Deepfakes Force Rethink of Identity Verification

1Kosmos' Mike Engle on Biometric Authentication and Rising AI Threats Tom Field (SecurityEditor) • December 15, 2025

Now that attackers can generate fake voices and video frames with easily accessible artificial intelligence tools, traditional knowledge-based authentication and passwords can’t be counted on to secure the enterprise, said Mike Engle, co-founder and chief security officer at 1Kosmos.

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"The secret questions are dead. Knowledge-based authentication is now known by anybody," Engle said. Organizations must shift to biometric authentication backed by solid cryptography to verify users effectively.

The future of authentication mirrors real-world identity checks. Face recognition and fingerprint scanning offer the most scalable solutions for billions of users. When suspicious activity appears, the system prompts users to re-verify their identity through biometric scans, he said.

In this video interview with Information Security Media Group at Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit, Engle ...