Digital identities are growing more important and omnipresent in everyday life, and the need to keep them secure grows more pressing by the day. Financial information, Social Security numbers and a host of other private data is wrapped up in each person’s digital identity, making a potential data breach catastrophic.
Biometrics is one often-used method to prevent this, but even it is vulnerable to fraud. Cybercriminals are exploiting a variety of techniques to fool them, from advanced methods like 3D computer models of human heads to false hands made of putty.
In the December Digital Identity Tracker, PYMNTS explores the latest developments in the world of digital IDs, including a new digital driver’s license in the state of Colorado, a prototype facial recognition system for air travel in Finland and emerging methods that could threaten the validity of biometric authentication.