Think you’re safe? Think again. Every two seconds another person becomes a victim of identity fraud.
Largely driven by the tremendous increase of online consumerism, identity theft increased nearly 20% in 2014 with more than 10 million cases reported in the United States alone – making it the most common consumer complaints.
A key culprit is the lack of effective tools enabling consumers to adequately protect sensitive personal data, passwords, credit card information, and other documents. The use of passwords, pins, and user ids to secure sensitive data is inherently a high-risk endeavor that relies on “what a user knows”. “Fundamentally, if you know something then so can the bad guys with enough persistence”, said Finis Conner, the CEO and founder of BluStor PMC. “The world needs to quickly move towards biometric based solutions, like our innovative CyberGate platform, if we’re going to change the trajectory of cybercrime anytime soon.”
BluStor PMC, founded by hardware veteran Finis Conner, is taking aim at cybercrime with the CyberGate smart card solution. CyberGate is an open platform designed to secure user’s passwords, identity information, credit cards, documents, and more — all stored safely in the consumer’s wallet and fully in their control. Essentially a credit card sized computing platform, CyberGate enables users of virtually all mobile devices and applications to regain control of critical data and avoid becoming a victim of identity theft.
CyberGate enables consumers to biometrically secure their important data and then access that data through their mobile device using the GateKeeper application. As an open platform, developers are able to build and market their own applications that run on the CyberGate smart card, creating the opportunity for an endless variety of solutions.
To find out more about the CyberGate solution visit: www.indiegogo.com
If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Finis Conner, please e-mail fconner@blustor.co.
