Cyber Security 2021 Prediction

Hitoshi Kokumai
2 min readDec 27, 2020

https://cybersecurityworks.com/cyber-security-predictions-2021/hitoshi-kokumai.html

What is the value of ‘hard-to-forget’, ‘hard-to-break’ and ‘panic-proof’ secret credential?

You could find the answer here — “Digital Identity for Global Citizens”

https://devpost.com/software/digital-identity-for-global-citizens

- Theme: Identity Assurance by Our Own Volition and Memory

- Problem: Password Predicament

- Solution: Non-Text Secret Credentials

- Theory: Science of Human Memory

What have prevented people from comprehending that?

Below are some answers.

“Bizarre Theory of Password-less Authentication”

“Why are we so persistent in the efforts to bust the falsehood ofbiometrics? “

In view of the ever rampant Covid-19, let me refer to the theme of Digital Identity in Post-Pandemic Era.

Very probably, global populations will be far more dependent on Digital Identity in the Post-Covid19 era that our life will be far less dependent on geographical move of people — fewer face-to-face meetings, less commute, fewer travels and far more dependent on telemedicine, telework and many other tele-something, while threats of Big Brothers by rogue governments, greedy corporations and crime syndicates will be yet greater than ever.

The likes of Self-Sovereign Identity, expected to play a critical role in the highly complex situations, would require not just the distributed ledger technology but the most reliable identity authentication if it is to be truly valid and sustainable.

Our responsibility of providing ‘hard-to-forget’, ‘hard-to-break’ and ‘stress-proof’ authentication will be really heavy.

< References >

Summary and Brief History — Expanded Password System

Image-to-Code Conversion by Expanded Password System

Proposition on How to Build Sustainable Digital Identity Platform

External Body Features Viewed as ‘What We Are’

History, Current Status and Future Scenarios of Expanded Password System

Negative Security Effect of Biometrics Deployed in Cyberspace

Removal of Passwords and Its Security Effect

Availability-First Approach

Update: Questions and Answers — Expanded Password System and Related Issues (30/June/2020)

< Videos on YouTube>

Slide: Outline of Expanded Password System (3minutes 2seconds)

Demo: Simplified Operation on Smartphone for consumers (1m41s)

Demo: High-Security Operation on PC for managers (4m28s)

Demo: Simple capture and registration of pictures by users (1m26s)

Slide: Biometrics in Cyber Space — “below-one” factor authentication

< Latest Media Articles Published in 2020 Spring>

Digital Identity — Anything Used Correctly Is Useful https://www.valuewalk.com/2020/05/digital-identity-biometrics-use/

‘Easy-to-Remember’ is one thing ‘Hard-to-Forget’ is another https://www.paymentsjournal.com/easy-to-remember-is-one-thing-hard-to-forget-is-another/

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Hitoshi Kokumai

Advocate of ‘Identity Assurance by Our Own Volition and Memory’, Inventor of Expanded Password System and Founder of Mnemonic Identity Solutions Limited in UK.