On this week's State of Identity podcast, host Cameron D'Ambrosi and Russ Cohn, General Manager, International at OCR Labs dive into the growing digital identity space. They discuss why digital identity is breaking out of some of these pigeonholes around risk and compliance that have been held for so many years, and how OCR Labs is differentiating itself among a crowded field of competitors in the ITV and Doc space.

Where is the intersection of trust and identity? On this week's State of Identity podcast host Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by Steve Ritter, CTO at Mitek & Christopher Briggs Head of Product at Mitek to discuss their recent acquisition of HooYu, and what this means for the identity market, businesses, and consumers alike.

Open finance and APIs are driving a new era of financial innovation that will fuel new use cases and business models for financial institutions and fintechs. David Whitcomb, Vice President of Product at MX and Crystal Anderson, Vice President of Product Management at MX define “Open Finance,” how it’s part of the Open Banking movement, and will explain how financial institutions can benefit from open finance and drive innovation vs. leaving it to the latest fintech app.

How do state-sponsored cyber-attacks impact the techniques of the common cyber-criminal? On this week's State of Identity Podcast, host Cameron D'Ambrosi welcomes Chuck Everette, Director of Cybersecurity Advocacy at Deep Instinct to discuss today's evolving cyber threat landscape and why current defenses are light years behind.    

In this month's Investing in Identity series, we examine what a bear market indicates for high growth sectors like identity. This month's agenda features: Wall Street is on the cusp of a bear market. What does this mean for identity solutions and what are the market indicators to watch? Advice to startup founders and investors in the identity market with money at stake This month's movers and shakers: LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires BehavioSec, to bolster their predictive behavioral biometrics, continuous authentication, and fraud prevention capabilities

Roey Eliyahu, Co-Founder & CEO at Salt Security, discusses the difference between authentication and authorization in API security. They explore the vulnerabilities in traditional API key infrastructure and the need for stronger security measures. The guest emphasizes the importance of securing APIs for digital identity and offers educational resources for learning about API security.

On this week's State of Identity, host Cameron D'Ambrosi welcomes Mike Vesey, CEO at IdRamp for an action-packed discussion surrounding zero-trust frameworks, identity orchestration, and interoperability. They explore low-code/no-code orchestration services, what to consider when making long-term complex identity decisions, and what the US is doing to protect Americans from sophisticated cyber threats after the White House issued Executive Order 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. 

Where is the biggest AI bottleneck and what is the next foundational shift in AI? On this week's State of Identity podcast, host Cameron D’Ambrosi welcomes Dr. Eric Daimler, CEO & Co-Founder of Conexus AI to dive into data integration and consolidation. They break down the limitations of AI and look at  regulatory headwinds around the development and deployment of AI technologies.

Is “better digital identity already in your pocket"? On this week's State of Identity podcast, host Cameron D'Ambrosi asks Prove Co-founder and CEO Rodger Desai how the company is leveraging mobile signals and the largest and most accurate network of reusable identity credentials to help companies redefine business identity processes as revenue drivers instead of cost centers. We'll explore how reusable identity is changing the authentication game and how technology advancements such as 5G and the metaverse are spurring the need for mobile-powered tech that secures identity while also driving seamless experiences.

In this month's Investing in Identity series, we take a hard look at the latest market activity including companies (and people!) taking companies from public to private.  Twitter accepts Elon Musk's $44B offer to take the social media giant private. Musk has been very upfront about his mission to reduce bots by "authenticating all real humans." How will this reshape the social network for its 200MM users? Sailpoint, the enterprise identity security giant, is being taken private by Thoma Bravo for $6.9B LSEG is set to expand its global range of digital identity solutions through a recent acquisition of Global Data Consortium