• The rhythm of a heart is as unique as a face or a fingerprint, but is much harder to hack
• An industry first, Taliware’s API combines a person’s ECG biometrics with geolocation
• Patented technology advances the state of the art in identity as a service (IDaaS), paving the way to a passwordless world
SAN DIEGO, Calif.—March 17, 2021: Taliware, the innovator of intelligent biometric and geolocation systems powered by deep-learning networks, announced that its identity-management software developer toolkit (SDK) is now available. By integrating the Taliware™ SDK with their applications, mobile app developers can use Taliware’s patented API to access ECG-based biometric verification, to enable passwordless, location-based authentication.
Operating in stealth mode until now, Taliware has perfected a set of proprietary algorithms for human identity verification that apply machine-learning techniques to decipher a person’s electrocardiogram (ECG) — a unique biometric signature. Taliware is currently compatible with Apple Watch models equipped with an ECG sensor. Taliware’s platform roadmap includes Google Verily, Samsung, and Withings.
When paired with a smartphone, Taliware enables a mobile app to authenticate the user’s ECG trace, verify the user’s proximity to the phone, and determine the geographical location of both the user and the app. This multimodal approach delivers highly accurate multifactor authentication.
Like other biometric approaches, Taliware’s ECG authentication eliminates the need for a password. Recently, fingerprint authentication has largely been superseded by face authentication, however the latter has been rendered less effective during the pandemic. By comparison, Biombeat authentication uses the ECG capabilities of a smartwatch, continually assessing our individual cardiac rhythm as a unique and persistent biometric.
“With Taliware and an ECG-enabled smartwatch, your heartbeat is your password,” said Tarik Tali, co-founder and CEO of Taliware. “Moreover, our geolocation component adds another layer of security to counter fraud, providing proof of presence while ensuring that a person is who they say they are, along with a time-stamped location.”
Taliware addresses a growing industry need for precise, strong user identification
The increasing incidence of data breaches and other malign cybersecurity attacks underscores the need for stronger security around user authentication. Strong identity verification can be achieved by injecting NFC chip technology under the skin of users, for example. And while this certainly accomplishes positive identification of the individual, its invasive nature is unlikely to gain broad acceptance. Meanwhile, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has emerged as viable approach since it supports a zero-trust model and enhances the granularity of user rights and permissions by guaranteeing the identity of the user.
The Taliware MFA approach delivers unique benefits to any organization concerned about identity and access management (IAM). Taliware addresses all of these security challenges, for example:
+ Eliminates password friction: simple and easy single sign-on (SSO) and control of privileged access to critical information systems, devices and applications. ECG-based authentication addresses the shortcomings of fingerprint- and face-based authentication.
+ Reduces (IAM) cost: no need for password management (loathed by most users); users simply use their heartbeat for authentication.
+ Reduces fraud costs: banks can easily validate, non-intrusively, the identity and location of their customer during credit card transactions. Customers may be driving or in a meeting but can quickly approve or decline a bank transaction simply based on their heartbeat and location.
+ Reduces support calls and cost associated with point-of-sale card cancellations and replacement card issuance.
Investor contact: Tarik Tali at tarik@taliware.com
About Taliware
Operating on an ECG-capable smartwatch, Taliware’s Biombeat™ verifies an individual’s identity based on their unique heartbeat. A seed-stage startup based in San Diego, California, Taliware™ has developed patented biometric authentication and location-based software that uses a person’s unique ECG trace to provide persistent identity and geolocation verification. Taliware has been awarded several patent application claims and has since filed more patent claims for its cardiac rhythm geo-authentication systems.
