Dr. Nader Nassar | Director, Cybersecurity & IAM
Capital One

Dr. Nader Nassar is the Director of Identity at Capital One, where he leads the Identity Assurance organization, driving innovation in next-generation identity proofing and digital identity solutions. With a proven track record in cybersecurity and identity platforms, Dr. Nassar previously served as Director of Engineering at Adobe, where he led the Identity Platform Engineering team. Nader holds a doctorate in Computer Science from Pace University, where his research centered on authentication and authorization. Dr. Nassar is a Master Inventor with nearly 65 U.S. patents, primarily in cybersecurity and identity technologies. In addition to his industry leadership, Dr. Nassar shares his expertise as a part-time professor at NYU and Pace University, where he teaches courses on ethical hacking and software engineering.

Appearances:

Identity Week America - Day 1 @ 13:20

Facial recognition to combat deepfakes in the recruitment process

Nader Nassar, Director, Cybersecurity & IAM, Capital One

Identity Week America - Day 2 @ 15:00

Panel: Is passwordless inevitable? Adoption, friction, and the zero-trust reality

Review the adoption of passwordless technologies and assess whether 'passwordless' is feasible and/or necessary
Identify which challenges for adoption of zero-trust methodologies are a resuly of increased friction, lack of interoperability, or undereducated users
Examine leading use cases from a variety of sectors that have transitioned to passwordless authentication
Discuss the security benefits for implementing zero-trust in enterprise systems - is this more necessary than ever considering the rise in fraudulent activity and phishing attacks?

Moderator: Zack Martin, Senior Policy Advisor, Venable LLP