Episode 125: The End of Passwords with Trusona’s Ori Eisen

Passwords are the worst. It’s too hard to remember them so you end up reusing them everywhere. Password managers create a treasure trove for hackers. And even two-factor authentication has vulnerabilities. So that got us thinking – what’s next?

Ori Eisen is our guest on this episode of the Georgian Impact Podcast. He is the founder and CEO of Trusona – a company working to bring about the end of passwords. Their technology verifies online identities using a combination of the existing biometrics in your phones, along with a snapshot of the “river of data” coming from the phone’s sensors. It’s online security that goes way beyond asking for your mother’s maiden name.

You’ll hear about:

• Why two-factor authentication often isn’t as secure as you’d expect, and why companies like Google are moving away from SMS-based 2FA.
• The pitfalls of password managers, and how they can make life easy for the bad guys.
• How Trusona integrates with everything from Office 365, to Zoom, to WordPress.
• How to thwart spearfishing attacks even if hackers steal your phone or spoof your SIM card.
• Why anti-replay is a key part of any security solution.
• How quantum computing could soon undo the last 50 years of cryptography.

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Resources:

• Watch Trusona’s demo here
• See Trusona’s anti-replay demo here
• Listen to our episode on quantum cryptography with Isara CEO Mike Brown

Who is Ori Eisen?

Ori Eisen is the founder and CEO of Trusona. He has spent the last two decades fighting online crime. Prior to founding Trusona, Ori founded 41st Parameter – the leading online fraud prevention and detection solution for financial institutions and e-commerce. Prior to that, he served as the Worldwide Fraud Director for American Express focusing on Internet and counterfeit fraud. And before that, he was the Director of Fraud Prevention for VeriSign/Network Solutions.