Authentication Technology and Identity Theft
Dr. Andrew Patrick (NRC, Ottawa)
ABSTRACT
Identity theft is a term used to describe a variety of forms of impersonation and fraud. This presentation we will concentrate on financial fraud done to obtain money from bank accounts and/or to commit credit card, loan, and mortgage fraud. The focus will be on financial services conducted electronically both on and off the Internet, such as online banking and automated teller machines (ATMs). I will review the relationship between authentication and identify theft, with a focus on current and proposed electronic authentication methods. This includes biometrics systems based on fingerprint, face, or iris recognition. The goal is to examine what upcoming authentication solutions may improve things in the short-term, to examine what would be necessary for long term authentication solutions, and to consider identity theft in the
broader context.
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Andrew Patrick is a researcher interested in how people get along with technology. Currently, he is focused on security and privacy issues. Dr. Patrick holds the positions of Senior Scientist in the Institute for Information Technology at the National Research Council of Canada and Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University. Prior to joining NRC, Dr. Patrick worked at Nortel Networks and the Communications Research Centre.