While synthetic media detection remains an all hands on deck effort, a number of tools and technologies already exist that can help to provide a solution, including those that focus on immutable content and data provenance. Some of these tools and technologies are featured on the Disinfo Cloud platform and can help counter disinformation by detecting synthetic media generated by malicious actors.
AI deepfakes are creating a multi-billion dollar criminal industry
How to balance insurance claims efficiency versus fraud? Attestiv CEO Nicos Vekiarides weighs in on the topic in this Carrier Management article.
A Utah-based software company is equipping insurance companies with another layer of anti-fraud protection through automatic deepfake detection
Attestiv provides authenticity and validation for digital photos, videos and documents using patented tamper-proofing blockchain technology and AI analysis.
Deepfakes and Claims Automation
Deepfakes: An Insurance Industry Threat
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Nicos Vekiarides is the Chief Executive Officer & co-founder of Attestiv. He has spent the past 20+ years in enterprise IT and cloud, as a CEO & entrepreneur, bringing innovative new technologies to market. His previous startup, TwinStrata, an innovative cloud storage company where he pioneered cloud-integrated storage for the enterprise, was acquired by EMC in 2014. Before that, he brought to market the industry’s first storage virtualization appliance for StorageApps, a company later acquired by HP.
Nicos holds 6 technology patents in storage, networking and cloud technology and has published numerous articles on new technologies. Nicos is a partner at Mentors Fund, an early-stage venture fund, a mentor at Founder Institute Boston, where he coaches first-time entrepreneurs, and an advisor to several companies. Nicos holds degrees from MIT and Carnegie Mellon University.
Mark Morley is the Chief Operating Officer of Attestiv.
He received his formative Data Integrity training at Deloitte. Served as the CFO of Iomega (NYSE), the international manufacturer of Zip storage devices, at the time, the second fastest-growing public company in the U.S.. He served as the CFO of Encore Computer (NASDAQ) as it grew from Revenue of $2 million to over $200 million. During “Desert Storm”, Mark was required to hold the highest U.S. and NATO clearances.
Mark authored a seminal article on Data Integrity online (Wall Street Journal Online). Additionally, he served as EVP, General Counsel and CFO at Digital Guardian, a high-growth cybersecurity company.
Earlier in his career, he worked at an independent insurance agency, Amica as a claims representative, and was the CEO of the captive insurance subsidiary of a NYSE company.
He obtained Bachelor (Economics) and Doctor of Law degrees from Boston College and is a graduate of Harvard Business School.