behavioral biometrics

The importance placed on security can’t be stressed enough. However, many people and organizations are becoming more and more frustrated with intrusions due to password issues. So, what are we to do?

Biometric security has increased over the past few years and we are marching faster towards a passwordless world. But, what can we expect, and how can we identify bot interaction versus human interaction as potential threats to our applications and networks?

In this “Back @ IT” episode, I’m joined by Justin Macorin, Cybersecurity and Behavioral Biometrics expert with Pointmount Inc. We’ll chat about what behavioral biometrics is, new security legislation, passwordless implications, activity tracking, and more.

Highlights:

• 01:48: Justin outlines his background and what led him to the cybersecurity work and specifically to behavioral biometrics.
• 03:39: What is behavioral biometrics? Justin lays out the answer as the way we interact with hardware and physical devices.
• 05:10: How different entities are interacting with computers through artificial intelligence and bots.
• 08:51: The rise of data privacy, and now biometric legislation, has placed greater importance on security. This puts an onus on organizations to have a security governance model in place.

• 11:10: The difference between buzzwords and practical application of systems and security have real-world implications.

• 13:03: Security is a continual process that should be reviewed, updated, and adapted to stay on opt of threats and attack factors.
• 14:46: What does the future look like if we all go to a passwordless ecosystem?
• 17:20: The impact a cookieless world will have on security, marketing, and tracking.
• 20:44: How we identify bots versus humans that interact with devices or applications. Does this change our approach to security?

This episode is part of the ongoing BehavioSec ID Forum Podcast Series.

BehavioSec, a pioneer in Behavioral Biometrics, uses continuous authentication to create a unique digital customer profile that is over 99% accurate.  This unique profile transparently validates a user's identity with zero friction, and updates dynamically to gradual changes over time, so the customer's unique profile automatically updates and remains perpetually accurate.  

Organizations that partner with BehavioSec's solution enable a heightened customer experience by: 

• Helping to reduce friction points
• A reduction in their internal analyst case load by delivering a unique signal that belongs singularly to a specific individual user
• Reduction in manual verification costs by identifying legitimate users
• The prevention of online fraud losses by detecting fraudulent and anomalous individual behavior

This episode is part of the ongoing BehavioSec ID Forum Podcast Series.

BehavioSec, a pioneer in Behavioral Biometrics, uses continuous authentication to create a unique digital customer profile that is over 99% accurate.  This unique profile transparently validates a user's identity with zero friction, and updates dynamically to gradual changes over time, so the customer's unique profile automatically updates and remains perpetually accurate.  

Organizations that partner with BehavioSec's solution enable a heightened customer experience by: 

• Helping to reduce friction points
• A reduction in their internal analyst case load by delivering a unique signal that belongs singularly to a specific individual user
• Reduction in manual verification costs by identifying legitimate users
• The prevention of online fraud losses by detecting fraudulent and anomalous individual behavior

This episode is part of the ongoing BehavioSec ID Forum Podcast Series.

BehavioSec, a pioneer in Behavioral Biometrics, uses continuous authentication to create a unique digital customer profile that is over 99% accurate.  This unique profile transparently validates a user's identity with zero friction, and updates dynamically to gradual changes over time, so the customer's unique profile automatically updates and remains perpetually accurate.  

Organizations that partner with BehavioSec's solution enable a heightened customer experience by: 

• Helping to reduce friction points
• A reduction in their internal analyst case load by delivering a unique signal that belongs singularly to a specific individual user 
• Reduction in manual verification costs by identifying legitimate users
• The prevention of online fraud losses by detecting fraudulent and anomalous individual behavior

This trailer contains summaries and clips for the first three episodes for the BehavioSec ID Forum Podcast Series.  New episodes will be available monthly.  

BehavioSec hopes to help companies understand the risks of today's distributed work environments and help improve their security posture to avoid issues such as account takeover and account fraud.  

This series will also provide advice and information from cyber security experts to help understand how to navigate today's challenges like PSD2 and Strong Customer Authentication.

Transcript

Behavioral biometrics is an emerging topic in the security sector. Users are profiled in how they use specific applications. These patterns of usage establish something like a behavioral fingerprint, which can keep your assets secure.

Banks use biometrics to prevent fraud from websites and mobile applications. What if someone found your unlocked phone, went to your banking app and was able to transfer money? If the application is trained to your personal biometric behavioral print, this transaction can be flagged.

There are many other uses for behavioral biometrics we will discuss and continue to pay attention to its use across industries as the field grows.

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