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FBI Warns of Deepfakes in Remote Hiring

Have you ever been talking to someone face-to-face on a video chat and heard them sneeze without actually seeing them sneeze? No, this is not a new physics-bending symptom of Covid. It could be a warning that the person Read more…

Payment Fraud at Record Lows Thanks to Analytics and AI, Visa Says

Despite a massive increase in online activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, fraud on the Visa payment network is at an all time low, the company says. One of the chief reasons for that success is a big investment in adva Read more…

Deepfakes, Digital Twins, and the Authentication Challenge

Deepfakes essentially are unauthorized digital twins created by malicious actors. The AI behind the two phenomena has gotten so good that the human eye can’t tell the difference between them. So how will we separate th Read more…

How Unified Data Access Governance Will Determine the Winners and Losers in the New Data Economy

Given the critical role data plays in helping companies achieve growth and competitive advantage, it's no wonder that companies have been migrating their analytical workloads to the cloud. Cloud not only relieves compani Read more…

Human + Machine Identity: A New Frontier for DevOps Automation

Identity has become the front door to all our online experiences, and the security perimeter for all our data. However, there's been no easy way to handle scenarios that involve a combination of human and machine access. Read more…

How Modern Data Strategies Underpin the Digital Identity and Authentication Practices Critical to Digital Transformation

The coming year — 2021 — will move digital customer experiences one giant leap forward, where there’s no need to appear in person to get things done. Virtually every enterprise is accelerating digital transformatio Read more…

LinkedIn Open Sources Kube2Hadoop

Hadoop and Kubernetes have fundamentally different ways of authenticating users, exposing a security gap for organizations that want to access HDFS data from Kubernetes-based applications. Thanks to the new Kube2Hadoop t Read more…

ID Verify Vendor Mitek Acquires AI-Based Authenticator

To get a sense of which AI capabilities beyond chatbots are most likely to have an immediate commercial impact, it’s useful to monitor which AI developers are being snapped up by established technology vendors. Anot Read more…

Data Privacy Gets a Makeover With ‘Zero-Knowledge’ Scheme

A cloud tool for application developers is designed to provide strong data encryption by eliminating the requirement for app users to share personal data. The tool also aims to reduce the burden on companies who must pro Read more…

Big Data-Powered Authentication Gives Security a Much-Needed Boost

Trillions of dollars are at stake in the ongoing battle against cybercriminals and fraudsters. Whether it's Russian cybercriminals hacking into retail chains or a kid in New Jersey filing fraudulent claims, stolen creden Read more…

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