Editor-in chief. Market intelligence and strategy expert, and long-year speaker, moderator. More than 15 years in global identity verification, age verification, and RegTech markets.
Posts by Per Henrikson:
Generative AI is accelerating password attacks against Active Directory, making credential abuse faster and more effective. Specops Software explains how AI-driven cracking techniques exploit weak and predictable AD passwords.
Trading education platform FTMO implements iDenfy's KYB technology to verify corporate clients across 120+ countries.
Discover how Akamai and Visa are collaborating to enhance security for AI agents in digital commerce, ensuring safer transactions and protecting consumer data in the evolving online marketplace.
UAE banks will phase out SMS OTPs for online transactions from January 6, 2026, implementing biometric authentication instead to enhance security.
On January 1, 2026, the state launched its Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, shortened to DROP, that allows residents to request to delete all of their personal information online that's been harvested by data brokers.
The sandbox was launched on Wednesday by the Digital Policy Office (DPO) in collaboration with the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, which manages the city’s Cyberport business park. The CorpID Sandbox Programme will provide a simulated Application Programming Interface (API), allowing service providers to test CorpID’s functions.
The call is the first step toward updating Kantara’s Identity Assurance Process, to align it with version 4 of NIST SP 800-63, published in July 2025. The update covers Volume 63A – Identity Proofing and Enrollment. Drafts covering Drafts 63B and 63C will follow.
To streamline the process of data deletion, the California government has introduced a new platform called the Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP). This platform was developed by the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and officially launched at the end of 2025, with full functionality starting on January 1st, 2026.
According to a Nadra spokesperson, the scope of biometric verification has been broadened following amendments to the National Identity Card laws. Under the new framework, citizens can now avail biometric verification using facial recognition via the Pak-ID mobile application.
OpenID will launch global conformance tests for key digital ID standards from February 2026, supporting eIDAS 2.0 and other schemes.
In select U.S. states, residents can add their driver's license or state ID to the Apple Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, and then use it to display proof of identity or age at select airports and businesses, and in select apps.
Virginia Mobile ID is a digital option of a state-issued driver's license or identification card, available as a free app on the App Store and Google Play.
