#37 - Digital ID: Trapped in Fake News? (with Imraan Bashir)

Imraan Bashir is a Partner & National Canadian Public Sector Cyber Leader at KPMG. Imraan is a seasoned executive with 20+ years of experience advising on cyber security and information technology matters to a wide variety of public and private sector clients. Imraan is well-versed in multiple areas of cyber security, including governance, strategy, incident management, cloud security, risk management, digital identity and more. Prior to joining KPMG, Imraan spent time in the public sector, where he directed the policy, strategy, implementation and oversight of Government of Canada enterprise-wide cyber initiatives, including leadership of key programs such as cloud security and digital identity.
About Podcast Episode
This conversation is meant to generate some suggestions on how to avoid the big brother rhetoric when it comes to digital ID programs.
Some of the key topics covered during this episode with Imraan are:
- The rise of Misinformation
- How to “pre-bunking” certain ideas?
- Misconceptions on Zero Trust
- What is Canada doing better/worse in digital ID related to other national programs?
- How can digital ID go wrong?
- Biometrics and facial recognition
- Centralization and selling of data to private sector
- How can we as an industry do a better job at educating the general population about digital ID?
Where to find Imraan?
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imraanbashir/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/iBashX
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Information
- Show
- PublishedJuly 21, 2022 at 11:15 a.m. UTC
- Length1h 3m
- Episode37
- RatingClean