Emil Sayegh, president and CEO of Ntirety, unpacks the issue of inauthentic identities opening doors to untraceable, fake social accounts and the impact that it has on society. Emil is a cloud visionary and is known as one of the “fathers of OpenStack.”

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In the latest episode of the Tripwire Cybersecurity podcast, Tim Erlin had the opportunity to speak with Emil Sayegh, president and CEO of Ntirety. Emil is a cloud visionary and one of the fathers of OpenStack.

Tim Erlin: Before we dive into the details, can you frame-up the problem for the audience?

Emil Sayegh: Absolutely, and thank you so much for having me here. It’s an honor. There are multiple instances where lack of authenticity has driven a frenzy out there. That could be cybersecurity threats in the enterprise, or it could be in things that are very popular like the GameStop stock event from earlier this year. We saw a frenzy of basically bots in social media that were driving hype around a certain aspect of a financial vehicle. This has also allegedly happened during the last two elections cycles. There’s continued threats of these anonymous bots and anonymous personas out there, driving effects that are potentially not real.

TE: Yeah. I think there are a couple of layers of problem there. We’re talking about accounts for different platforms, and there’s the need to determine that behind that account is a real person. That real person obviously has an identity, so there’s also the potential that the account is anonymous. If you can’t verify who the person is behind that account, that would be the anonymity aspect of it. Does that make sense?

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