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.
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Earlier in March, Australia’s Department of Finance closed its tender for “professional services to undertake current‑state mapping and analysis of the Australian Government Digital ID System (AGDIS) Identity Exchange.”
Between March 17–18, Romania hosted a major interoperability testing exercise dedicated to the European Digital Identity Wallet, the CSC Interoperability Event EUDI Wallet 2026.
Identy.io, Incode and Microblink are claiming success in DHS SS&T’s RIVR, carried out by the Maryland Test Facility (MdTF).
The partnership integrates Reality Defender’s deepfake detection capabilities directly into Charm’s Agentic Workforce across voice, image and text, delivered by Charm’s AI agents. The intended result is more certainty, faster.
Incidents attributed to cybercriminals sponsored by Pyongyang increased by 130% in 2025. Analysts highlight their growing sophistication
A rogue AI agent at Meta took action without approval and exposed sensitive company and user data to employees who were not authorized to access it.
Fraudsters build credibility across multiple institutions over time, exposing the limits of KYC systems that verify individual data points instead of evaluating identities holistically and creating a potential systemwide problem.
Sri Lanka is moving forward with the Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity (SLUDI) project, designed to create a biometric-based foundational digital ID. Nationwide rollout is scheduled for the third quarter of 2026.
Regula says it shows a wider shift in which remote identity verification is becoming foundational to digital economies — underpinning payments, border control, telecom activation and online platforms. Much of the expansion comes from long‑standing enterprise customers that have relied on Regula’s technology for nearly a decade.
Shufti is bringing its remote video-based identity verification system to the DACH region, covering Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The fraud prevention company will offer its Videoident product to banks, payment providers and fintechs.
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board last week announced the agency's first decision involving students and California schools. The decision...
Agentic AI can autonomously run exploits at machine speed and has weaponized trust in identities. 360 Deception, the next generation of cyber deception designed to break AI-driven attack automation. As autonomous adversaries operate at machine speed, traditional security controls struggle to keep pace.
