The Biometric Update Podcast

How to get your age check platform certified, and why it matters

Tony Allen of the Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS) and Julian Corbett of the OpenAge initiative join the Biometric Update Podcast to discuss reusable age checks, cer

Ep. 56: FIDO's Andrew Shikiar on the future of digital trust

FIDO Alliance Executive Director and CEO Andrew Shikiar discusses how the Alliance's work on passkeys is helping it draw a map for digital credentials, wallet certificati

Ep. 55 - HarmonEyes' eye movement age assurance shows identity market diversifying

HarmonEyes is bringing its eye movement tracking tech into the age assurance space. In this episode, CEO Adam Gross discusses how the technology works, why it's trustwort

Ep. 54: Deepfakes at scale and how world models are the next line of defense

In 2026, synthetic media is everywhere, and deepfake detection has become an essential part of a layered security stack. In this episode, Identy's Jesus Aragon sketches o

Ep. 53: Why Veridas and Fourthline are building a new kind of identity platform

Veridas CEO Eduardo Azanza discusses the company's recent merger with Fourthline in the context of an industry shift toward consolidated identity services. 

Ep. 52: The age of age assurance, and where the sector stands now

Age assurance is everywhere. Around the world, legislators are exploriong how to regulate age-restricted products and services online. The debate is moving fast – so fast

Ep. 51: Identity in the Agentic Age with Alice Sesay Pope

How much would you let a machine do for you? How much would you let it do autonomously, on your behalf? These are the questions driving a growing market for identity gove

Ep. 50: What's changed in digital ID over the past 20 months?

The Biometric Update Podcast's 50th episode looks at what's changed since we launched in April 2025, from fraud tools to age checks to the agentic economy. 

Ep. 49: Why identity moves too slow for Imprivata CEO Fran Rosch

Imprivata CEO Fran Rosch is an identity veteran who has watched the sector cycle and transform over decades. As agentic AI enters the healthcare space, Rosch reflects on

Ep. 48: ID4Africa Part 2 - Snapshots from Cognitec, Thales, Iris ID, Regula

Part 2 of the Biometric Update Podcast's coverage of the 2026 ID4Africa AGM features BU managing editor reporting from the conference floor, in conversation with represen

Ep. 47: Live from ID4Africa 2026 AGM Pt. 1: Dr. Joseph Attick on Africa's digital ID ecosystem

The 2026 ID4Africa AGM took place in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire in May, and Biometric Update was on location to cover all the latest developments in the African identity sect

Ep. 46 - Claire Ma, co-founder of Sign, on government digital ID programs in the AI age

Claire Ma is the co-founder of Sign, a company building identity infrastructure and verifiable credential systems for government digital ID programs. From India to Africa

Ep. 45: BIPA-busting attorney Dan Saeedi talks biometric law

If you’re in Illinois, and you’re facing class action litigation, who you gonna call? Daniel Saeedi. He’s a bona fide BIPA buster with the Biometric Privacy Team at Blank

Ep. 44: Valentin Vasilyev of Fingerprint explains browser fingerprinting

Valentin Vasilyev is the Chief Technology Officer of Fingerprint. After creating Fingerprint.js, he established a company to specialize in browser fingerprinting. In this

Ep. 43: Teresa Wu of Idemia Public Security on SIA's new Corporate Credential Design Guide

On top of her work for Idemia Public Security North America and frequent speaking appearances, Teresa Wu led the creation of the SIA's new Corporate Credential Design Gui

Ep. 42: ADVP and NO2ID debate on path forward for UK digital identity

David Crack, chair of the Association of Document Verification Professionals (ADVP) has been busy advocating for providers verified under the Digital Verification Service

Ep. 41: Concordium's Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki is keeping up with agentic AI

This is the moment Concordium has been waiting for. CEO Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki says the blockchain protocol is among those best positioned to bring trusted authenticatio

Ep. 40: ROC CEO Scott Swann talks about the US company's recent IPO

In February, Colorado-based biometrics and vision AI provider ROC closed the first big biometrics IPO of 2026. I’m Joel McConvey, and today on the Biometric Update Podcas

Ep. 39: Wizz joins the Tech Coalition as online safety regs escalate

Wizz, a French social chat platform for young people, recently became one of the few European members of the Tech Coalition, a collection of companies working together to

Ep. 38: Why Marshall scholar Ben Fischer didn't sign the open letter on age assurance

Ben Fischer is a Marshall scholar who graduated from Stanford University, and is now at the University of Edinburgh studying the technical and social implications of priv