“Digital identity has become extremely unverifiable. One of the great needs in the cyber world is to begin to anchor identity back to human characteristics when possible.”

In our first episode, host Ian L. Paterson chats with Ed Hammersla about how computing automation and the internet have changed identity.

Topics covered

• Business resiliency from cyberattack
• Automation and the internet have changed both security and identity
• Scalability as it relates to administration
• Vulnerability of legacy security infrastructure and tooling
• Regulation and possible downsides
• Convenience and security trade-off
• Importance of anchoring identity to human characteristics
• Behavioral biometrics to support identity

Guest Biography

Ed Hammersla was most recently President of Forcepoint Federal and Chief Strategy Officer at Forcepoint for Raytheon, a joint venture, focused on marketing cybersecurity products to both government and commercial organizations. Ed also played a leading role in the development of the trusted version of the Linux operating system, now known as Red Hat Enterprise Linux. 

He began his career at IBM and held leadership positions with Sterling Software, Informix Federal NEC and Trusted Computer Solutions, and has also worked in a number of venture capital communities as CEO of multiple startups and served as an investor and advisor to other companies.

Transcript and Accessibility

Full text transcript is available on the Plurilock blog.

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