV company page to see my livestream chats from the expo floor

2/ Liminal welcomes Filip Verley as their new Chief Innovation Officer

Liminal announced they’ve hired Filip as their new Chief Innovation Officer

"Filip is the embodiment of what Liminal stands for—his deep expertise in identity and product management, coupled with his strategic approach to blending AI and human insight, aligns perfectly with the direction we are taking as a company,” said Travis Jarae, Liminal’s CEO

Congrats Filip & Team Liminal

3/ Socure Expands International Presence

Socure announced international expansion of its #identityverification platform with support for 190+ countries across Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, North and South America, plus global coverage for all #ICAO compliant travel documents

Socure recently appointed Matthew Thompson to #CRO as is clearly ramping its global mission

4/ TechCrunch: Google Wallet to turn your US passport into a digital ID

TechCrunch covered Alan Stapelberg's recent blog post announcing their new #digitalID plans

Read more from TC or check out the Google blog post, links below 👇

5/ authID Publishes New White Paper on #Deepfakes

"Combating deepfakes requires an identity strategy that is designed to keep up with the pace and quality of each threat, while providing the fastest and most accurate solution for secure identity proofing and strong authentication,” said Rhon Daguro, CEO of authID

🔗 to download their new 30-page ePub: https://authid.ai/authid-epubs/deepfakes-protection-ebook/ 

And those are this week's #fridayfive

Next week, the PEAK IDV roadshow continues at Marketplace Risk’s Inaugural New York Conference on Sept 16 & 17!

See you at #MRNYC!

*** LINKS

IDWEEK: https://www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/identity-week-america/index.stm 

LIMINAL: https://liminal.co/news/executive-appointments-genai-fraud-prevention/ 

SOCURE: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/socure-expands-international-presence-and-identity-verification-use-cases-to-answer-growing-demand-across-geographies-302244622.html

TECHCRUNCH: https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/12/google-wallet-to-test-a-feature-that-turns-your-us-passport-into-a-digital-id/

GOOGLE BLOG: https://blog.google/products/google-pay/google-wallet-digital-id-privacy-security/

AUTHID: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240911259853/en/authID-Publishes-New-White-Paper-The-Spread-of-Deepfakes-and-How-to-Protect-Your-Enterprise-Against-Them