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Ravin Sanjith, Program Director, Intelligent Authentication
As program director with Opus Research, Ravin Sanjith oversees coverage dedicated to building awareness, understanding and appreciation of accurate, affordable, usable, frictionless and scalable platforms for identity verification and intelligent authentication. Most recently, Ravin was co-founder and CEO at OneVault, a global pioneer in delivering voice biometrics solutions across the financial and telecoms sectors of Africa.
Previous to OneVault, Ravin spent five years as an intrapreneur in a range of asset finance, commercial and private leasing companies where he held various C-level positions always driving business process and technological innovation. He started his working career in 1992 as an engineer, where he applied machine sensor technologies and disparate data sources to optimize operational performance of electricity distribution networks. He then went on to two of South Africa’s largest retail banks, where he led the blueprinting of large scale ERP systems, including SAP. Additionally, Ravin worked with smaller Internet startups, most notably the creation of e-procurement hubs in the automotive sector working as COO at MotorOnLine, which was acquired by TransUnion in 2005.
Ravin possesses a blend of technical and commercial acumen, accumulated over 25 years across multitude of industries and disciplines. Inspired by disruptive thinking and emerging technologies, Ravin has pioneered many innovations in large enterprises as well as startups, with specific interest in the use of biometrics to curb ID&V enterprise and government security together with customer experience challenges.
Contact: [email protected]
Twitter: @RavinSanjith
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Passport from Pindrop Underscores Need for Fourth-Factor, Continuous Authentication
By evaluating the device, behavior and voice of the caller when connected to an IVR or agent, Pindrop’s “Deep Voice” and “Toneprinting” technology solutions adhere to a multi-layered security and continuous authentication strategy.
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How Continuous Authentication as a Fourth Factor Will Shape 2018
In the world of Intelligent Authentication, usability and security will be key drivers as competition heats up to engage customers on their preferred devices. Conversational interfaces that support continuous authentication will become critical to enhance the overall user experience.
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Innovative Approaches to Fight Spoofing of Voice Authentication
With additional modalities, factors and security layers for voice biometrics, a new wave of Intelligent Authentication solutions are fusing both biometric and behavioral user characteristics to deliver secure, seamless authentication.
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Accelerating Mobile Biometrics: Doing Nothing is Not an Option
From Opus Research Intelligent Authentication Program Director Ravin Sanjith, learn six key considerations for implementing mobile biometrics that can be leveraged to fast-track selection, design, deployment and operational success.
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Voice Biometrics, Phone and Network Imaging – a Magic Mix for Intelligent Authentication
London-based Eckoh announces a patent that combines voice biometrics with phone ‘footprinting’, adding yet another innovative layer to their secure payments solutions.
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Israel’s Push to Share Biometric Data Boosts Hope for Federated Identity Management
By testing the sharing of a fingerprint biometric database with the U.S. for a visa waiver program, Israel’s Interior Ministry advances the ideas of identity federation, blockchain platforms and new security schemes of the future.
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Opus Research Report: Voice Biometrics, What Could Go Wrong?
Opus Research addresses some of the fears and myths surrounding the use and deployment of Voice Biometrics, separating the real threats from the hype, and sharing effective techniques for implementation.
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SAP Buys Gigya to Address Demand for Intelligent Authentication
Gigya’s suite of Customer ID and Access Management (CIAM) services will be integrated into the SAP Hybris portfolio of E-Commerce software.
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ANZ’s VoiceID Showcases Unique Benefits of Voice Biometrics
Using technology provided by Nuance Communications, the feature on its Grow by ANZ mobile banking app allows voice authorizations of payments and fund transfers blending the security and usability of voice biometrics.
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Siri Payments from Barclays is State-of-the-Art, For Better and Worse
Barclays UK has certainly upped the ante with Siri payments, fusing electronic person-to-person payments with existing Natural Language Understanding (NLU) and biometric authentication resources.