We hear “AI has both a bright side and a dark side. We should increase the former and decrease the latter for developing responsible AI” We cannot disagree but would like to add one more remark to it — “We should be prepared to fend off bad guys who attempt…

We now rarely come across cybersecurity articles in which there is no reference to 2FA/MFA. We also rarely come across the cybersecurity articles in which there is reference to ‘how the 2/multiple factors should be configured’. Where correctly configured, a two-factor authentication actually provides a higher security than a one-factor…

What’s your strategy to deliver value as a trusted cybersecurity advisor to the business? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whats-your-strategy-deliver-value-trusted-advisor-christophe We would expect the trusted cybersecurity advisors to be firmly against the quasi-solutions that get the weak identity security further weakened from within. Ready to listen more? — Spend several minutes at “How to not see our weak digital identity further weakened” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-see-our-weak-digital-identity-further-weakened-hitoshi-kokumai/

Although it alone is not capable of preventing phishing attacks, Expanded Password System powered by citizens’ non-volatile episodic memory could make a meaningful contribution to deterrence of phishing attacks and mitigation of damages. The schema shown below tells where and how Expanded Password System and its applied solutions help in…

With biometrics conveniently waiting there to be abused, it’s only natural for criminals to look to AI as a nice tool for easier and quicker impersonation and identity fraud. This topic of ‘artificial intelligence and digital identity’ is really intriguing indeed. I have posted the following messages over the past month What if Doublethink gets blown into Identity-less Humanoid? (28Feb2023) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hitoshikokumai_marketingedge-trending-media-activity-7036205391961104384-QmJ0 AI Program with No Identity (24Feb2023) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hitoshikokumai_chatgpt-activity-7034813572727656448-IXUJ Artificial Intelligence, Privacy and Digital Identity (18Feb2023) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hitoshikokumai_democracy-privacy-data-activity-7032545687674253312-FDfO Modest AI Wanted (10Feb2023) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hitoshikokumai_tech-ai-chatgpt-activity-7029691578109628417-JBrD Marriage of Doublethink and Artificial Intelligence (8Feb2023) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hitoshikokumai_democracy-privacy-data-activity-7028961427436539904-5n3h

On my earlier post “Driven by Ignorance?” https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hitoshikokumai_your-voice-can-be-a-password-are-you-protecting-activity-7037969991379419136-8F0K I found this comment “Zero Trust cannot be achieved via probabilistic methods, the numbers for false decision (however small) will never be zero. If probabilistic methods are used anywhere in user, device, network or application chain, then zero is not possible.”

“What happens though if/when spyware or screen-readers are used for capturing a user’s on-screen selections bypassing the reasons for the selections?” This is a question asked on my earlier post “Password Manager with No Password Vault” https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hitoshikokumai_democracy-privacy-data-activity-7028173525987332097-rBCc My answer was — “I am mindful of the threat that you raised…

In response to a call from Dr Vladas Leonas, GAICD, FACS, FIEAust, I left the following message on this site — https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-vladas-leonas-gaicd-facs-fieaust-16622b_digitally-onboard-customers-by-linking-their-activity-7035492835080491008-4SfD “That those people confidently makes such a claim as “Digitally onboard customers by linking their face to their identity document” should be interpreted that their face verification technology…

When personal information (possibly passwords included) of thousands or millions of people are breached, we wouldn’t need to anticipate that every one of the thousands or millions will actually suffer damages. It would perhaps be too much for criminals whose resources are not unlimited. It doesn’t mean, however, that we…