State of Identity Podcast Series by Liminal

How many cookies do you have tucked away? This week, host Cameron D’Ambrosi is joined by Mano Pillai, Chief Product Officer at LiveIntent to discuss alternatives to using third-party cookies as served as a persistent identifier. They explore the potential for email address-based identifiers to meet platform demands for customized consumer experiences without the negative side effects and regulatory risk of persistent cookie tracking.

What's your favorite pizza topping? Knowledge based authentication is not really knowledge, and not really authentication. In this week's State of Identity, host, Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by Alex Shockley, President & Co-Founder of Journey, to discuss identity as the cornerstone of a better contact center. In this episode, you'll learn how a zero knowledge identity network can solve for security, privacy, and customer experience simultaneously.

How close are we to being fully passwordless? On this week's State of Identity podcast, host, Cameron D'Ambrosi, asks Co-founder and CEO of Stytch, Reed McGinely-Stempel, how people will verify and authenticate their identities without having a password. We explore alternative access points and what businesses will need to watch out for when initiating the shift to a more frictionless and secure future.

What does it take to not just build, but scale, a trust framework for interoperable digital identity? On this week's State of Identity podcast host, Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by Daniel Goldscheider, Founder & CEO of yes.com, Don Thibeau, Executive Director at OpenID Foundation, Carl Hössner, CTO at BankID, and Anil Mahalaha, Head of Solutions at Akoya, to discuss the launch of the Global Assured Identity Network (GAIN). They discuss GAIN's core mission of leveraging bank KYC to validate online identities, with interoperability provided by the fundamental OpenID standard.

Are strong biometric liveness detection and face matching the key to protecting authentication processes against account takeover? On this week's State of Identity podcast, host Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by FaceTec SVP of North American Operations Jay Meier at FaceTec to explore the above question, unwrap the PKI Fallacy, and explain why device authentication is not user authentication.

What do we really mean when we say to go "beyond" multi-factor authentication (MFA)? You can switch-up or even add authentication factors, and it's still a never-ending game of cat and mouse. Find out this and more on this week's State of Identity podcast. Host Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined by Joe Burton, Chief Executive Officer at TeleSign, to discuss why 2FA is still relevant and sometimes presented as an easier option for some companies, and why MFA remains so critical to today's security landscape.

In this month’s Investing in Identity series, we break down the latest industry trends including: Movers & Shakers: API-first passwordless startup Stytch, raises $90MM at a $1B valuation and Merit snags $50MM Series B to expand digital credentials platform M&A Activity:Digital fraud prevention startup Sift acquires Keyless, a passwordless multi-factor authentication service provider and fintech firm Plaid has scooped up Cognito, identity verification and compliance company Musings of the Month:Twilio and Boku Mobile Identity share a common goal and come together to offer Secure Onboarding. What’s next with identity verification and intelligence?

We're still at the dawn of the applications of biometrics. What is the industry's role in leading consumer education? Join host Cameron D'Ambrosi and David Ray, COO & General Counsel at Rank One Computing as they discuss how biometrics have evolved from government applications to B2C use cases. You'll uncover how widespread mobile adoption has ushered biometrics across new industry verticals, unlocking the power of understanding who's on the other side of that device.

Are there effective means to catch fraudsters, money launderers, and terrorists? On this week's State of Identity podcast, host Cameron D'Ambrosi is joined with Tony Petrov, Chief Legal Officer at Sumsub to discuss image-based automated KYC, countries liveness detection, anti-fraud instruments, watchlists, and screenings while building your AML procedures compliant with various data protection laws. Hear what biometric data provides to online service providers and the difference in regulation to start a fintech in Singapore, or in the UK, or in Austria.

Sweden's Freja eID is a pinnacle example of government-approved digital identity, all from the convenience of your mobile wallet. Join host Cameron D'Ambrosi as he kicks off 2022 with Kristofer von Beetzen, Chief Product Officer of Freja eID. They dive into the burning questions for eID including who should control identity, why and when you shouldn't host identity data yourself, the future of mobile wallets, and whether identity will rule the world.