Facing off against biometric identity theft

Robert Capps is authentication strategist, vice president for NuData Security (https://nudatasecurity.com/). He is a recognised technologist, thought leader and advisor with more than 20 years of experience in the design, management and protection of complex information systems – leveraging people, process, and technology to counter cyber risks.

Could the exploitation of another’s biometric data – as explored in the 1997 film Face/Off – actually happen in practice? As the incidence of identity theft spirals upward, Robert Capps reports on how US law is developing with regard to the capture and use of biometric data.