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Steve Cook

Digital Identity & Biometrics Consultant

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07 Oct 2015

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Digital Identity - Prove you are not a fake?

In today's world of biometric authentication and digital identity, proving that someone is real is a serious challenge for online and mobile services. Deepfakes, 3D masks, and even fake photos of people can cause problems for digital onboarding vendors as well as other digital enrolment processes. This in turn affects entities such as banks and mer...

16 December 2020 /retail /identity Biometrics

Liveness Detection - What to look out for!

When it comes to choosing a biometric liveness detection vendor for remote digital onboarding or authentication, there are several factors to consider. Reliability, speed, the user experience and above all third-party presentation attack detection (PAD) testing for anti-spoofing. PAD testing is essential because a great many active liveness solut...

15 October 2020 /inclusion /identity Biometrics

Now Biometrics will be essential for Digital Onboarding and Authentication

Biometrics will be in high demand in order for economies to function during the Covid-19 virus outbreak. Many onboarding practices with traditional banks involve the customers making a trip to the local branch to verify who they are with their ID documents. Now that most countries have introduced stay-at-home policies due to the coronavirus crisis,...

15 April 2020 /inclusion /covid-19 Biometrics

The importance of passive facial liveness detection

The importance of passive facial liveness detection is key for digital onboarding and a frictionless user experience. Liveness detection has become a critical part of the digital identity process for face biometric authentication, onboarding and fraud prevention. With today's facial recognition systems, there are two questions that need to be asked...

27 March 2020 /inclusion /identity Biometrics