The Biometric Update Podcast

About The Biometric Update Podcast

The Biometric Update Podcast bridges the gap between industry insiders and a general interest audience with clear, compelling stories about the biometrics and digital identity industry.

Publisher

Biometric Update

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Apr 2025

Latest episode

23 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

75 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Oct 2026

   Ep. 63: The governance question facing digital credentials and AI agents, with Cameron Walker-Miller and Evin McMullen

   Host Joel McConvey interviews industry leaders on the governance challenges common to digital credentials and agentic AI. Cameron Walker-Miller of the SIA discusses mobile credential standards, interoperability, privacy trade-offs, and security best practices for protecting access systems. Evin McMullen of Amantrue explains agent passports, border controls, and cryptographic audit trails designed to ensure that AI agents act within authorized bounds, especially as the UAE pursues widespread government use of agentic AI. Together they outline the urgency of standards, robust data governance, and technical controls to ensure privacy, security, and trust as digital identity and agentic systems scale.

2. 

   17 Oct 2026

   Ep. 62: Does what we call AI affect how we approach governing it?

   A concise exploration of what makes AI an "agent," how terminology shapes governance, and the practical risks and safeguards -- covering MCP, autonomy, rogue agents, and why defining terms matters for authentication and regulation.

3. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Ep. 61: How 9/11 informed 25 years of identity policy | After September Pt. 1 with Janice Kephart

   Part one of the After September series features Janice Kephart, a key author of the 9/11 Commission report, who explains how the September 11 attacks reshaped travel policy over the last 25 years — from passport rules and Real ID to the rise of biometrics and identity verification at the border. The episode looks at successes and remaining gaps: how biometrics have improved air travel safety, challenges like biometric exit and privacy oversight, and why identity remains central to national security and the evolving threats to travel.

Who has been a guest on The Biometric Update Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Tim Boeckmann
• Evin McMullen
• Hartley Thompson
• David Rennie
• Jeff Scheidel

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

30,063

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

52

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

0

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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