Aaron Painter

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CEO at Nametag

Aaron Painter is a deepfake expert and the CEO of Nametag Inc., an identity verification company that is at the forefront of stopping social engineering attacks at the employee IT helpdesk. With a mission to bring authenticity to the internet and build more trusted relationships, Nametag is revolutionizing online account protection through innovative technology solutions.

Having lived and worked in six countries across four continents, Aaron exemplifies a new generation of global leaders. Aaron is a Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts, a member of Forbes Business Council, and a senior External Advisor to Bain & Company. He was also named the AWS 2019 Consulting Partner of the Year for his work at Cloudreach. A frequent media commentator, Aaron has appeared on Bloomberg and Cheddar News, and is also an active speaker, advisor, and investor to companies that are pursuing business transformation.

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Nametag Adds Ability to Thwart Deep Fakes to Identity Verification Platform

“Nametag today extended its identity verification platform to add an ability to detect and block deep fake attacks created using generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

Deepfake Defense makes use of cryptographic attestation provided by either Apple or Google to first verify the data being shared has come from a device running software that has been authenticated. It then goes a step further using an adaptive document verification capability to detect whether, for example, a PDF file has been forged or digitally manipulated.”

Is your coworker a North Korean hacker? How AI impersonation is compromising the workforce

“Is your colleague who you think they are? Threat actors from North Korea (NK) are infiltrating companies by combining sophisticated deepfakes with stolen identities of real American citizens.

This isn’t just a few individual bad actors; it’s a sophisticated, industrial-scale, state-sponsored threat that’s been simmering for the last two years and has now reached full boil. And like a frog in a pot, organizations are waking up to the potentially catastrophic risks of inaction.”

Combating Threat Actors In The U.S. Healthcare Sector

“Healthcare companies have severely underestimated the risk of cyberattacks and are woefully unprepared to defend themselves against sophisticated social engineering schemes used in ransomware attacks. This not only cripples the U.S. healthcare system, one hospital and medical facility at a time—it can bring deadly consequences to patients relying on critical care. As a leader in the cybersecurity industry, the bottom line is clear to me: Immediate steps must be taken to fortify healthcare cybersecurity measures to avert a looming patient safety crisis.”

The cyber pandemic: AI deepfakes and the future of security and identity verification

“Security and risk management pros have a lot keeping them up at night. The era of AI deepfakes is fully upon us, and unfortunately, today’s identity verification and security methods won’t survive. In fact, Gartner estimates that by 2026, nearly one-third of enterprises will consider identity verification and authentication solutions unreliable due to AI-generated deepfakes. Of all the threats IT organizations face, an injection attack that leverages AI-generated deepfakes is the most dangerous.”