Tina D'Agostin | CEO
Alcatraz
Tina D’Agostin is the CEO of Alcatraz, the leading provider of AI-powered facial authentication solutions in the physical world. Alcatraz transforms how people move through secure spaces, making access effortless, intelligent and personalized without compromising privacy. Under her leadership, Alcatraz now helps protect over four million employees worldwide and safeguards the most sensitive environments in the world, including data centers powering the AI revolution, Fortune 100 campuses, financial institutions, R&D facilities, universities, stadiums and more. D’Agostin has more than 25 years of experience in smart building & city technologies with a security specialization. Prior to Alcatraz, D’Agostin spent nearly a decade at Johnson Controls, where she led a $500M building technologies and solutions business that partnered with the largest technology companies in Silicon Valley delivering intelligent security infrastructure at scale globally. A recognized industry leader, D’Agostin is a SIA Women in Security Forum Power 100 recipient, a board member of the Bay Area Council, and a go-to expert on security and facial authentication technology. She has been featured in prominent media outlets including: VentureBeat, Inc., Techstrong TV, Silicon Valley Biz Journal, and Forbes.
Appearances:
Day 2 @ 11:00
From FaceID to physical access: Bridging the digital–physical identity divide
Facial authentication has become the default for digital security. It unlocks our phones, verifies banking transactions, and protects sensitive apps with just a glance. But as digital identity systems have evolved, physical access control has been slower to adapt—still tethered to legacy methods that introduce friction, risk, and inconsistency.
This session explores a new approach: using face as the universal credential for identity across both digital and physical domains to enhance security—without compromising privacy or user experience. Unlike legacy facial recognition access systems, today’s privacy-first authentication technologies are purpose-built to respect and protect identity at every step. Alcatraz’s approach ensures that:
- No images are stored—your face is converted into a mathematical representation that cannot be reverse-engineered.
- No personal information is linked to the biometric template—PII and encrypted biometric data are stored in entirely separate systems.
- No data is shared, sold, or exposed—the platform is architected for privacy compliance (BIPA, GDPR, CCPA, and more) by design, not as an afterthought.
As organizations across government, critical infrastructure, and enterprise environments seek to modernize and enhance their access control frameworks, facial authentication is emerging not just as a better user experience—but as the most secure, private, and future-ready identity layer available.
Join this session to explore how Alcatraz’s facial authentication solution is bridging the digital–physical identity divide, delivering the security, privacy, and scalability required for the physical world.
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