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Time to Wake Up: Why We Need to Ditch Paper IDs for Digital Security - AU10TIX

The recent SSN breach in the U.S. is a clear sign that it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee—our reliance on paper documents and outdated methods for identity verification is putting us at risk. This breach, which exposed the Social Security Numbers of millions, has shown how vulnerable our personal information is when stored and shared using old-school methods. As we continue to see in the news, the consequences are dire for individuals and businesses.Here’s the irony: we think that holding...
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It’s Official: We Need Better Age Verification - AU10TIX

As everything moves online, new rules and regulations are emerging to ensure that age verification systems are robust and effective. In both the US and EU, recent legislation is tightening the reins on how businesses handle age verification, especially with the widespread use of social media and access to age-restricted content. Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Digital Identity, 2024 report highlights why this is so critical right now—businesses need to comply with these regulations without creating fri...
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The Evolution of Smart Document Capture | AU10TIX

In the early days of digital identity verification, many companies, including AU10TIX, operated through a B2B API. The process seemed straightforward: companies would send user IDs, selfies, or proof of address images, and a verdict would be provided. However, the industry quickly discovered that capturing a clear image of an ID or uploading proof of address was more challenging than anticipated.Many businesses struggled with collecting high-quality images despite their best efforts. This led to...
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Cryptocurrency's Unintended Role in Organized Crime - AU10TIX

In recent years, cryptocurrency has made an undeniable mark on the global financial landscape. However, its rise has brought an unintended consequence – a surge in its use in organized crime activities. According to a report by The Financial Times, they have now become deeply entwined in the underworld.The extent of its involvement in unlawful endeavors is vast and disconcerting. London’s Metropolitan Police have highlighted its use in various criminal activities, spanning from drug trafficking...
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Real Customers Are Fed Up with Your Clumsy KYC - AU10TIX

Smart Document Capture (SDC) can change the game for your business with its picture-perfect touchless document capture, biometric capabilities, and authentication rates up to 90% higher than your competitor’s. Digital onboarding is identified as the biggest area of weakness and missed opportunity for businesses. How you handle Know Your Customer (KYC) processes can make or break your customer relationships.  Picture this scenario: A seasoned account holder with multiple ties to the US receives a...
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Strengthen Your Fintech KYC with Deepfake Detection

Amidst the backdrop of fintech, Generative AI and biometrics are emerging as powerful tools that can supercharge your KYC and compliance processes with deepfake detection.The Deepfake Challenge in Fintech KYCKYC remains a cornerstone of financial services, ensuring institutions like yours verify customers’ identities, assess risks, and comply with regulations. However, in today’s digital-first, customer-centric environment, fintech companies face an increasing threat from deepfake technology.Dee...
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Six Ways Reusable Digital Identities Will Change Your Life

Innovative technologies are constantly reshaping the way we conduct business in today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape. One such groundbreaking development that is set to transform the digital landscape and the way we navigate through it are verifiable credentials, offered by AU10TIX as Reusable Digital IDs. Built on the foundation of blockchain technology, they hold immense potential to streamline and secure various aspects of business transactions, from enhancing trust and transparency to...
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The Rise of Digital IDs and Their Path to Global Adoption

Just as no two zebras have the same pattern, no two digital IDs are identical. Their uniqueness enhances their effectiveness in accurately identifying individuals in a digital environment. Digital identities have been making waves lately as a potential game-changer in replacing traditional documents such as passports and driving licenses. These systems offer convenience and improved security, presenting an opportunity to revolutionize identification processes. However, their global adoption has...
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Decoding the Dark Art of Deception – How to Detect and Outsmart Serial Fraud Attacks 

Welcome back to the second part of our story on serial fraud. In the previous post, we explored the complexities of synthetic identity fraud and its connection to the more sinister serial fraud attacks. These coordinated attacks, orchestrated by organized crime syndicates, pose a significant challenge to traditional fraud detection systems. Today, we delve deeper into the solution that can unmask these invisible attackers.To effectively combat serial fraud, a multi-layered defense strategy is cr...
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How to Protect Your Digital Kingdom From Account Takeover | AU10TIX

Let me take you back to a time before I worked in the cybersecurity industry. I received a text message from my bank, claiming that my account had been compromised and urging me to change my password immediately. Feeling anxious, especially when it involved my bank, I hastily clicked on the provided link, which took me to what appeared to be the authentic bank website. Without hesitation, I changed my password, received an authentication link via text, and felt relieved that I had taken swift ac...
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Serial Fraud – The Invisible Attacker

Identity fraud is one of the oldest and most pervasive crimes, and criminals must understand legitimate identity profiles to craft believable fakes. Just about everyone who rubs elbows with someone working in the identity verification industry or Fintech has heard of synthetic fraud but not so much about its younger and more destructive sibling, serial fraud.In many ways, synthetic fraud paved the way for serial fraud to enter even the most fortified security stack undetected through professiona...
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Drones in Your Biopharmaceutical Supply Chain– Are You Ready? 

Today drug product delivery via drone is no longer a fringe technology – it’s here to stay. Over the past decade, drones have been the subject of experiment for use in broadening the capability of supply chain professionals to deliver life-saving vaccines and temperature sensitive drug therapies. (1)  Drones are transforming the pharmaceutical supply chain transportation model at a swift tempo, enabling the safe delivery of life-saving vaccines and medical supplies to areas impacted by natural d...
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Autologous Cell Therapy Requires Agility in the Cold Chain

Autologous cell therapy (ACT) is a therapeutic intervention that uses an individual’s cells, which are cultured and expanded outside the body, and reintroduced into the donor. Advantages of this approach include the minimization of risks from systemic immunological reactions, bio-incompatibility, and disease transmission associated with cells not cultivated from the patient. We intend to review the promising CAR T-Cell Therapy that uses apheresis collection to start the ACT process and address t...
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Regenerative Medicine – A Catalyst for Modern Targeted Cancer Therapy

For thousands of years, tissue regeneration has been a topic of interest among the scientific world. The ancient civilizations of India and Greece were pioneering medical techniques that still impact the field today. Cleansing and debridement of wounds were commonplace, and there are reliable records from India dating back 1000 years describing skin grafting for facial reconstructions. The human regeneration potential was well-known also by the Greeks as early as the 8th Century BCE, as demonstr...
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Traditional Data Loggers & FDA Regulations for Pharma Shipments

Temperature data loggers have been around for decades and were one of the first sensors in the biopharmaceutical cold chain. This technology provided temperature audit trails of shipments in transit, enabling partners in the cold chain to confirm whether the products remained within specification throughout transit and verifying the acceptability of the product for the next partner in the cold chain.
Unfortunately, most temperature data loggers utilized in the industry stopped developing at this...
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The Design of Clinical Trials in Pharmaceutical Development - Modality Solutions

Explore the Clinical Trial Design Including the Unique Cold Chain Logistics Challenges for Clinical Trials in Developing Countries
Clinical trial design is a defining step in the pharmaceutical development process that determines whether a candidate product will reach commercialization. An often-overlooked aspect of clinical trial design is the logistics of transporting the product. This may seem trivial due to the easy access to adequate storage facilities, packing materials, and shipping metho...