I spent part of the summer helping my mother recover from a major surgery. During our time together, she asked: “What is it your company does again?” So I explained: “We help manage digital identities. For example, if your healthcare system used ForgeRock, you could login to the website and see your records and medications from your surgeon, your GI specialist, your general practitioner, your physical therapist and more.

As 2021 comes to a close, it’s natural to reflect on what shaped the world we live in and what it means moving forward. In the last year, we saw continued strain on the way we manage our lives caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, cyberattacks continued at a relentless pace, and policies designed to thwart attackers reached the top of the agenda inside the Biden administration with the release of the Cyber Security Executive Order.

Concepts like AI-based video editing and augmented video processing are not just buzzwords anymore. Fraudsters now have easy access to plug-and-play products that enable them to use the power of deep learning and advanced AI to anonymize, mask, and alter images and videos. These spoofs also known as presentation attacks include printed photos, cutout masks, digital and video replay attacks, and 3D masks.

Companies are embracing the use of low-code/no-code to automate processes and build business applications with speed at scale. At ForgeRock, we've been at the forefront of this movement since 2018 with our Authentication Trees.

For many of us, the holiday season can be both a joyous and stressful experience. Delivering delightful experiences to our families, friends, and customers is inextricably linked with our ability to manage our time and our growing to-do list. Retailers operating in today’s hyper-competitive market are facing similar challenges.

In speaking with customers throughout the years, most have said that delivering the highest levels of security with an excellent customer experience is a challenge at best, impossible at worst. But advancements in identity and security technologies make this previously unattainable goal a reality.