FIDO Alliance Seminar: Authentication, Identity & the Road Ahead

Overview

The FIDO Alliance and host sponsor Thales recently held a one day seminar on authentication, identity and the road ahead.

Seminar sessions provided an exploration of the current state of authentication for workforce and consumer sign-ins – with a focus on FIDO and passkeys including adoption status and case studies. The seminar also featured discussions on other relevant topics for IAM professionals, such as the latest in attacks and threats, identity verification technology advances, and post-quantum cryptography. Attendees had the opportunity to engage directly with authentication and identity experts through open Q&A, networking and demos.

View the presentations below:

Agenda

900-1000	Registration, Breakfast & Networking
10:00-10:10	Welcome Address	Megan Shamas, CMO, FIDO Alliance
10:10 -10:20	Welcome from Thales	Cory McCollum, Regional Sales Director, IAM, Thales
10:20-10:50	Simpler, Stronger Authentication: The State of Passkeys	Megan Shamas, CMO, FIDO Alliance
10:50-11:15	Networking Break
11:15-11:40	Authentication for a Billion Consumers	Mike Slaugh, Principal Engineer – Information Security – Identity and Access Management, Amazon
11:45-12:30	New Data: Passkey Adoption in the Workforce	Megan Shamas, CMO, FIDO Alliance Sarah Lefavrais, Director of Product Marketing, Thales Michael Samara, Enterprise Sales and Alliances Manager, Versasec
12:30-1:30	Lunch & Networking
1:30-2:00	Targeting Trust: The Future of Identity in the CJIS-Aligned Workforce	Bill Berry, Identity Architect, Texas Department of Public Safety
2:05-2:30	Securing the Account Lifecycle: Identity Strategies in the Age of Deepfakes​	Ammar Faheem, Director of Product Marketing, Thales
2:30-2:45	Networking Break
2:45-3:10	Evolving Landscape of Post-Quantum Cryptography	Haider Iqbal, Director of Product Marketing, Thales
3:15-4:00	Panel: Passkeys & Consumer Adoption	Megan Shamas, CMO, FIDO Alliance Mike Slaugh, Principal Engineer – Information Security – Identity and Access Management, Amazon Ammar Faheem, Director of Product Marketing, CIAM, Thales
4:00-4:05	Wrap-Up
4:00-5:00	Reception

Registration Fee

$75.00 USD

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