Chris Lewis, Head of Options with information perception specialist Synectics Options, has been appointed to the Govt Board of the Open Identification Alternate (OIX).
The OIX is a non-profit commerce organisation devoted to making a world the place everybody can show their id and eligibility anyplace by means of a universally trusted ID.
Chris, an professional in utilizing information intelligence and machine studying for id verification and monetary crime prevention, leads Synectics Options’ R&D group in growing data-driven options to assist private and non-private sector organisations stop fraud and higher perceive their buyer base.
An advocate for cross-sector intelligence sharing as the muse for efficient and inclusive threat mitigation, he believes that collaboration is prime to progress, significantly in relation to guaranteeing that guidelines and requirements set out within the UK’s Digital Identities and Attributes Belief Framework will be virtually adopted.
Having already labored on various multi-stakeholder pilot initiatives on this discipline – together with one to develop a ground-breaking digital digital id and threat evaluation (eKYC) onboarding answer for the monetary providers sector – Chris is trying ahead to making use of his experience and real-world learnings to OIX technique.
Chris Lewis mentioned: “Sturdy buyer fraud controls and identification procedures are very important to tackling the various, and quickly evolving, financial crime threats that influence monetary providers. Discovering a approach to do that digitally, enabling organisations to maintain tempo with buyer expectations fuelled by the fast-paced digital period wherein we stay, has confirmed problematic. How do you stability wants – a frictionless and accessible buyer expertise on one facet, whereas offering efficient fraud safeguards on the opposite?
“For us at Synectics Options, the solutions will solely emerge from collaborative working and consensus pondering. That is how we, collectively, will set up the extent of cross sector, cross border interoperability wanted for mainstream Digital Identification adoption. Being a part of the OIX supplies a precious alternative to be on the coronary heart of this course of.”
Chris joins different Govt Board members representing Barclays, Deloitte, Equifax, Worldwide Airways Group (AIG), Lexis Nexis Danger Options, Microsoft and Sopra Steria.
He’ll assist steer technique and, alongside colleagues from Synectics Options, will likely be closely concerned in OIX working teams trying on the key components wanted to drive Digital ID ahead, corresponding to interoperability, monetary inclusion, sector schooling and engagement, and fraud controls.
Nick Mothershaw, Chief Identification Strategist at OIX, mentioned: “This actually is a pivotal second for Digital ID, not simply right here within the UK however globally. Our mission is to leverage the collective experience of people and organisations essential to our monetary providers infrastructure to capitalise on the foundations now in place for making Digital ID a actuality. Chris’ expertise from his work with Synectics Options will undoubtedly assist us in attaining this purpose.”