CYBERSECURITY
“ A TYPICAL USER WILL REQUIRE MANY PASSWORDS FOR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS AND WEBSITES ”
AMANDA WIDDOWSON HEAD OF HUMAN FACTORS CAPABILITY , THALES UK
“ A typical user will require many passwords for personal and professional applications and websites . There is a risk that people will use the same , easy-to-remember password for several applications , so if one is compromised , the rest are too . Biometric technologies may be a better solution because they eliminate reliance on human memory . Fingerprint and facial recognition systems are common on smartphones , but could be better utilised in commercial computer equipment and applications .”
According to Mitek : “ Most user ’ s passwords , PINs , and personal identifying information have likely been compromised with a data breach , meaning billions of accounts can be accessed by fraudsters who retain the answers to traditional authentication methods .”
The role of AI in biometric authentication As Adam Desmond , Sales Director EMEA at OCR Labs , told Cyber Magazine last year , identity verification software technologies are using AI to enable consumers to safely and securely transact online using their mobile devices .
“ Face biometrics can determine a match between our selfie and a document ,” he comments . “ But what it can ’ t do is distinguish between a live person and someone trying to trick a biometric system into thinking it sees a live person .
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