re:ID Podcast

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  • Episode 134: Body recognition biometrics
    Body recognition biometrics may be the most accurate form of authentication, based on theoretical research conducted at the University of Adelaide. PhD student Teghan Lucas – working with supervisors Maciej Henneberg and Jaliya Kumaratilake – used an old online database of body measurements from 4,000 U.S. military personnel to come up with this system. What she found is that a series of large body measurements combined with one another is better than facial recognition, and it doesn’t much matter if the subject is wearing baggy clothes. Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan spoke with Lucas about her research into body recognition biometrics and what’s on the horizon for this modality.
    7 min
  • Episode 133: The evolution of MINEX
    The Minutiae Interoperability Exchange Test (MINEX) is nearly a decade old, born out of Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12, which calls for interoperable credentials for federal employees. The National Institute of Standards and Technology operates the test, which measures the performance of fingerprint matching software based on the standardized fingerprint templates. According to NIST, complying with the standard “creates the possibility of a fully interoperable multivendor marketplace for applications involving fast, economic, and accurate interchange of compact biometric templates.” Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan talks with NIST researcher Patrick Grother about the evolution of MINEX.
    7 min
  • Episode 132: Health care starting to embrace biometrics
    Health care systems have been slow to embrace biometric identification technology for patients, but business is growing. Hospitals are starting to notice the potential value of using biometrics for patient identification: less fraud, fewer duplicate records, shorter wait times. Health care companies that have taken the biometric plunge using M2SYS Technology’s RightPatient platform say most patients don’t seem to mind. Instead of resisting the technology, they readily sign on when they understand it is meant to protect their privacy and their medical records. M2SYS Technology’s Michael Trader and Novant Health’s Melanie Wilson chat with Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan about biometrics in health care.
    10 min
  • Episode 131: Microsoft preparing for a mobile future
    Microsoft is seizing the opportunity to hook up with Internet-connected devices and turning to the cloud to provide enterprises with more identity authentication options, while also helping organizations embrace a bring-your–own-device (BYOD) policy. Alex Simons, director of program management for Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory, fills Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan in on the latest from the computing giant.
    10 min
  • Episode 130: NSTIC winner: Confyrm
    Barely two-years-old, Confyrm is making a big impact with a $2.4 million two years pilot project that will demonstrate ways to minimize loss when criminals create fake accounts or take over online accounts. A key barrier to federated identity — where an identity provider “vouches” for an individual at other sites — is the concern that accounts used in identity solutions may not be legitimate, or in the control of their rightful owner. Andrew Nash, founder and CEO of Confyrm, fills Gina Jordan in on some of the details surrounding the pilot.
    11 min
  • Episode 129: NSTIC winner: MorphoTrust
    MorphoTrust is among the latest round of pilot winners for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. The company is working with North Carolina and about half a dozen partners to create an electronic ID for accessing online services. Their goal is that the eID will provide the ability to authenticate identity with the same security and privacy protection as in-person transactions. Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan spoke with MorphoTrust’s Mark DiFraia and miiCard’s James Varga about the project.
    9 min
  • Episode 128: Universities deploying multi-factor authentication
    It’s been two years since Internet2 was awarded a $1.8 million grant from the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. Among other things, the money is being used to encourage the use of multi-factor authentication among higher education institutions. As more schools roll out multi-factor authentication, dozens have joined a “cohortium” to bounce ideas off each other and gather information about best practices. Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan spoke with officials at the University of Arizona and University of Chicago member schools about their deployment of multi-factor authentication.
    8 min
  • Episode 127: FBI updates on Next-Generation Identification
    The FBI started rolling out the Next-Generation Identification system in 2010, with new increments coming about every 18 months, and completion expected in about 2020. In about a year, the FBI will start operating out of the $164million Biometrics Technology Center in Clarksburg, W.Va. Stephen Morris, assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division, fills Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan in on the program’s progress.
    11 min
  • Episode 126: How to make enterprise security profitable
    It’s estimated that’s security breaches cost companies $100 billion a year yet the IT security market as a whole is worth $50 billion. There’s a disconnect between those two numbers but Patrick Harding, CTO at Ping Identity, posits that by using different identity management technologies enterprise security can save money. By using single sign-on specific mobile identity and other technologies employees can be more productive while also securing the enterprise, Harding tells Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan.
    13 min
  • Episode 125: Breaking down ‘Operation Emmental’
    When it comers to ways to improve online authentication, the discussion quickly turns to two-factor. And while two-authentication is an improvement over user names and passwords it can still be hacked. One of the latest attacks is a variation on a man-in-the-middle attacks that’s being used in Europe. Regarding ID’s Gina Jordan spoke with Tom Kellermann, chief cybersecurity officer for Trend Micro, to explain “Operation Emmental.”
    9 min

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