Check Your Wallet? How Mobile Driver’s Licenses are Changing Online Transactions

Can you recall the last time you opened a bank account? It’s likely you walked into a local bank branch and spoke to a representative who asked for your driver’s license and social security card to verify your identity. Now imagine you want to create a bank account online. The process is likely similar—type in your social security number, take a picture of your driver’s license, and submit both to the bank via their webpage. Seems straightforward, right? Identity verification is important—it protects us from identity theft and reduces the risk of fraud and unauthorized access for organizations

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#### Bill Fisher

Bill Fisher is a security engineer at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE). In this role, he is responsible for leading a team of engineers that work collaboratively with industry partners to address cybersecurity business challenges facing the nation. He lead the center’s Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) project and was a member the ITL Cybersecurity for IoT program. He lead’s the NCCoE Public Safety and Data Security programs and is a member of the NCCoE ransomware team. Recently he joined as co-lead on the NCCoE mobile driver’s license (mDL) project

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