The following report is by Biometric Update:
As we enter the last week of 2022, we look at some of the biometrics and digital ID trends predicted by experts in the field.
This was the year the world mostly emerged from the effects of the Covid pandemic, and numerous companies moved forward in creating innovative technological solutions. The trends and forecasts emailed to Biometric Update mostly reflect ongoing developments, but also suggest significant changes for how digital trust works in the near future.
Post-Quantum Cryptography
The first of the trends to watch, identified by Regula and others, is post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
This will bring about a significant increase in computational complexity, and the size of data will have to be compensated by new hardware and the optimization of software, according to an Idemia post.
Interoperability, Blockchain, Metaverse
Interoperable digital IDs based on decentralized and blockchain technologies are also expected to grow in mass adoption in 2023, in the wake of major steps taken in the past year.
In 2022, Apple and Samsung, two giant tech providers added digital ID offerings to their digital wallet solutions.
Another novelty is the aim to build an international solution that goes beyond a national system. Let us look at the EU digital wallet as a hot topic of 2022.
Writes Idemia.
SEE: 27 Corporations Publish ‘Policy Blueprint’ On How Governments Should Adopt Digital IDs
Blockchain applications will also spur the adoption of new biometrics applications, according to Incode, also to protect individuals in the metaverse, says iProov.
SEE: European Union Funds Project To Trial Biometric Payments For Digital Wallets
Frictionless Access
As the precision of biometric technologies increases, so do the applications that rely on them.
Alcatraz AI, Incode, Genetec, and the Security Industry Association (SIA) all predict that 2023 will see a substantial increase in access control technologies relying on biometrics.
Biometrics for access control are at a pivotal moment, driven by the changing nature of work environments and employee habits post-Covid.
Corporate security teams have been asked not just to provide security, but address a multitude of business drivers impacted in part by these trends.
Writes Alcatraz CEO Tina D’Agostin in the company’s latest trend report.
New Privacy And Regulatory Laws
Several organizations predict an increase in regulatory efforts concerning biometric data collection, but also the regulation of digital IDs.
According to Alcatraz and SIA, privacy and legal aspects of biometrics are becoming more localized but more consistent. Regula says regulators will likely continue to tighten identity verification rules.
Global economic and political unrest in 2022 has raised questions about vulnerabilities in public infrastructure.
In 2023, public sector agencies at every level can expect to see greater regulation on how their systems are secured and protected against heavily resourced, highly sophisticated bad actors.
Adds iProov’s year-end predictions.
Growth Of Multimodal Biometrics And MFA
Multimodal biometric authentication will also continue to grow, according to Alcatraz, with changing work environments and companies implementing a “zero trust” strategy.
The uptake of two-factor and multi-factor authentication (MFA) will continue, says iProov, but will witness a shift from password-plus-device to device-plus-biometric as the preferred combination.
Increased Cloud Adoption: Alcatraz, Genetec
Cloud technologies relying on biometrics will also witness an uptick in adoption, say both Alcatraz and Genetec.
As businesses rationalize costs, concerns, and approach to cloud migration, we can expect an increase in demand for ready-to-deploy hybrid-cloud appliances.
This infrastructure will support edge-computing workloads and make existing devices cloud-compatible, and help centralize access to systems and data across many sites.
Writes Genetec
Passwordless For Critical Accounts: Incode, Mitek
Perhaps not surprising, considering the aforementioned growth in MFA and multimodal biometrics, passwordless authentication is also set to grow in 2023, explains a Mitek report.
More people will protect their critical accounts with methods other than logins and passwords.
When authenticating access to these accounts, they will use biometrics, providing more security for their private data.
Adds Incode CEO Ricardo Amper.
SEE: Google Introduces Passwordless Authentication With Biometric Passkeys To Replace Passwords
Anti-Spoofing And Liveness Checks Increase
The last trend on this list regards the use of liveness checks technologies to tackle the rise of deepfakes, says Iproov.
The flipside of democratization is more ways for bad actors to enhance their fraud attempts by enabling deepfakes, synthetic identities, and more.
Adds a Regula report.
Organizations will need to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) anti-fraud technology to counter new attack vectors and effectively fight fraud as hacker methods evolve.
Says Incode’s Amper.
What other biometrics and digital ID trends do you expect to see in 2023? Let us know in the comments.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
[15] The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: [16] The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. Proverbs 30:15-16
Just like the hearts of men and especially in these modern times, it is never enough and they are never satisfied. Convenience is a killer: it ruins everything. It falls under the classification of envy. People want everything faster and better, even though most of the time all these modern inventions to speed-up menial tasks actual get slower and more cumbersome, and they end up being worse in the long run.
And yet people are willing and/or are coerced into wanting maximum convenience, and they are willing to relinquish more and more personal freedoms, liberties, conscience, and truth, in turn to have transactions and options presented to them purportedly one-two seconds faster. Apparently, opening your wallet and paying with cash and a piece of plastic is not fast enough, and is so “cumbersome” and “inconvenient.” Apparently it takes too much effort to write down and remember your password, so now we’ll scan your face, eyes, record your voice, and take thumbprints to authenticate your password. I could go on.
Furthermore, the Covid ruse is still being used to justify the digitalization of everything, removing physical touch and contact. In early 2021 I wrote a piece postulating the real reason why Sweden did not lockdown. The reason was, I believe, is because Sweden is one of the most biometrically advanced nations in the world, and cash is nearly out of use, and some public services do not even allow cash anymore. A HUGE reason why the lockdowns were implemented were because the contactless, cashless, biometric framework needed to be accelerated. Now all these companies and governments are building off of that fear to now justify going cashless and “frictionless.”
While we are still a bit off, we are nevertheless rapidly approaching the mark of the beast system.
[16] And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: [17] And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. [18] Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Revelation 13:16-18
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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And I thought Alcatraz was a prison ? Well, Here it comes, and as Jackie Gleason used to say “AAnd..AWAaaay We Go!” Soon, to show others affection we will QR codes to send each other via Cell/Smart-phones. NO actual human contact! “They’ll” have us back to 6 FT Apart again soon and new masks. Another Plandemic is coming No-doubt!
This world is really getting to stink!