Artificial Intelligence (AI) has quickly turned from a futuristic concept into a powerful weapon in the hands of bad actors. Today, AI-based attacks aren’t just theoretical threats – they’re happening across industries and outpacing traditional defense mechanisms.
The solution, however, is not futuristic. It turns out that a properly designed identity security platform can provide fraud protection using artificial intelligence. Learn more about how a secure identity platform can eliminate AI deepfakes and serve as a critical component of this new era of cyber defense.
The threat of AI impersonation fraud is growing
Recent incidents highlight the alarming potential of AI fraud:
These cases highlight a critical truth: attackers have used and will continue to use every tool at their disposal to breach organizations, and artificial intelligence has greatly simplified their efforts while reducing costs.
Limitations of current solutions
While the cybersecurity industry has responded with deep-fake detection tools and improved end-user training, these approaches are fundamentally flawed because:
- The AI arms race: Deepfake detection and deepfake generators are in a constant battle as one model trains the other, with neither side maintaining a lasting advantage
- Probabilistic detection: Detection solutions offer probabilistic protection while leaving room for error
- Burden on end users: Relying on user vigilance places unrealistic expectations on people to be able to detect increasingly sophisticated deceptions.
A paradigm shift: AI security as an extension of identity security
AI fraud is another manifestation of weak identity security. In these attacks, attackers must first compromise the identity of the legitimate user undetected in order to convincingly extort the victim for financial gain and political influence.
While many AI detection tools make a best guess at identifying deep fakes, a secure identity platform can provide cryptographic guarantees that the user is who they say they are and is using a trusted and compliant device.
Key benefits of a secure identity platform include:
- Strong identity assurance: Phishing credentials make it easy for attackers to impersonate a legitimate user. Beyond Identity authenticates users with only phishing-resistant credentials using device-bound access keys to eliminate identity-based attacks.
- Safety device compliance: Allow only recognized devices that have passed your security check to access company resources, including video conferencing and other collaboration tools
- Comprehensive risk assessment: Use real-time user and device risk signals captured by our platform and risk signals collected from other security tools in your environment to make accurate and adaptive access decisions.
Introducing RealityCheck from Beyond Identity
RealityCheck from Beyond Identity extends our secure identity platform to provide AI deepfake protection. In addition to strong identity assurance, device security compliance, and holistic risk assessment, this feature provides visual attestations of identity and security of the device within the framework of video conferences and means of communication.
Ensuring identity and device security is a necessary first step to successfully prevent AI deepfake fraud. The second step is to make this assurance known to the end user with a tamper-proof visual icon so they can confidently engage with the right person – which is what RealityCheck provides. RealityCheck is currently integrated with Zoom and Microsoft Teams, with additional integrations with Slack and email coming soon.
Ready to protect your organization from AI deepfake fraud?
A secure identity platform is defined by its ability to eliminate identity risk from the ground up, providing robust protection against current and emerging threats, including MFA bypass, phishing and AI fraud.
RealityCheck is part of Beyond Identity’s secure access platform, the only IAM platform built to eliminate identity attacks. With the evolving identity-based threat landscape, expanding our core security safeguards to protect against impersonated AI attacks has become imperative.
With RealityCheck from Beyond Identity, you can protect your video conferencing tools with secure identity foundations and tamper-proof visual attestations. Get in touch for a personalized demo to see first-hand how the solution works.
