The Identity Thread by Entrust

As financial transactions become increasingly digital, the demand for seamless user experiences often clashes with the need for robust security measures. In part two of this episode on the trust paradox in payments security, we’re continuing our conversation with Entrust experts Simon Horswell and Andy Cease on the role of biometric ID verification, the evolving regulatory landscape, and how banks can get ahead of fraudsters. 

Digital payments are becoming the norm, raising the stakes for security and trust. With rising threats from AI-driven fraud and growing pressure for speed and compliance, how can financial institutions close the gap between usage and security confidence? In this episode, experts Simon Horswell and Andy Cease unpack the trust paradox in payments security and explore strategies to secure the future of digital transactions. 

As summer approaches, millions of people are preparing to hit the skies, roads and seas. Government agencies around the globe are bracing for this influx, and many are requiring digital travel authorizations to pre-screen travelers. But as more travelers cross international borders, they often face long, painful wait times and customs processes. In this podcast episode, we delve into the intersection of digital ID security and border protection, and how nations can ensure a seamless experience for travelers while keeping global journeys secure. 

Technology is reshaping financial services. AI-powered synthetic identities and deepfakes are propelling fraudsters to new heights, while quantum computing is poised to break the conventional encryption that safeguards financial services today. Regulatory efforts to help mitigate some of these risks are also creating an increasingly complex global financial compliance landscape. In this podcast episode, we’ll delve into strategies and tactics for financial institutions to thrive, not just survive, during this turbulent period with identity-centric security.

In this special edition podcast episode, we are bringing our audience insights from the biggest event in cybersecurity: RSAC 2025. While at the conference, we spoke with some of our experts on some of the most talked about themes from the show, including agentic AI, encryption and post-quantum cryptography, identity security, and regulations and compliance – and how to stay ahead amid the increasing threat landscape.

In this podcast, we’ll delve into the key cybersecurity challenges associated with the arrival of Q-Day, what is needed to attain and maintain a Zero Trust strategy in the post quantum era and offer practical guidance on how to facilitate the cryptographic transition to post quantum cryptography (PQC). 

From energy and wastewater treatment to communications, banking, and beyond, critical infrastructure are those assets, systems, and networks that support our daily lives. Any compromise to these resources, whether malicious or unintended, could have debilitating national security, economic, and public safety consequences.

Yet, our critical infrastructure remains vulnerable. And in an era of rising geopolitical tensions, it is also an easy and attractive target for nation state attackers. Solar Winds and more recently Salt Typhoon are two of many examples.

In this podcast, we explore the where’s and why’s of critical infrastructure vulnerability and associated compliance concerns, along with some strategies and best practices to improve critical infrastructure security and resilience.

Driven by technology innovation, divergent regulatory philosophies across geographies, and different industry dynamics, the global regulatory landscape continues to complexify creating a compliance and governance challenge for organizations of all shapes and sizes.

At the outset of 2025, fast evolving areas of compliance legislation include AI, biometrics, privacy, cyber resilience, and data management.

In this podcast, we’ll delve into some of the challenges facing organizations, CISOs, and compliance decision makers as they seek to navigate this ever-changing regulatory landscape, along with some of the strategies being applied to manage compliance.

At the outset of 2025, there is a natural convergence of payments and identity happening that is transforming the consumer and citizen experience.

Central to both is trusted digital identity which has become the cornerstone of our digital universe.

In this podcast, we’ll delve into some of the opportunities, risks, and challenges facing payments and identity players including digital wallet adoption, fraud intensification, quantum computing, and biometrics.

Among many other milestones, 2024 was the year generative AI went mainstream, identity fraud went digital first, and the first post quantum cryptography (PQC) standards were issued by NIST. As we look ahead to 2025, which cyber trends will gain momentum? And which will fall to the wayside? In this podcast, we’ll delve into our top cyber predictions for 2025 including the possible evolution of AI, quantum computing, digital identity, and regulation.