The Biometric Update Podcast

Access to technology is more commonly discussed than digital literacy when considering how inclusive technology is, Chloe Coleman of Vouchsafe points out in the latest episode of The Trust Files, from Velvet and Biometric Update. But digital literacy is also multi-faceted, and a generation encouraged to think everything should be a single click or scan away can struggle with practical requirements for digital access.

Onboarding users to corporate systems involves complexity beyond consumer applications, particularly for multinationals. Henry Balani of Encompass Group argues in a new episode of The Trust Files from Velvet and Biometric Update that while it may never be as painless as the best consumer verification experiences, but digital identity can make it better than the status quo.

Would you be comfortable knowing your life depended on a healthcare worker remembering a password? What if it was sixteen characters long, with letters, numbers and at least one symbol? On the latest episode of the Biometric Update Podcast, Imprivata's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sean Kelly discusses the company's new report on why passwordless technology matters in medicine. 
 
 

Vidos ID Co-founder Tim Boeckmann has good news about the future of an open and interoperable digital ID ecosystem; It is inevitable.
He makes the argument that “Identity infrastructure cannot be ideological” in the latest episode of The Trust Files, from Velvet and Biometric Update.

The window to save the internet’s reputation is closing. That is the stark warning of Evin McMullen, CEO and co-founder of Privado ID and Billions Network, in episode two of The Trust Files, from Velvet and Biometric Update.

Hartley Thompson, the CEO of Microblink, discusses why the company has shifted its focus from document capture to the larger picture of trusted identity, as generative AI keeps making it harder to tell what's real from what's a deepfake. As an "Identity Intelligence OS company," Microblink aims to  orchestrate trust across the identity spectrum. 

Do we have a trust crisis?
This is the central question of the inaugural episode of The Trust Files, a new series of short interviews introduced by Velvet and Biometric Update to provide snapshots of the digital trust landscape.
Digital identity is only as valuable as it is trusted. The Trust Files explores how that trust can be achieved and maintained in the context of the rapidly evolving digital marketplace.
In the first episode, Orchestrating Identity Chief Trust Officer David Rennie poses the big question facing not just the industry, but the whole digital world.

Software quality assurance testing consultancy KJR handled the technical and school testing for Australia's Age Assurance Technology Trial. In this episode of the Biometric Update Podcast, KJR director Andrew Hammond offers his insider's view on the trial, the country's social media view, and the many use cases for AI KJR is also testing. 
 
Runtime: 00:29:55

Agentic AI is one of the top tech trends of 2025. In the final Biometric Update Podcast of the year, authID's VP of Operations Jeff Scheidel brings his years experience to the conversation. What can AI agents do? How can we make sure they're acting on behalf of real people? And what will the long term look like?  
 
Runtime: 00:20:56

Should a UK digital identity be run by the government, or include private sector biometrics and digital ID vendors certified under the UK's trust framework? This special episode of the Biometric Update Podcast features a civil debate between David Crack, chair of the Association of Digital Verification Professionals (ADVP) and Alexander Iosad of the Tony Blair Institute. 
 
Runtime: 01:01:27